Taner Akçam

male, 56 years old
ottoman, MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni, armenian genocide, Altuğ Taner Akçam, author, ottoman empire…Doctorate Degree at The University of Hannover, University of Minnesota, Ph.D. from Hanover University in Germany, Hanover University, University of Hannover
Altuğ Taner Akçam is a Turkish historian, sociologist and author. He is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and discuss openly the Ar...

Eylem Elif Maviş

female, 36 years old
University of Iowa, ankara, mount everest, business administration, master of science, turkish…Middle East Technical University, MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni
Eylem Elif Maviş, née Koç is the first Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. Elif was born on in Tok...
Serkan Girgin

Serkan Girgin

male, 30 years old
PhD, ankara, mount everest, master of science, turkish, bachelor of science…Middle East Technical University, MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni
Serkan Girgin (1979) is a Turkish mountaineer, who summited in 2006 Mount Everest along with three other teammates. Serkan was born on October 19,...

Burçak Özoğlu Poçan

female, 39 years old
PhD, ankara, mount everest, business administration, turkish, mountaineer…Middle East Technical University, Ankara University, Ankara University alumni, MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni
Burçak Poçan, née Özoğlu, (1970) is a female mountaineer and one of the first Turkish women, who climbed over 8,000 m. She was born on January 4, 19...
Ali Babacan

Ali Babacan

male, 42 years old
TED Ankara College alumni, Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Kellogg School of Management, Middle East Technical University, From Ankara, TED Ankara College…MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni, Northwestern University
Ali Babacan (born 1967 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish politician. He is currently State Minister for Economy in the 58th cabinet from the Justice...

Süreyya Serdengeçti

male, 57 years old
Vanderbilt University, Economist, ankara, turkish, istanbul, debt relief…Middle East Technical University, MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni
Süreyya Serdengeçti is a Turkish economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey. He was born 1952 in İstanbul, Turkey. After com...

Elif Şafak

female, 38 years old
University of Michigan, Censorship in Turkey, Ph.D., From Strasbourg, Middle East Technical University, MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni…University of Arizona
Elif Şafak (sometimes spelled Elif Shafak is a writer of Turkish descent. She has published novels written in English as well as Turkish and F...

Can Dündar

male, 48 years old
TED Ankara College alumni, MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni, Ankara University alumni, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, London School of Journalism, Ankara University…Middle East Technical University
Can Dündar is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. He is one of the best known figures in Turkish media. He studied journalism in A...
Şebnem Ferah

Şebnem Ferah

female, 37 years old
rock singer, Rock musician, pop singer, singer-songwriter, singer, turkish…MiddleEastTechnicalUniversityalumni
Şebnem Ferah is a Turkish singer and song-writer. She was the head vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she w...