Andreas Tietze

Andreas Tietze

male, deceased (2003)
Andreas Tietze was a world-renowned Austrian Turcologist and one of the founders of Turkic studies in the United States. He was educated in Vienna...

Mike Feghali

male
Mike Feghali (born in Beirut, Lebanon) is an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the supervisor of the Arabic, Persian, and...

Naim Süleymanoğlu

male, 42 years old
Naim Süleymanoğlu, born Naim Suleimanov, is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting. He won three Olympic Championships, seven Wo...
Ziynet Sali

Ziynet Sali

female, 34 years old
Ziynet Sali (born on April 29, 1975) is a Turkish Cypriot singer who has recently produced and became famous in Turkey through songs with lyrics in...
Annemarie Schimmel

Annemarie Schimmel

female, deceased (2003)
Annemarie Schimmel, "Sitara-i-Imtiaz", "Hilal-i-Imtiaz" (April 7, 1922 - January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Iranologist...
Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey

Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey

male
Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey was the 3rd ruler of the beylik of Karamanoğlu. He was renowned for declaring Turkish language as the official language of th...
Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall

Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall

male, deceased (1856)
Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (June 9, 1774-November 23, 1856) was an Austrian orientalist. Born Joseph von Hammer in Graz, Styria, he...
Yıldız Tilbe

Yıldız Tilbe

female, 43 years old
Yıldız Tilbe is a Turkish singer and one of the best selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads.

Kilij Arslan I

male, deceased (1107)
Dāwūd Qilij Arslān ibn Soleymān ibn Qutalmish (Turkish: Kılıç or Kılınç Arslan, meaning "Lion Sword". In the old script "قلج أرسلان", "Qïl...
Piyale Pasha

Piyale Pasha

male, deceased (1578)
Piyale Pasha, also known as "Piale Pasha" in the West or "Pialí Bajá" in Spain; Turkish: "Piyale Paşa"), was an Ottoman-Turkish admiral (Kaptan Pas...