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Turkey ranks 16th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Netherlands, China, and Canada. Memorable people born in present day Turkey include Herodotus, Paul the Apostle, and Suleiman the Magnificent. Memorable people who died in Turkey include Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Thales of Miletus, and Constantine the Great. Turkey has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is off the south coast. Most of the country's citizens are ethnic Turks, while Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city; Istanbul is its largest city and main financial centre. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 3500 BC and 2001, present day Turkey was the birth place of 1,301 globally memorable people, including Herodotus, Paul the Apostle, and Suleiman the Magnificent. Additionaly, 900 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Turkey including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Thales of Miletus, and Constantine the Great.

People Born in Present Day Turkey

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People Deceased in Present Day Turkey

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Occupations

Occupational Trends

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Turkey, including Hakan Şükür, Rüştü Reçber, and Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Turkey, including Suleiman the Magnificent, Osman I, and Selim II.

Cities by Births

Cities by Deaths

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Turkey since 1700.

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