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Osman I1258 AD
Political Leader
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan26 February 1954
12th President of Turkey
Saint Nicholas15 March 0270
Christian Saint
Murad IV26 July 1612
Ottoman Sultan
Polycarp0069 AD
Saint
Irenaeus0130 AD
Bishop
Hayreddin Barbarossa1478 AD
16th Century Naval Commander
John Chrysostom0347 AD
Religious Leader
Enver Pasha22 November 1881
Military Officer
Piri Reis1465 AD
Ottoman Admiral, Geographer, Cartographer.
St Paul0005 AD
Religious Preacher
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk19 May 1881
Founder of the Republic of Turkey,
Ertuğrul
Mehmed II30 March 1432
Kösem Sultan1589 AD
Ottoman sultana
Mehmed III26 May 1566
Sultan
Mustafa I1591 AD
Saint
Mehmed I1381 AD
Sultan
Mehmed IV02 January 1642
Sultan
Abdullah Öcalan04 April 1949
Leader
Philip the Apostle0005 AD
Apostle
Hakan Şükür01 September 1971
Footballer
Fethullah Gülen27 April 1941
Scholar, author, preacher
Osman II03 November 1604
Sultan
Sabbatai Zevi01 August 1626
Rabbi
Selim III24 December 1761
Sultan
Ahmed II25 February 1643
Sultan
Mustafa II06 February 1664
Sultan
İsmet İnönü24 September 1884
President
Tariq Aziz28 April 1936
Politician, Diplomat, Journalist
Leo III the Isaurian0685 AD
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Theodosius II10 April 0401
Emperor
Mahmud I02 August 1696
Sultan
Maxentius0278 AD
Emperor
Abdullah Gül29 October 1950
Former President of Turkey
Talaat Pasha10 April 1874
politician
Justinian II0669 AD
Emperor
Osman III02 January 1699
Sultan
Marcion of Sinope0085 AD
Antigonus I Monophthalmus0382 BC
Macedonian general
Gregory of Nyssa0335 AD
Saint
Adnan Menderes1899 AD
politician, diplomat
Turgut Özal13 October 1927
President
Gregory of Nazianzus0329 AD
Saint
Justin II0520 AD
Emperor
Aytaç Yalman29 July 1940
General
Süleyman Demirel01 November 1924
Politician, Civil engineer, Engineer
Ephrem the Syrian0306 AD
Manuel II Palaiologos27 June 1350
Emperor
Ammianus Marcellinus0330 AD
Soldier,historian
Leo I the Thracian0401 AD
Emperor
Jugurtha0160 BC
King
Djemal Pasha06 May 1872
Military leader
Julian the Apostate0330 AD
Kenan Evren17 July 1917
Politician
Margaret the Virgin0289 AD
Saint
BasiliscusEmperor
Necmettin Erbakan29 October 1926
politician, engineer, university teacher
Tansu Çiller24 May 1946
Prime Minister, Economist
Bülent Ecevit28 May 1925
Politician, Writer, Poet, Translator, Journalist,
Orhan I1281 AD
Tribal Leader
Nikephoros II Phokas0912 AD
Emperor
John I Tzimiskes0925 AD
Emperor
Tiberius II Constantine0540 AD
Emperor
Ahmet Necdet Sezer13 September 1941
Judge, Politician
Constantine XI08 February 1405
Political figure
Ali Babacan04 April 1967
Politician, Diplomat
Leo IV the Khazar25 January 0750
Cemal Gürsel13 October 1895
Politician, Officer
StaurakiosEunuch
Burhan Asaf Belge01 February 1899
Politician
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha11 February 1845
Statesman
Theodore I Laskaris1174 AD
Emperor
Hannibal Barca0247 BC
General
Mausolus0400 BC
Ruler
Ulfilas0311 AD
priest,Bible translator
Suleiman II15 April 1642
Sultan
Heraklonas03 May 0626
Emperor
Fevzi Çakmak12 January 1876
Politician, Military personnel
Celâl Bayar16 May 1883
President
Isaac I Komnenos1005 AD
Emperor
Osman Nuri Pasha1832 AD
Military Commander
Zeno0425 AD
Emperor
Cevdet Sunay10 February 1899
President
Timothy0017 AD
Bishop
Hakan Fidan1968 AD
civil servant, diplomat
Ziya Gökalp23 March 1876
Sociologist
Theophanes the Confessor0758 AD
Byzantine monk
Édouard Balladur02 May 1929
Economist, Politician
Midhat Pasha18 October 1822
Political figure
Theodore II Laskaris1220 AD
Emperor
Michael I Cerularius1000 AD
Patriarch of Constantinople
Clement of Ohrid0840 AD
Saint
Polycrates0574 BC
Tyrant