People from Türkiye

19 people remembered here.

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  Serhat Kılıç

  1975 – 2026 · Actor (theatre

  Turkish stage and screen actor of Winter Sleep and Seksenler's Ergun Plak; teacher and showman.

  79 candles · 6 tributes
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  Mehdi Zana

  1940 – 2026 · Kurdish politician

  Diyarbakir's independent socialist mayor; Prison No. 5 witness for Kurdish rights.

  43 candles · 5 tributes
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  Gülsen Tuncer

  1945 – 2026 · Actress

  Aşk-ı Memnu's Arsen Hanım; a lifetime of Turkish stage, screen and teaching.

  32 candles · 5 tributes
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  Hasan Gülay

  1946 – 2026 · Chemical engineer and politician

  Engineer and Manisa deputy who chaired Turkey's National Defence Committee.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  İoanna Kuçuradi

  1936 – 2026 · Philosopher

  She taught philosophy as the art of being human, and spent a lifetime defending human dignity.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Süleyman Saim Tekcan

  1940 – 2026 · Painter

  Master of Turkish printmaking, teacher of generations, and painter of horses who gave the world the Tekcan technique.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Soner Olgun

  1959 – 2026 · Singer

  Modern ozan of Turkish folk and stage song; İyi Bayramlar, forever.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Göksel Arsoy

  1936 – 2026 · Actor

  Yeşilçam's Golden Child, the leading man who taught a generation of filmgoers about love.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Nev

  1968 – 2026 · Singer

  The Turkish singer and songwriter behind "Zor", who gave classical Turkish songs a new voice.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Cem Akaş

  1968 – 2026 · Novelist and publisher

  Turkish novelist and publisher whose playful, puzzle-like fiction stretched what a novel could be.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Sabri Anar

  1966 – 2026 · Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Diyarbakır (Amida)

  Builder of churches in Sarcelles and Arnouville, shepherd of the Chaldeans of France and Turkey.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Alpay

  1935 – 2026 · Singer and songwriter

  He gave Turkish pop some of its most lasting romantic songs.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Burhan Özfatura

  1943 – 2026 · Politician

  Twice mayor of İzmir who built canals, metro, housing, and Tansaş into the city's modern map.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Kadir İnanır

  1949 – 2026 · Film actor

  A defining leading man of Yeşilçam Turkish cinema.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Dündar Ziya Gültekin

  † 2026 · Acting mayor / local politician

  Üsküdar's acting mayor whose life of local public service ended on the road to Ankara.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Nihat Ziyalan

  1936 – 2026 · Poet

  Yeşilçam's gentle bad guy, who left the screen for poetry and kept Turkish alive in Sydney.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Sudi Özkan

  1939 – 2026 · Businessman

  From a grocer's son in Adana to the King of Casinos across 16 countries.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  İoanna Kuçuradi (Ioanna Koutsouradi)

  1936 – 2026 · Philosopher and professor

  The philosopher who taught Turkey that a human being is valuable simply for being human.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Şükrü Ersoy

  1931 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper

  Lastik of Fenerbahçe and keeper at Turkey's first World Cup.

  3 candles · 1 tributes