List of Istanbul Technical University people
This is a list of people associated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey.
Politicians and public figures
- Turgut Özal (1927–1993) - former President of Turkey (1989–1993) and Prime minister (1983–1989)
- Süleyman Demirel (born 1924) - former President of Turkey (1993–2000) and Prime minister (five times between 1965–1993)
- Necmettin Erbakan (born 1926) - former Prime minister (1996–1997) and former President of TOBB (1969)
- Recai Kutan (born 1930) - President of Felicity Party
- Binali Yıldırım (born 1955) - Minister of Communications
- Veysel Eroğlu (born 1948) - Minister of Environment and former Head of State Hydraulic Works
- Bedrettin Dalan (born 1941) - former Mayor of Istanbul (1984–1989)
- Aytaç Durak (born 1938) - Mayor of Adana (1994–)
- Vedat Ali Dalokay (1927–1991) - former Mayor of Ankara (1973–1977)
- Safa Giray (1931-2011) - former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1991)
Business
- Üzeyir Garih (1929–2001) - co-founder of Alarko Holding
- İshak Alaton (born 1927) - co-founder of Alarko Holding
- Temel Kotil (born 1959) - CEO of Turkish Airlines
- Şarık Tara (born 1930) - founder of Enka Holding
- Faruk Yarman (born 1954) - CEO of HAVELSAN
- Mehmet Hacim Kamoy (1922-2004) - founding-CEO of ASELSAN
Science and technology
- Emin Halid Onat (1908–1961) - architect of Anıtkabir and first dean of ITU School of Architecture[1]
- Ali Erdemir - material scientist[2][3]
- Ali Akansu - electrical and computer engineering scientist, professor at NJIT
- Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946) - architect
- Karl von Terzaghi (1883–1963) - mechanical engineer, founder of soil mechanics
- Mehmet Toner - biomedical engineering scientist, professor at MIT
- Doğan Kuban (born 1926) - architectural historian
- Sertaç Karaman - mechanical engineering scientist, assistant professor at MIT
Art
- Oğuz Atay (1934–1977) - novelist[4]
- Funda Arar (born 1975) - pop singer
- Ahmet Yalçınkaya (born 1963) - poet
- Erkan Oğur (born 1954) - musician
- Berke Hatipoğlu (born 1976) - architect, guitarist of the rock band, Redd
- Ziynet Sali- Singer
Sports
- Çağla Kubat - windsurfer
- Zehra Öktem - Olympic archer
Political Activists
- Harun Karadeniz (1942–1975) - 1970s student leader
Others
- Veli Behruz Çinici - Architect of METU Ankara Campus
- Mehmet Gümüşburun - Turkish bureaucrat
- Sabiha Gürayman - First Turkish woman engineer
- Waleed A. Samkari - Commander of Royal Maintenance Corps (Jordan)
Dropouts
- Orhan Pamuk (born 1952) - novelist, Nobel Laureate in Literature (2006)
- Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 1967) - actor