List of Famous people born in Şanlıurfa Province

İbrahim Tatlıses is a Turkish folk singer and former actor. Since the 1970s he has been one of the best-known and most successful singers of the pop Arabesk style. Tatlıses has recorded 42 albums, including notable albums such as Ayağında Kundura and Selam Olsun and was the host of the highly popular television programme İbo Show. He was also a leading actor that appeared in several dozen films, and also has had many business ventures.

Osman Öcalan is a Kurdish militant politician and former commander of the PKK, a Kurdish militant organization.

Murat Karayılan, also nicknamed Cemal, is one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. He has been the organization PKK's acting leader since its original founder and leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was captured in 1999 by Turkish intelligence agents. On 2014, he left the PKK leader position and was assigned as the new commander-in-chief of the PKK's armed wing, the People's Defence Forces.

Dilek Öcalan is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Şanlıurfa, Turkey, from 2015 to 2018. She is the niece of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant organisation that has been in conflict with the Turkish Armed Forces since the 1980s, making both her candidacy and election to the Grand National Assembly controversial.

Sedat Edip Bucak is a Kurdish politician and the leader of the Bucak tribe in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He survived the 1996 Susurluk car crash which led to the Susurluk scandal over links between police, politicians, the Turkish mafia and the Grey Wolves. In 2004 he was convicted of involvement in the Susurluk criminal gang, overturning a previous acquittal.

Ömer Öcalan is a politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a current member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Mehmet Bülent İnal is a Turkish actor.

Ferhat Göçer is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter and physician.

Seyyal Taner is a Turkish singer and actress.

Hasan Karacadağ is a Turkish film director. He has directed more than twelve films since 1999. He was the director that introduced Djins into Turkish cinema. His Dabbe film series has gone on to become a cult classic due to its distribution on Netflix.