Çaykara
Çaykara ranks 8,246th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saxony-Anhalt, Bandırma, and Chepstow. Memorable people born in Çaykara include Cevdet Sunay, and Yeşim Ustaoğlu. Çaykara has been the birth place of many politicians, and film directors. Çaykara is located in Türkiye.
Çaykara is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 574 km2, and its population is 13,070 (2022). As of 2023, the Mayor of Çaykara is Hanefi Tok (AKP). Çaykara village lies in a V-shaped valley along the Solaklı River in the Pontic Mountains, at an elevation of around 300 metres. Çaykara district lies to the south of Dernekpazarı (Kondu) and forms the upper part of the Of-valley system, with peaks reaching to over 3300 meters. The western half of İkizdere district - which lies just east of Çaykara and is now part of Rize province - was historically also part of the same administrative and cultural region. Large swathes of the district are made up of old-growth temperate broadleaf and mixed forest, gradually making way for alpine tundra at higher altitudes. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1899 and 1960, Çaykara was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Cevdet Sunay, and Yeşim Ustaoğlu.
People Born in Çaykara
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Cevdet Sunay
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1982
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 1
Yeşim Ustaoğlu
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Çaykara were politicians (1), and film directors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, film directors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Çaykara, including Yeşim Ustaoğlu. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Çaykara, including Cevdet Sunay.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Çaykara since 1700.
