Sabbatai Zevi

Sabbatai Zevi

male, deceased (1676)
turkish, Non-traditional Kabbalah, charismatic religious leader, morea, kabbalist, rabbi…FromIzmir, izmir
Sabbatai Zevi, was a Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah. He was the founder of the Jewish Sabbatean...

Aziz Kocaoğlu

male, 61 years old
albanian, SODEP, Bornova, Universiade, Ege University, CHP…izmir, FromIzmir
Aziz Kocaoğlu is the mayor of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality (from CHP), Turkey's third largest city. He was born in 1948 in Tokat in no...

Darío Moreno

male, deceased (1968)
Jewish, musician, Lyricist, guitarist, singer, composer…FromIzmir, izmir
Darío Moreno was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, as well as an accomplished composer, lyricist and guitarist, who was born in İzmir, Turkey, in 19...
Haluk Bilginer

Haluk Bilginer

male, 55 years old
soap opera actor, FromIzmir, Golden Orange winner, leader, EastEnders actor, turkish…born in Izmir, Turkey
Haluk Bilginer is an actor. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his...
Ahmet Adnan Saygun

Ahmet Adnan Saygun

male, deceased (1991)
Opera in Turkey, Atatürk's reforms, reforms, Turkish music, ottoman empire, FromIzmir
Ahmet Adnan Saygun was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music. Ahmet Adnan Saygun is acknowledged as one of the most important 20th...
Yıldız Tilbe

Yıldız Tilbe

female, 43 years old
kurdish, singer, turkish language, turkish, Pop musician, FromIzmir…izmir
Yıldız Tilbe is a Turkish singer and one of the best selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads.
Meltem Cumbul

Meltem Cumbul

female, 39 years old
actress, Golden Orange winner, Biz size aşık olduk, actor, malta, moldova…FromIzmir, born in Izmir, Turkey
Meltem Cumbul is a Turkish actress and TV personality. At 21, Meltem graduated from a university with a major in drama. She then worked as an...
Giorgos Seferis

Giorgos Seferis

male, deceased (1971)
ottoman empire, Nobel Prize, Seferiadis, Nobel laureate in Literature, FromIzmir, modern Greek poet
Giorgos Seferis (March 13, 1900, or February 29 according to the Julian calendar then used in the Ottoman Empire - September 20, 1971) was one of...
Adamantios Korais

Adamantios Korais

male, deceased (1833)
Greek War of Independence, Modern Greek writer, greek, freedom, byzantine, linguistics…FromIzmir
Adamantios Korais (Coraïs) (Greek Αδαμάντιος Κοραής was born in Smyrna, in 1748. He was exceptionally passionate about philosophy, literacy and ling...

Nehir Erdoğan

female, 29 years old
turkish, actor, greek, FromIzmir, Yabancı Damat, Okul
Nehir Erdoğan, is a Turkish actress. In 2005 she became famous in both Turkey and Greece for starring in the TV mini series "Yabancı Damat" ('...