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FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM TURKEY
FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM TURKEY
Fazıl Say is a Turkish pianist and
composer. He was appointed by the European Union with the title of "Cultural Ambassador"
composer. He was appointed by the European Union with the title of "Cultural Ambassador"
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; (1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, (born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish photographer, cinematographer, screenwriter and actor and film director best known for the Palme d'Or winning Winter Sleep (2014). He has Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award.
Aziz Sancar (born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair