List of Famous people born in Bursa Province
Kadir Koçdemir
Kadir Koçdemir is a Turkish politician, author and former governor.
Serdar Yeğin
Türker Kılıç
Can Erdogan-Sus
Ömer Tuğrul İnançer
Ömer Tuğrul İnançer was a Turkish lawyer, Sufi musician, and Shaykh of the Jerrahi Order. He retired from his duty as the founding general manager of the Istanbul Historical Turkish Music Ensemble affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Mehmet Aydın
Mehmet Aydın is a former Turkish rapper, under the pseudonym Egoman, who is now under investigation for serious criminal fraud. In August 2016, he developed his scam app which allowed users to invest in virtual livestock. It eventually had over 350,000 domestic investors and another 150,000 abroad. It is believed he had scammed 1.6 billion Turkish lira from 132,000 people in a single year before disappearing. In 2021, Sedat Peker claimed that Aydın had allies in the Turkish state making sure he would not be brought to justice. Shortly after that, Aydın surrendered to the Turkish Embassy in Sao Paulo.
Tarık Tarcan
Nami Başer
İnci Ece Öztürk
Feride Acar
Feride Acar is a Turkish international expert on women and gender. She was the founding chair of the Middle East Technical University's gender and women's studies program. Between 2003 and 2005 served as chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and served three consecutive terms as president of the Council of Europe's Group of Experts of Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO). In 2019, she was awarded the Pro Merito Medal of the Council of Europe for her service to that body in advancing women's rights.