List of Famous people born in Gaziantep Province
Mustafa Cengiz
Mustafa Cengiz is a Turkish businessman. He is currently the chairman of the sports club Galatasaray S.K..
Doğu Perinçek
Doğu Perinçek is a Turkish politician and doctor of law who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015. He was also a member of the Talat Pasha Committee, an organization named after the main perpetrator of the Armenian Genocide.
Ahmet Ümit
Ahmet Ümit is a Turkish author and poet. He is best known for his crime novels.
Abdulhamit Gül
Abdulhamit Gül is a Turkish politician. Currently, Minister of Justice. He is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey from Gaziantep. He was previously the General Secretary of the Justice and Development Party.
Gizem Memiç
Gizem Memiç (Turkish: [ˈɡizem ˈmemitʃ]; is a Turkish model and beauty pageant title holder who won the title of Miss Turkey 2010 on Thursday 1 April 2010. Gizem Memiç accepted the crown from Ebru Şam, Miss Turkey 2010. She graduated from Interior Architecture & Environmental Design at Bilkent University.
Fatma Şahin
Fatma Şahin is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan.
Mehmet Görmez
Mehmet Görmez is the former President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs and as such legally the highest level Islamic scholar in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Sinan Tuzcu
Sinan Tuzcu is a Turkish actor.
Derya Büyükuncu
Derya Büyükuncu is a six-time Olympic backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Turkey. The 1.90 m tall athlete at 90 kg (200 lb) is a member of Galatasaray Swimming. His coach is Zehra Büyükuncu.
Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu
Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu is a Turkish cinema and theater actor and musician. He started his acting career by acting in Keşanlı Ali Destanı in 1970. He is best known with the character of Mala Ahmet in the film The White Angel.