List of people from Ankara

This is a list of notable people from Ankara, Turkey.

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Others Ahmet Altan, journalist Mahmud A. Asrar, comic book artist Metin Arditi, French-speaking Swiss writer of Turkish Sephardi origin. Tekin Dereli, physicist Boran Kuzum, actor Filiz Akın, actress Ekrem Bora, actor Yıldıray Çınar, comic book artist Emin Çölaşan, journalist Burak Dakak, actor Yasemin Dalkılıç, free diver Vedat Dalokay, architect Ordal Demokan, physicist Cansu Dere, actress Can Dündar, journalist Enes Hocaoğulları, human rights activist Burak Sergen, actor Burhan Sönmez, novelist and president of PEN International Melih Gokcek, mayor Erdal İnönü, politician and physicist Orhan Karaveli, journalist and writer Vehbi Koç, pioneer industrialist Kartal Tibet, actor Tunc Ucyildiz, surfer Arda Güler, footballer Dilan Yeşilgöz, politician, born in Ankara Michael Linhart, Austrian diplomat and politician Chris McVoy,Facades+. Chris McVoy, The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved January 2, 2026. American architect

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