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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 religious figures and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turks, while ethnic Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. Officially a secular state, Turkey has a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city; Istanbul is its largest city, and its economic and financial center, as well as the largest city in Europe. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, Antalya, Konya and Adana. Read more on Wikipedia

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.

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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.

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