Notable Turkish philosophers, scientists and scholars include:
A Ahmet Yesevi, mystic and philosopher Ahmet Resmi, historian Ahi Çelebi, physician Silahdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa, historian Ali Akansu, electrical engineer Zeynep Akata, scientist İsmail Akbay, engineer Selman Akbulut, mathematician Cezmi Akdis, medical researcher in the field of immunology. He is director of the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research Akshamsaddin, scholar, poet, mystic, and scientist Abdülkadir Topkaç, astronomer Alev Alatlı, economist Mustafa Âlî, historian Ahmet Alkan, economist Cahit Arf, mathematician Yılmaz Argüden, is a Turkish strategist, governance expert and economist Erdal Arikan, electrical engineer Oruç Aruoba, poet, philosopher Huseyin Arslan, engineer Mete Atatüre, physicist Aşıkpaşazade, historian 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, mathematician Alper Gezeravcı, pilot and astronaut Ahi Evran, mystic
B Aykut Barka, earth scientist Asım Orhan Barut, physicistAsim Orhan Barut Turhan Baytop, botanist Fatih Birol, economist and energy expert Hulusi Behçet, dermatologist, physician and scientist Besim Ömer Akalın, physician Orkut Büyükkökten, software engineer
C Tantek Çelik, computer scientist Erhan Çınlar, probabilist Cahit Arf, mathematician
D Hilmi Volkan Demir, scientist Asli Demirguc-Kunt, economist Arda Denkel, philosopher Naşide Gözde Durmuş, geneticist
E Ahmed Resmî Efendi, historian and diplomat Gelenbevi İsmail Efendi, mathematician Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, historian Yunus Emre, poet, mystic and philosopher Osman Nuri Eralp, veterinary scientist and microbiologist Ali Erdemir, scientist Sabri Ergun, chemical engineer. He is known for the Ergun equation Elza Erkip, electrical and computer engineer Ayşe Erzan, theoretical physicist İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi, philosopher and mystic
F Molla Şemseddin Fenari, logician, Islamic theologian Nusret Fişek, physician Farabi, philosopher and music theorist
G Erol Gelenbe, computer scientist Feza Gürsey, mathematician and physicist Metin Gürses, founded The Science Academy Society of Turkey Nüzhet Gökdoğan, astronomer and mathematician Fatin Gökmen, astronomer
H Osman Hamdi Bey, archaeologist Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, polymath Halil İnalcık, historian
I Fatih Ömer İlday, physicist Ataç İmamoğlu, physicist Umran Inan, scientist Erdal İnönü, physicist, politician Ahmet Mete Işıkara, seismologist İlber Ortaylı, historian İlter Turan, was the president of International Political Science Association
K Nami Kartal, wood scientist İhsan Ketin, geologist Osman Kibar, engineer and founder of Biosplice Ioanna Kuçuradi, Professor of Philosophy, President of Turkish Philosophy Association Behram Kurşunoğlu, physicist Yalçın Küçük, economist, historian and sovietologist Çetin Kaya Koç, engineer C. Emre Koksal, electrical and computer engineer Kâtip Çelebi, polymath and author Mahmud Kashgari, scholar and lexicographer
L Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, scientist, engineer and aviator
M Mirim Çelebi, astronomer Janet Akyüz Mattei, astronomer Frederick Akbar Mahomed, his Turkish father was Dean Mahomed Frederick was an internationally known British physician Müneccimbaşı Ahmed Dede, astronomer, astrologer and historian Takiyettin Mengişoğlu, philosopher Molla Fenari, logician, theologian, scholar, and philosopher
N Mustafa Naima, historian Matrakçı Nasuh, mathematician, historian, geographer, cartographer, swordmaster, and miniaturist Leyla Neyzi, anthropologist, sociologist and historian
O Hakkı Ögelman, physicist and astrophysicist Mehmet Öz, surgeon and author Feryal Özel, astrophysicist Hasan Özbekhan, scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher and planner who was professor emeritus Aslı Özyürek, linguist, cognitive scientist and psychologist
P Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, astrophysicist Şevket Pamuk, economics and economic History Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, sociologist, legist and historian İbrahim Peçevi, historian Kadrî of Pergamon, linguist
Q Ali Qushji, astronomer, mathematician, physicist and scientist Yusif Qarabaghi, scientist, doctor, and philosopher
R Piri Reis, cartographer and admiral Kemal Reis, cartographer Bursalı Kadızade Rumi, mathematician Seydi Ali Reis, cartographer
S Gülsün Sağlamer, architect Aziz Sancar, biochemist Aydın Sayılı, historian of scienceIn Memory of Aydin SayiliAydin Sayili (1913-1993) At Work: His Scientific Biography Hu Sihui, he was the first to empirically discover and clearly describe deficiency diseases. Mustafa Selaniki, historian Muzafer Sherif, social psychologist Oktay Sinanoğlu, theoretical chemist and molecular biologist Uğur Şahin, cancer research, immunology, CEO of BioNTech Celâl Şengör, geologist Sabuncuoğlu Şerafeddin, physician İbrahim Adnan Saraçoğlu, chemistry, biochemist, microbiologist and researcher.
T Takiyüddin, Ottoman polymath, astronomer Semih Tezcan, civil engineer Hüseyin Tevfik Pasha, mathematician Mehmet Toner, cryobiologist, biomedical engineerHarvard Üniversitesi'nde Türk Profesör Özlem Türeci, physician, scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded the biotechnology company BioNTech ibn Turk, ninth-century mathematician
U Turgay Üzer, physicistHomepages of Turkish Faculty Members Ulugh Beg, astronomer and mathematician Ulus Baker, sociologist
V Vamık Volkan, psychiatrist and author
Y Nur Yalman, anthropologist Gazi Yaşargil, father of modern microneurosurgery Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, theologian Cem Yıldırım, mathematician Cemal Yıldırım, philosopher of science Yusuf Has Hacip, political scientist, astronomer, author Yasin Şöhret, engineer, scientist
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