This is a list of people from Bursa who have become known internationally in different roles and professions. Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is the fourth most populous city in Turkey and is one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the country. Ahmet Boz, 80's musical maestro.
Renowned people from Bursa Qādī Zāda al-Rūmī - astronomer and mathematician Manolis Andronikos - Greek archaeologist Emre Aşık - international footballer Ömer Aşık - international basketballer Hande Ataizi - actress Vildan Atasever - actress Bayezid I - fourth Ottoman Empire ruler Celal Bayar - former Turkish president Behice Boran - the leader of the socialist Workers Party of Turkey İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil - politician Erkan Can - actor Özhan Canaydın - former basketball player, businessman and the former chairman of Galatasaray Dio Chrysostom - Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire Muazzez İlmiye Çığ - archaeologist Mercan Dede - Turkish musician Ata Demirer - comedian Halil Ergün - actor Sabiha Gökçen - the first Turkish female aviator Tarkan Gozubuyuk - Pentagram and Mezarkabul bass guitar player and producer Kerem Kanter – basketball player Pınar Kür - novelist, dramatist, and translator Serdar Kurtuluş - international footballer Mehmed I - fifth Ottoman Empire ruler Murad I - third Ottoman Empire ruler Zeki Müren - singer, "sun of art" Vedat Okyar - footballer Emin Fahrettin Özdilek - Prime Minister of Turkey Erdal Özyağcılar - actor Hamit Şare - Olympic skier Müzeyyen Senar – singer, state artist of Turkey Olgun Şimşek - actor Sporus of Nicaea - Greek mathematician and astronomer Nur Sürer - actress Sercan Yıldırım - international footballer Okan Yılmaz - international footballer Zofia Potocka - Greek - Russian agent Konstantinos Kazanas - participant in the Greek Resistance
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