23 Notable alumni of
Yildiz Technical University
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Yildiz Technical University is 1050th in the world, 224th in Asia, and 13th in Turkey by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Yildiz Technical 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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Kenan İmirzalıoğlu
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- television actormodelfilm actoractorpresenter
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Kenan İmirzalıoğlu is a Turkish actor and former model. İmirzalıoğlu appeared in the action films Son Osmanlı Yandım Ali (The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali) and Kabadayı (For Love and Honor). He returned to television in 2009 with the series Ezel and also starred in the action film Ejder Kapanı (Dragon Trap) directed by Uğur Yücel.
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Murat Yıldırım
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- film actortelevision actor
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Murat Yıldırım is a Turkish actor.
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Tarık Akan
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- film produceractor
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Tarık Akan was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s.
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Nejat İşler
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- television actoractor
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Nejat İşler is a Turkish actor and writer. He is best known for many hit films including Cannes Film Festivale recipients. Some of his popular series are Behzat Ç, Gülbeyaz, Bıçak Sırtı, Keşanlı Ali Destanı, İntikam, Aliye, and Şehnaz Tango.
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Fikret Orman
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- businesspersonengineercivil engineer
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Fikret Orman is a Turkish businessman and sports executive.
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Metin Külünk
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- politician
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Metin Külünk is a Turkish engineer and politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
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Ertuğrul Sağlam
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- association football managerassociation football player
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Ertuğrul Sağlam is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player who is the current manager of Kocaelispor.
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Ahu Türkpençe
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- actor
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Ahu Türkpençe is a Turkish actress.
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Ceylan Ertem
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- singer
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Ceylan Ertem is Turkish singer-songwriter.
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Fuat Güner
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- stage actorsingerfilm actoractorcomposer
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Aziz Fuat Güner, better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.
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Burak Sevinç
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- actor
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Burak Sevinç is a Turkish actor and musician.
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Erdoğan Bayraktar
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- politicianengineercivil engineer
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Erdoğan Bayraktar is a Turkish politician. He is the former Minister of Environment and Urban Planning of Turkey under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government and member of parliament for Trabzon from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), resigning from both offices on 25 December 2013.
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Fatih Dönmez
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- politician
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Fatih Dönmez is a Turkish engineer, politician and former Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources from 2018 to 2023.
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Faruk Özlü
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- politician
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Faruk Özlü is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who served as the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey from 24 May 2016 to 10 July 2018. He was a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Düzce, having been first elected in the June 2015 general election and re-elected in the November 2015 general election.
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Ergün Poyraz
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- writer
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Ergün Poyraz is a prolific Turkish author known for his controversial books about the ruling Justice and Development Party, the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, and people associated with them. He is best known for his 2007 book Children of Moses (Turkish: Musa'nın Çocukları), which accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife of being secret Jews and of cooperating with Israeli intelligence to undermine Turkish secularism. He was arrested in 2007 and was a defendant in the Ergenekon trials; on 5 August 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years in prison.
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İdris Güllüce
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- politicianengineercivil engineer
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İdris Güllüce is a Turkish civil engineer and politician who served as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning of Turkey between 2013 and 2015. As a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), he served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's first electoral district between 2007 and November 2015.
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Fatma Güldemet Sarı
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- politician
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Fatma Güldemet Sarı is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who served as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning from 24 November 2015 to 24 May 2016. She has been a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Adana since 7 June 2015.
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Feridun Bilgin
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- politician
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Feridun Bilgin is a Turkish civil servant and politician who served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication of Turkey from 7 March to 17 November 2015. Formerly the Undersecretary to the Ministry, Bilgin took over from the Justice and Development Party minister Lütfi Elvan as required by Article 114 of the Turkish constitution. He was one of the founders of the newly founded Future Party in 2019.
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Kazım Öz
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- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
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Kazim Öz is a Kurdish film director, scriptwriter and producer. In 1992 he began acting at Teatra Jiyana Nû, while also working on movies.
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Erdem Gündüz
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- choreographer
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Erdem Gündüz is a Turkish dancer, actor, performance artist, choreographer, and teacher who, as a result of his actions during the 2013–14 protests in Turkey, has become "the face of the protest movement against the Turkish government." He became internationally known as "The Standing Man" in June 2013 when he stood quietly in Istanbul's Taksim Square as a protest against the conservative government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Burcu Özsoy
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- scientist
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Burcu Özsoy is a Turkish scientist who works with sea ice remote sensing in Antarctica. Özsoy is head of the first Turkish polar research center, ITU PolReC.
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Ayşegül Abadan
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- pianist
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Ayşegül Abadan was a Turkish pianist.
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Elvin Eksioglu
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- film directorscreenwriterphotographerfilm producer
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Elvin Eksioglu is a Turkish film director, photographer, screenwriter, and film producer.
