This is a list of notable people from Sivas, Turkey.
(in alphabetical order) Pir Sultan Abdal - Alevi poet Nebahat Albayrak - Dutch politician and former state secretary in the Netherlands government Hatice Aslan - actress Nuri Aslan - politician, acting mayor of Istanbul Ahmet Ayık - world and Olympic champion wrestler Selda Bagcan - musician Mustafa Balel - short story writer and novelist Saint Blaise - Armenian saint, bishop of Sebaste Mustafa Çağrıcı - Islamic theologian Harutyun Kalents - Armenian artisthttp://www.encyclopedia.am/pages.php?bId=2&hId=1233 Harutyun Kalents at Armenian Encyclopaedia Erdal Keser - footballer Refik Koraltan - politician, speaker of the Grand National Assembly Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil - poet Mekhitar of Sebastia - founder of the Mekhitarist Order of Armenian Catholic monks Murad of Sebastia - Armenian fedayee leader Tülin Şahin - model and presenter Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu - poet of the Turkish folk literature Torkom Saraydarian - Armenian spiritual teacher, author, composer born in Sivas, 1917 Emel Sayın - singer of Turkish classical music Abdüllatif Şener - politician, Deputy Prime Minister and state minister Mikail Nersès Sétian - Armenian Catholic bishop in the United States Nurettin Sözen - politician, former mayor of Istanbul Çetin Tekindor - actor Yasin Temel - neurosurgeon İbrahim Toraman - football player Ali Turan - politician representing Sivas Ukhtanes of Sebastia - Armenian historian and prelate Taniel Varouzhan - Armenian poet Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu - politician who was the president of the BBP party Cem Yılmaz - stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter Hakan Yılmaz - weightlifter İsmet Yılmaz - politician representing Sivas İsmail YK - musician Sarkis Zabunyan - Armenian conceptual artist
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