List of Famous people born in Ankara, Ankara Province

Esra Bilgiç

First Name Esra
Born on October 14, 1992 (age 32)
Born in Ankara Province

Esra Bilgiç is a Turkish actress. She is best-known for portraying the role of Halime Hatun in the Turkish historical adventure television series Diriliş: Ertuğrul from 2014 to 2018. As of 2020, she is the leading actress in the crime drama series Ramo.

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Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor
First Name Joe
Last Name Strummer
Born on August 21, 1952
Died on December 22, 2002 (aged 50)
Born in Ankara Province
Height 173 cm | 5'8

John Graham Mellor, better known as Joe Strummer, was a British musician, singer, songwriter, composer, actor, and radio host who was best known as the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of punk rock band The Clash. Formed in 1976, the Clash's second album Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978) reached No. 2 on the UK charts. Soon after, they achieved success in the US, starting with London Calling (1979) and peaking with Combat Rock (1982), which reached No. 7 on the US charts and was certified 2× platinum there. The Clash's explosive political lyrics, musical experimentation, and rebellious attitude had a far-reaching influence on rock music in general, especially alternative rock. Their music incorporated reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap and rockabilly.

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Adnan Oktar

First Name Adnan
Last Name Oktar
Born on February 2, 1956 (age 68)
Born in Ankara Province

Adnan Oktar, also known as Adnan Hoca, Harun Yahya, is a Turkish religious cult leader, self-proclaimed Mahdi, creationist, and conspiracy theorist. In 2007, he sent thousands of unsolicited copies of his book, The Atlas of Creation, which advocates Islamic creationism, to American scientists, members of Congress, and science museums. Oktar runs two organizations of which he is also the Honorary President: Bilim Araştırma Vakfı, which promotes creationism and Milli Değerleri Koruma Vakfı which works domestically on a variety of moral issues.

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Burak Aydos

First Name Burak
Last Name Aydos
Born on January 8, 1972 (age 52)
Born in Ankara Province
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Eren Özker

First Name Eren
Last Name Özker
Born on July 25, 1948
Died on February 25, 1993 (aged 44)
Born in Ankara Province

Eren Özker was a Turkish-American puppeteer and actress. She was one of the original performers during the first season of Jim Henson's popular television series The Muppet Show.

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Renan Demirkan

First Name Renan
Last Name Demirkan
Born on June 12, 1955 (age 69)
Born in Ankara Province

Renan Demirkan is a Turkish–German writer and actress.

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Hilmi Sözer

First Name Hilmi
Last Name Sözer
Born on March 9, 1970 (age 54)
Born in Ankara Province

Hilmi Sözer is a Turkish-German actor.

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Murat Belge

First Name Murat
Last Name Belge
Born on March 16, 1943 (age 81)
Born in Ankara Province

Murat Belge is a Turkish academic, translator, literary critic, columnist, civil rights activist, and occasional tour guide.

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Moris Farhi

Musa Farhi
First Name Moris
Last Name Farhi
Born on July 5, 1935
Died on March 5, 2019 (aged 83)
Born in Ankara Province

Musa Moris Farhi MBE was a Turkish author who was vice-president of International PEN from 2001 to his death in 2019.

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Ülkü Adatepe

First Name Ülkü
Born on November 27, 1932
Died on August 1, 2012 (aged 79)
Born in Ankara Province

Ülkü Adatepe was the youngest adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Her interactions with Atatürk were often featured in Turkish media, contributing to the depiction of Atatürk as the "father of Turks" For example, the cover of the Alfabe textbook featured Ülkü studying with Atatürk.

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