List of Famous people born in Ordu Province
Kadir İnanır
Kadir İnanır is a Turkish film actor and director.
Numan Kurtulmuş
Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş is a Turkish politician and academician, currtently the deputy chairman of Justice and Development Party.
Canan Kaftancıoğlu
Canan Kaftancıoğlu is a Turkish physician and politician. She is the Republican People's Party's current provincial president in Istanbul.
İsmet Uçma
İsmet Uçma was a Turkish politician and member of the Turkish Parliament. Uçma was a member of the Justice and Development Party and a MP for Istanbul. He died on 11 October 2021 due to lung cancer.
Ali Erbaş
Ali Erbaş is a Turkish Muslim scholar and president of Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) in Turkey.
Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk
Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk is the current minister of Family, Labour and Social Services of Turkey.
Ertuğrul Günay
Ertuğrul Günay was the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.
Hilmi Güler
Mehmet Hilmi Güler is a Turkish politician and metallurgical engineer. He was the Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Turkey in 2002–2009. He served as the general director of the Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) and Etibank. He was a founding member of the currently ruling AKP.
Mustafa Altıoklar
Mustafa Altıoklar is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He is the chairman of the Turkish Film Directors Association and is fluent in English. Although he graduated from the medical faculty of Istanbul University and specialised in physiotherapy, he decided to pursue a career as a director, especially after the success of his short film The Scar.
Hülya Şenyurt
Hülya Şenyurt is a Turkish female judoka. She won the women's bronze medal in Judo in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She became Turkey's first female and youngest Olympic medalist.