22 Notable alumni of
Istanbul Bilgi University
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Istanbul Bilgi University is 1203rd in the world, 257th in Asia, and 13th in Turkey by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Istanbul Bilgi University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Hazal Kaya
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
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Leyla Hazal Kaya is a Turkish actress best known for her leading roles in Aşk-ı Memnu (2008–2010), Adını Feriha Koydum (2011–2012) and Bizim Hikaye (2017–2019).
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Murat Boz
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- actorsingerwritercomposerfilm actor
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Murat Boz is a Turkish singer, songwriter and actor.
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Kenan Doğulu
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- composersingersongwriter
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Kenan Doğulu is a Turkish pop musician. He represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, where he was placed fourth, with 163 points. In the summer of 2006, Doğulu released the album Festival, containing the hit single "Çakkıdı", in collaboration with Sezen Aksu.
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İrem Derici
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- singer
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İrem Derici is a Turkish singer and songwriter. From the early 2010s she became famous in Turkey through her hit singles "Zorun Ne Sevgilim", "Kalbimin Tek Sahibine" and "Dantel".
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Can Bonomo
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- guitaristactorsinger
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Can Bonomo is a Turkish singer who represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Gamze Özçelik
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- modelactor
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Gamze Özçelik is a Turkish actress, model and TV hostess. She is best known for hit crime series Arka Sokaklar which also starred her former husband Uğur Pektaş. Arka Sokaklar is known for being the longest running Turkish series. She played in series Serseri with Okan Yalabık. Her other popular series are series Tatlı Hayat (Turkish remake of The Jeffersons), Canan and historical series Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare.
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Naz Aydemir
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- children's writervolleyball player
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Naz Aydemir Akyol is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays as a setter for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won a total of nine Turkish League championships, four with Vakıfbank, three with Eczacıbaşı and two with Fenerbahçe. She has four CEV Champions League championships, winning three with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She also has three FIVB Club World Championship, winning two with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She was part of the Turkey national team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Tuba Ünsal
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- modelactorbeauty pageant contestant
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Tuba Ünsal is a Turkish actress and model.
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Sıla Gençoğlu
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- recording artistsinger
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Sıla Gençoğlu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. She was born in Acıpayam, Denizli, and later moved to İzmir and then to Istanbul to finish her studies. She started to learn performing arts at high school. After studying jazz at Istanbul Bilgi University, she became a backing vocalist for Kenan Doğulu.
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Zeynep Sever
- Enrolled in Istanbul Bilgi University
- Studied in 2018
- Occupations
- beauty pageant winnervolleyball player
- Biography
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Zeynep Kübra Sever Demirel is a Turkish-Belgian volleyball player and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2009 and also she represented Belgium at Miss Universe 2009, where she was placed among the Top 15.
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Refik Anadol
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- new media artist
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Refik Anadol is a Turkish-American media artist and the co-founder of Refik Anadol Studio and Dataland. Recognized as a pioneer in the aesthetics of data visualization and AI arts, his work merges art, technology, science, and architecture. Through media embedded into existing architecture, live audio-visual performances, immersive rooms, exhibitions, AI data paintings and sculptures, and digital collections, Anadol explores collective memories, humanity's relationship to nature, the perception of space and time, and human-machine collaborations. His work has been exhibited in more than seventy cities on six continents.
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Hilal Kaplan
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- journalist
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Hilal Kaplan is a Turkish journalist and TRT board member and columnist for the Turkish newspaper Taraf, Yeni Şafak, Sabah and Daily Sabah.
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Ahmad Alhendawi
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- diplomat
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Ahmad Alhendawi; is a Jordanian public administrator and a former United Nations official who served as the Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) from March 2017 until October 2024, making him the youngest person to hold this position in the 117-year history of the organization. Prior to this, he was the first-ever United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on January 17, 2013. In this role, he supported UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in addressing his thematic priority of working with and for young people as part of his Five-Year Action Agenda.
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Pelin Çelik
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- beach volleyball playervolleyball player
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Pelin Çelik is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 172 cm and plays as setter for Azeri volleyball club Azerrail Baku. She studied at Istanbul Bilgi University.
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Ebru Günay
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- politician
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Ebru Günay is a Kurdish jurist and a politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 2018 and is currently the spokeswoman of the HDP.
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Tuna Bekleviç
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- politicianeconomist
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Tuna Bekleviç is a Turkish politician and activist. He rallied against the 2017 Referendum in Turkey, and was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election.
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Pemra Özgen
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- tennis player
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Pemra Özgen is a Turkish tennis player.
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Özge Samancı
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- university teacher
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Özge Samancı is a Turkish-American media artist, and associate professor at Northwestern University`s School of Communication. She creates media art installations and graphic novels. Her art installations merge computer code and bio-sensors with comics, animation, interactive narrations, performance, and projection art. Her installations use media arts to break down people's mental and emotional barriers and hear about environmental issues. Her graphic novels combine drawings with three-dimensional objects.
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Utku Ünal
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Utku Ünal is a Turkish musician.
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Cemre Erol
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Cemre Erol is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 183 cm tall and plays as outside hitter. She started her volleyball life when she was 12. She played for Fenerbahçe Acıbadem, Ted Ankara Kolejliler SK, Nilüfer Belediyespor, and Halkbank SK. Currently, she is playing for Türk Hava Yolları SK Archived February 22, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
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Ahmet Furkan Tarhan
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- businesspersonboard memberchairperson
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Ahmet Furkan Tarhan is a businessman in Turkey. He is the chairman of the board of trustees for Üsküdar University and administrative director of the Npistanbul Neuropsychiatry Hospital. He is also board member of Union of Foundation Universities in Turkey.
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Nedaa Elias
- Enrolled in Istanbul Bilgi University
- 2013-2016 graduated with Master of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- installation artist
- Biography
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Nedaa Elias is a Syrian artist and writer whose works address environmental and cultural concerns pertaining to contemporary Middle Eastern societies. Subjects previously explored by Elias include the discontinuation of the usage of the Arabic script, as well as the effect of bird migration on the gulf’s economy.
