List of Famous people with last name Berker

Ahmet Nihat Berker, is a Turkish scientist, theoretical chemist, physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT. Currently, he is the acting Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences in Kadir Has University, Turkey. He is the son of a notable scientist and engineer Ratip Berker, who was deceased on 17 October 1997. His wife, Bedia Erim Berker is a professor of chemistry at Istanbul Technical University, and one of his sons, Selim Berker is a professor of epistemology in the department of philosophy at Harvard University and his other son, Ratip Emin Berker is currently a junior at Harvard.

Feyyaz Berker was a Turkish businessman, born in Mersin, Turkey. He is one of the three co-founders and current owners of the Tekfen Holding. His father, Muhtar Berker, an ophthalmologist in Mersin, was elected to Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1939 as İçel deputy. When his family moved to Ankara, Feyyaz had transferred to Robert College of Istanbul, from Tarsus American College. In 1946, he graduated from Robert College with a diploma in civil engineering and moved to the United States for a master's degree at University of Michigan. When he returned to Turkey in 1949, he worked in the construction of Esenboğa International Airport (Ankara) for a year. In 1950, he founded Tekfen Holding with Nihat Gökyiğit, his friend from Robert College, and Necati Akçağlılar.