List of Famous people born in İzmir Province
Melis Sezer
Melis Sezer is a Turkish tennis player.
Mehmet Batdal
Mehmet Batdal is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Fatih Karagümrük.
Recep Biler
Recep Biler is a Turkish goalkeeper. He is 1.93m tall and weighs 80 kg. He is a goalkeeper and transferred from 2000–01 season from Yeni Turgutluspor to Fenerbahçe. He debuted on 29 November 2000 for Siirtspor Turkish Cup 3rd round match.
Harun Tekin
Harun Tekin is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fenerbahçe.
Aytaç Kara
Aytaç Kara is a Turkish footballer who plays for Kasımpaşa. He made his Süper Lig debut on 31 August 2012.
Naşide Gözde Durmuş
Naside Gözde Durmuş is a Turkish scientist and geneticist.
Gökhan Keser
Gökhan Keser is a Turkish actor, model and singer.
Engin İpekoğlu
Engin İpekoğlu is a Turkish football manager and former goalkeeper who most recently served as manager of Adanaspor.
Senem Kuyucuoğlu
Senem Kuyucuoğlu is a Turkish TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Best Model of Turkey 2007 and Miss Turkey 2009 first runner-up titles. Since her debut, Kuyucuoğlu has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns in Turkey.
Ümit Sayın
Ümit Sayın is a Turkish pop singer, composer and songwriter. Singer-songwriter Sezen Aksu, who was impressed by his voice at a concert in İzmir on 8 September 1990, and after performing a duet with him, she hired him as her backing vocalist. Sayın later worked as a backing vocalist for Harun Kolçak in 1992, Ajda Pekkan in 1993 and Tarkan in 1994–95. He began to write and compose songs in 1991 with the encouragement of Özkan Uğur and soon started to make songs for singers such as Harun Kolçak, Deniz Arcak, Emel Müftüoğlu, Erdal Çelik, Seden Gürel, Leman Sam, Hakan Peker, Burak Kut, İzel, Yeşim Salkım, Pınar Aylin, Suavi, Bendeniz, Tarkan, and Zeynep Dizdar. He continued his career successfully thanks to his musical relationship with Ozan Çolakoğlu. He released his self-titled debut album in 1992.