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This is a list of people associated with
Istanbul Technical University
in
Turkey
.
Contents
Politics
Business
Science and technology
Arts
Sports
Political activism
Other
References
Politics
Turgut Özal
,
8th President of Turkey
Süleyman Demirel
,
9th President of Turkey
Ahmet Arslan
(born 1962) — Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication and a Member of Parliament for
Kars
Fatih Birol
(born 1958) — Executive Director of the
International Energy Agency
(2015–present), Chief Economist of the
International Energy Agency
(1995-2015)
Bedrettin Dalan
(born 1941) — Former Mayor of
Istanbul
(1984–1989)
Vedat Ali Dalokay
(1927–1991) — Former Mayor of
Ankara
(1973–1977)
Süleyman Demirel
(1924-2015) — Former President of Turkey (1993–2000) and Prime Minister
Aytaç Durak
(1938-2014) — Mayor of
Adana
(1994–2014)
Necmettin Erbakan
(1926-2011) — Former Prime Minister (1996–1997) and former President of
TOBB
(1969)
Veysel Eroğlu
(born 1948) — Former Minister of Environment and Head of
State Hydraulic Works
Safa Giray
(1931-2011) — Former
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1991)
Recai Kutan
(born 1930) — President of
Felicity Party
Turgut Özal
(1927–1993) — Former
President of Turkey
(1989–1993) and Prime Minister (1983–1989)
Ruhsar Pekcan
(born 1958) — Minister of Trade (2018-2021)
Binali Yıldırım
(born 1955) — Prime Minister, maritime engineer and former Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
Taner Yıldız
(born 1962) — Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (2009-2015)
İsmet Yılmaz
(born 1961) — Minister of National Education of Turkey and former
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
Business
Selçuk Bayraktar
, CTO of
Baykar
İshak Alaton
(born 1927) — Co-founder of
Alarko Holding
Selçuk Bayraktar
(born 1979) — Chief Technology Officer of
Baykar
Halil Boztepe
(born 1970) — CEO of Tepe Kimya
Üzeyir Garih
(1929–2001) — Co-founder of Alarko Holding
Sadi Gülçelik
(born 1929) — Co-founder of
ENKA Holding
Mehmet Hacim Kamoy
(1922-2004) — Founding CEO of
ASELSAN
Temel Kotil
(born 1959) — CEO of
Turkish Airlines
Volkan Sevilgen
(born 1980) — CTO and co-founder of
Temblor, Inc.
Şarık Tara
(born 1930) — Co-founder of
ENKA Holding
Faruk Yarman
(born 1954) — CEO of
HAVELSAN
Science and technology
Ivet Bahar
, Director of the
Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology
Zeynep Ahunbay
(born 1946) — Architect
Ali Akansu
(born 1958) — Electrical & computer engineering and scientist, professor at
NJIT
Attila Aşkar
(born 1944) — Civil engineer and
applied mathematician
, former
President and
Rector
of the
Koç University
. (2001-2009)
[
1
]
Ivet Bahar
— Computational biologist, professor at the
University of Pittsburgh
Ali Erdemir
—
Material scientist
[
2
]
[
3
]
A. Cemal Eringen
(1921-2009) — Civil engineer and applied mathematician; professor at
Princeton University
Doğan Kuban
(born 1926) —
Architectural historian
Emin Halid Onat
(1908–1961) — Architect of
Anıtkabir
and first dean of
ITU School of Architecture
[
4
]
Hürriyet Sırmaçek
(1912 - 1983) —
Turkey
's first female
bridge engineer
[
5
]
Celâl Şengör
(born 1955) — Geologist
Karl von Terzaghi
(1883–1963) — Mechanical engineer, founder of
soil mechanics
Mehmet Toner
(born 1958) —
Biomedical engineering
and scientist, professor at
MIT
Arts
Erkan Oğur
, Turkish musician
Funda Arar
(born 1975) — Pop singer
Ahmet Aslan
(born 1968) — Musician
Oğuz Atay
(1934–1977) — Novelist
[
6
]
Murat Boz
— Pop singer
Güler Duman
(born 1967) — Turkish folk music
Berke Hatipoğlu
(born 1976) — Guitarist of the rock band
Redd
Erkan Oğur
(born 1954) — Musician
Ziynet Sali
— Singer
Ahmet Yalçınkaya
(born 1963) — Poet
Sports
Çağla Kubat
, Turkish actress, model, windsurfer
Zehra Öktem
—
Olympic
archer
Çağla Kubat
—
Windsurfer
Political activism
Harun Karadeniz
(1942–1975) — 1970s student leader
Other
Behruz Çinici
— Architect of
METU
Ankara Campus and
Atatürk University
Campus
Mehmet Gümüşburun
— Bureaucrat
Sabiha Gürayman
— First Turkish woman engineer
Waleed A. Samkari
— Commander of
Jordan Royal Maintenance Corps
Ateşan Aybars
(Class of 1973) — Economist, TV celebrity, biomedical engineer and commodity trading advisor
Alper Derinboğaz
— Architect
References
↑
Attila Aşkar received his Engineering Diploma from the Technical University of Istanbul in 1966.
↑
"İTÜ Mezunu Ali Erdemir'in Motor Yağının Sürtünmesini Azaltan Büyük Buluşu
|
İMK"
. Archived from
the original
on 2009-12-05
. Retrieved
2010-04-03
.
↑
"Ali Erdemir\"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2010-05-27
. Retrieved
2010-04-03
.
↑
"Ord. Prof. Emin ONAT"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2011-06-16
. Retrieved
2010-04-03
.
↑
https://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a87/00801050.pdf
[
bare URL PDF
]
↑
Oğuz Atay
v
t
e
Istanbul Technical University
Undergraduate
A
AeroAstro
Architecture
C
Chemical and Metallurgical Eng.
Civil Eng.
Computer and Informatics Eng.
E
Electrical and Electronics Eng.
M
Management
Maritime
Mechanical Eng.
Mines
N
Naval Architecture and Ocean Eng.
S
Science and Letters
T
Textile Technologies and Design
Turkish Music State Conservatory
Graduate
Disaster Management
Earth Sciences (Eurasia Institute of)
Energy
Informatics
Graduate School
Aviation
Advanced Studies in Music Department
Research
Arı Technopolis
Center for Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing
Central Laboratory
Fuat Kulunk High Voltage Laboratory
National Center for High Performance Computing
TRIGA Mark-II Training and Research Reactor
History
Alumni
Rectors
Faculty
Mühendishane-i Bahr-i Hümayun
Mühendishane-i Berr-i Hümayun
Hendese-i Mülkiye
Mühendis Mekteb-i Alisi
Yüksek Mühendis Mektebi
Campuses
Ayazağa (Maslak)
Gümüşsuyu
Taşkışla
Maçka
Tuzla
ITU-TRNC
Buildings
Süleyman Demirel Cultural Center
Mustafa Inan Library
Natural History and Science Museum
Science Center
Stadium
Sports Center
Abdulhakim Sanjak Mosque
Sports
ITU basketball team
ITU Hornets American football team
Life and culture
Arıyorum
ITUFEST
ITURO
ITU Alumni Association
ITU Day
ITU in popular culture
ITU TV
Radio ITU
Miscellaneous
MV Akdeniz
RV MTA Sismik 1
ITUpSAT1
TurkSat-3USat
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