List of Istanbul Technical University people
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This is a list of people associated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey.
Politicians and public figures
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- Ahmet Arslan (born 1962) - Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication and a Member of Parliament for Kars
- Fatih Birol (born 1958) - Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (2015–present), Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (1995-2015)
- Bedrettin Dalan (born 1941) - former Mayor of Istanbul (1984–1989)
- Vedat Ali Dalokay (1927–1991) - former Mayor of Ankara (1973–1977)
- Süleyman Demirel (1924-2015) - former President of Turkey (1993–2000) and Prime minister (five times between 1965–1993)
- Aytaç Durak (1938-2014) - Mayor of Adana (1994–2014)
- Necmettin Erbakan (1926-2011) - former Prime minister (1996–1997) and former President of TOBB (1969)
- Veysel Eroğlu (born 1948) - Minister of Environment and former Head of State Hydraulic Works
- Safa Giray (1931-2011) - former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1991)
- Recai Kutan (born 1930) - President of Felicity Party
- Turgut Özal (1927–1993) - former President of Turkey (1989–1993) and prime minister (1983–1989)
- Ruhsar Pekcan (born 1958) - Minister of Trade (2018-Present)
- Binali Yıldırım (born 1955) - Prime Minister, maritime engineer and former Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
- Taner Yıldız (born 1962) - Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (2009-2015)
- İsmet Yılmaz (born 1961) - Minister of National Education of Turkey and former Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
Business
[edit]- İshak Alaton (born 1927) - co-founder of Alarko Holding
- Selçuk Bayraktar (born 1979) - Chief Technology Officer of Baykar
- Halil Boztepe (born 1970) - CEO of Tepe Kimya
- Üzeyir Garih (1929–2001) - co-founder of Alarko Holding
- Sadi Gülçelik (born 1929) - co-founder of ENKA Holding
- Mehmet Hacim Kamoy (1922-2004) - founding CEO of ASELSAN
- Temel Kotil (born 1959) - CEO of Turkish Airlines
- Volkan Sevilgen (born 1980) - CTO and co-founder of Temblor, Inc.
- Şarık Tara (born 1930) - co-founder of ENKA Holding
- Faruk Yarman (born 1954) - CEO of HAVELSAN
Science and technology
[edit]- Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946) - architect
- Ali Akansu (born 1958) - electrical & computer engineering and scientist, professor at NJIT
- Attila Aşkar (born 1944) - civil engineer and applied mathematician, president and provost (rector) of the Koç University. (2001 - 2009)[1]
- Ivet Bahar - computational biologist, professor at University of Pittsburgh
- Ali Erdemir - material scientist[2][3]
- A. Cemal Eringen (1921-2009) - civil engineer and applied mathematics; professor at Princeton University
- Doğan Kuban (born 1926) - architectural historian
- Emin Halid Onat (1908–1961) - architect of Anıtkabir and first dean of ITU School of Architecture[4]
- Hürriyet Sırmaçek (1912 - 1983) Turkey's first female bridge engineer.[5]
- Celâl Şengör (born 1955) - geologist
- Karl von Terzaghi (1883–1963) - mechanical engineer, founder of soil mechanics
- Mehmet Toner (born 1958) - biomedical engineering and scientist, professor at MIT
Art
[edit]- Funda Arar (born 1975) - pop singer
- Ahmet Aslan (born 1968) - musician
- Oğuz Atay (1934–1977) - novelist[6]
- Murat Boz - pop singer
- Güler Duman (born 1967) - Turkish folk music
- Berke Hatipoğlu (born 1976) - architect, guitarist of the rock band Redd
- Erkan Oğur (born 1954) - musician
- Ziynet Sali - singer
- Ahmet Yalçınkaya (born 1963) - poet
Sports
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Political activists
[edit]- Harun Karadeniz (1942–1975) - 1970s student leader
Others
[edit]- Behruz Çinici - architect of Atatürk University and METU Ankara campuses
- Mehmet Gümüşburun - bureaucrat
- Sabiha Gürayman - first Turkish woman engineer
- Waleed A. Samkari - Commander of Royal Maintenance Corps (Jordan)
- Ateşan Aybars (graduated 1973) - economist, TV celebrity, biomedical engineer and commodity trading advisor
- Alper Derinboğaz - architect
Dropouts
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- Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 1967) - actor
- Orhan Pamuk (born 1952) - novelist, Nobel Laureate in Literature (2006)
References
[edit]- ^ Attila Aşkar received his Engineering Diploma from the Technical University of Istanbul in 1966.
- ^ "İTÜ Mezunu Ali Erdemir'in Motor Yağının Sürtünmesini Azaltan Büyük Buluşu | İMK". Archived from the original on 2009-12-05. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a87/00801050.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Oğuz Atay
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