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Notable people · Türkiye

Rulers, poets, composers, scientists and heroes: the notable figures of the Turkic world.

Rulers and statesmen

PersonAlp ArslanGreat Seljuk sultan (1064–1072) whose victory at Manzikert in 1071 opened Anatolia to the Turks.Read more →
PersonOsman IFounder of the Ottoman state (d. 1324); the dynasty and the empire bear his name.Read more →
PersonMehmed II the ConquerorOttoman sultan (1432–1481) who conquered Constantinople in 1453 at the age of 21.Read more →
PersonSuleiman the MagnificentThe sultan who brought the Ottoman Empire to its widest extent and greatest power (reigned 1520–1566).Read more →

Writers and poets

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Composers and performers

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Artists

Scientists

Commanders and heroes

Athletes

Religious figures

Entrepreneurs and philanthropists