List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Efe Murad is a Turkish poet, translator and historian.

Gülsin Onay is a leading Turkish concert pianist, based in Cambridge.

Faruk Çakır is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayrampaşaspor in the Turkish TFF Third League.

Jeffi Medina is a prominent Turkish Jewish businessman in the advertisement sector of Turkey.

Orkun Uşak is a Turkish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He is a product of the youth system of Galatasaray. He also played for Beykozspor, Bakırköyspor, Anadolu Üsküdar, Elazığspor, Ankaragücü, Kayseri Erciyesspor, Galatasaray, Manisaspor, Konyaspor and Kardemir Karabükspor. On 1 February 2012, he joined Antalyaspor for the rest of the season.

Fehmi Emre Güngör is a Turkish former footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the Turkey squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008.

Perihan Mağden is a Turkish writer. She was a columnist for the newspaper Taraf. She was tried and acquitted for calling for opening the possibility of conscientious objection to mandatory military service in Turkey.

Bahadir Kaleagasi is a Turkish writer and expert in international relations, European politics, and business strategy. He is currently President of the Bosphorus Institute and a member of BusinessEurope's executive bureau. From 2017 to 2020, he was the Secretary-General (CEO) of TUSIAD – the Turkish Industry & Business Association. His research focuses on the economic relationships between the European Union, the United States, and Turkey.

Zeynep Tufekci is a Turkish sociologist and writer. Her work focuses on the social implications of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and big data, as well as societal challenges such as the pandemic using complex and systems-based thinking. She has been described as “having a habit on being right on the big things” by The New York Times and as one of the most prominent academic voices on social media by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Abdullah Oguz is a Turkish film director and producer. Oguz studied at Marmara University. From 1990 to 2000 he produced and directed commercials, TV series and music videos, and later, feature films.