List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province
Rümeysa Kadak
Rümeysa Kadak is a Turkish politician and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Elected in 2018, she represents Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, in the Turkish Parliament. Kadak is the youngest MP in Turkey and Asia, and the second youngest MP in the world.
Tuvana Türkay
Tuvana Türkay is a Turkish actress.
Duygun Yarsuvat
Duygun Yarsuvat is a Turkish lawyer.
Nejat İşler
Nejat İşler is a Turkish actor.
Rüzgar Erkoçlar
Onur Rüzgar Erkoçlar is a former Turkish actor and photomodel.
Ceylan
Ceylan Avcı is a Turkish arabesque and folk singer, who is of Zaza descent. Her family is from Tunceli.
Sarp Akkaya
Sarp Akkaya is a Turkish actor. He began acting at the age of twelve along with his twin brother Kaya Akkaya. Their older sister Esra Akkaya is also an actress. Sarp Akkaya and Kaya Akkaya played in TV series Bizim Aile and Muhteşem Yüzyıl together.
Nurullah Ataç
Nurullah Ataç was a Turkish writer, poet and literary critic.
Yılmaz Morgül
İbrahim Yılmaz Morgül is a Turkish singer.
Hande Yener
Makbule Hande Özyener, better known by her stage name Hande Yener, is a Turkish singer. She made her debut in the early 2000s, and since then has become a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with numerous songs that rose to the top of music charts. Alongside her music career, she is also known for her choice of clothes and has renewed her image multiple times over the years. She has occasionally made changes in her music style as well; for a while, she started making electronic music, but this period was short-lived and she again returned to performing pop music. During her career, both her professional and personal life have been among the favorite subjects of columnists, and her rivalry and on and off feud with Demet Akalın were covered in the tabloids from time to time.