List of people from Kayseri

This is a list of notable people from Kayseri.

(in chronological order of ancients)

• Hyacinth of Caesarea (96–108), Christian saint
• Absalon of Caesarea, Christian saint
• Leontius of Caesarea (died 337), bishop
• Basil of Caesarea (330–379), Greek bishop and Christian saint
• Emmelia of Caesarea (died c. 375), mother of Basil
• Helladius of Caesarea (fl. 381), bishop
• Andreas of Caesarea (563–637), Greek theologian and bishop
• Arethas of Caesarea (born c. 860), Byzantine scholar and archbishop
• Konstantinos Adosidis (1818-1895), Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos
• Theodoros Kasapis (1835-1905), Cappadocian Greek who played a key role in the reform movement

(in alphabetical order of recent surnames)

• Deniz Akkaya, model
• Göksel Arsoy, film actor
• Baha (given name "Bahattin Özaydın"), pop and arabesque singer
• Pelin Gündeş Bakır, politician representing Kayseri^[1]
• Sinan Bolat, footballer (goalkeeper)
• Umut Bulut, footballer
• Tuğba Daşdemir, alpine skier
• Orhan Delibaş, boxer
• Ebru Elhan, volleyball player
• Mustafa Elitaş, politician representing Kayeri^[2]
• Atilla Engin, jazz musician
• Nazim Erdem, Australian wheelchair rugby player, born in Kayseri^[3]
• A. Cemal Eringen, mechanician and engineering scientist
• Derviş Eroğlu, president of the TRNC
• Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey
• Metin Kaçan, novelist
• Yaşar Karayel, politician representing Kayseri^[4]
• Elia Kazan (1909-2003), Greek American film director whose family originated from Kayseri in Cappadocia^[5]
• Mehmet Şevki Kulkuloğlu, politician representing Kayseri^[6]
• Zeynep Murat, European champion Taekwondo practitioner
• Nesrin Nas, politician, leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP)
• Celil Oker, writer
• Ahmet Öksüzkaya, politician representing Kayseri^[7]
• İsmet Özel, poet
• Tuncay Özilhan, businessman
• Ali Öztürk, footballer
• Hüsnü Özyeğin, businessman
• Erol Sabancı, businessman (Sabancı Holding)
• Sakıp Sabancı, businessman (Sabancı Holding)
• Şevket Sabancı, businessman (Sabancı Holding)
• Mimar Sinan, architect
• Fatih Solak, basketball player
• İsmail Tamer, politician representing Kayseri^[8]
• Mehmet Topuz, footballer
• Ali Turan, footballer
• Alparslan Türkeş, politician
• Prof. Dr. Şahin Yildirim, head of department (Erciyes University Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechatronics Engineering);^[9] Honorary Professor, University of Debrecen (Hungary)^[10]
• Taner Yıldız, politician representing Kayseri^[11]

References

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3. "Athlete's Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 December 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
4. "Türkýye Büyük Mýllet Meclýsý". Tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
5. Young, Jeff (2001). Kazan: the master director discusses his films : interviews with Elia Kazan. Newmarket Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-55704-446-4. He was born on September 7, 1909 to Greek parents living in Istanbul. His father was Yiorgos Kazanjioglou, had fled Kayseri, a small village in Anatolia where for five hundred years the Turks had oppressed and brutalized the Armenian and Greek minorities who had lived there even longer.
6. "Türkýye Büyük Mýllet Meclýsý". Tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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8. "Türkýye Büyük Mýllet Meclýsý". Tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
9. http://mekatronik.erciyes.edu.tr/en/page/16/academic-staff.html. Retrieved 1998-05-01. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. http://mekatronik.erciyes.edu.tr/en/showcase/1/the-honorary-professor-award-to-prof-dr--sahin-yildirim.html. Retrieved 2009-06-27. Missing or empty |title= (help)
11. "Türkýye Büyük Mýllet Meclýsý". Tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2012-05-01.