List of Famous people born in Sakarya

Cem Uzan

First Name Cem
Last Name Uzan
Born on December 26, 1960 (age 63)
Born in Sakarya

Cem Uzan is a Turkish businessman and politician involved in the media and banking industries, while also chairing the social liberal Young Party. His family's media empire at one time included both television stations and print media. His family was one of Turkey's most influential families. His supporters claim Uzan's political rivalry resulted in the group's companies being seized by the government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, eventually resulting in Uzan's flight to France to escape what he claimed was political persecution. He has been sentenced in absentia to jail terms in the UK, USA and Turkey for fraud-related offences.

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Semih Saygıner

First Name Semih
Born on November 12, 1964 (age 60)
Born in Sakarya

Semih Saygıner, nicknamed Mr. Magic or The Turkish Prince, is a Turkish world champion professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion event.

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Sait Faik Abasıyanık

Mehmet Sait Abasıyanık
First Name Sait
Last Name Abasıyanık
Born on November 23, 1906
Died on May 11, 1954 (aged 47)
Born in Sakarya

Sait Faik Abasıyanık was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, and the poor. His stories focused on the urban lifestyle and he portrayed the denizens of the darker places in Istanbul. He also explored the "...torments of the human soul and the agony of love and betrayal..."

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Hakan Şükür

First Name Hakan
Last Name Şükür
Born on September 1, 1971 (age 53)
Born in Sakarya
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Hakan Şükür is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and Kral (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı, representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.

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Ceylan Ertem

First Name Ceylan
Last Name Ertem
Born on December 26, 1980 (age 43)
Born in Sakarya

Ceylan Ertem is Turkish singer-songwriter.

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Yılmaz Vural

First Name Yılmaz
Last Name Vural
Born on January 1, 1953 (age 71)
Born in Sakarya
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Yılmaz Vural is a Turkish football manager and former player. He played as a midfielder for Hacettepe and Sivasspor in the 1970s.

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Tuncay Şanlı

First Name Tuncay
Last Name Şanlı
Born on January 16, 1982 (age 42)
Born in Sakarya
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Tuncay Şanlı, known as Tuncay, is a Turkish former footballer.

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Enes Erkan

First Name Enes
Last Name Erkan
Born on May 10, 1987 (age 37)
Born in Sakarya

Enes Erkan is a World and European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +84 kg division. He transferred from the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. to the Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. He studies physical education and sports at Sakarya University.

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Bülent Uygun

Bülent Uygun is a Turkish football manager and former player who most recently managed Denizlispor. He played as an attacking midfielder after starting his career as a striker, and was the captain of Fenerbahçe. His nickname is The Soldier.

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Emre Kılınç

First Name Emre
Last Name Kılınç
Born on August 23, 1994 (age 30)
Born in Sakarya
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Emre Kılınç is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Galatasaray.

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