List of Istanbul Technical University people
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This is a list of people associated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey.
Politicians and public figures
- 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 (five times between 1965–1993)
- 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) - Minister of Environment and former 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-Present)
- 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
- İshak Alaton (born 1927) - co-founder of Alarko Holding
- 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
- Celâl Şengör (born 1955) - geologist
- 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, president and provost (rector) of the Koç University. (2001 - 2009)[1]
- Ivet Bahar - computational biologist, professor at University of Pittsburgh
- Ali Erdemir - material scientist[2][3]
- A. Cemal Eringen (February 15, 1921, in Kayseri, Turkey – December 7, 2009) - civil engineer and applied mathematician; professor of continuum physics in the departments of civil engineering and geological engineering, the founder of the program in computational and applied mathematics at Princeton University. Eringen Medal is given every year to a most successful scientist in the fields of continuum mechanics, elasticity, plasticity, rheology and materials science in his honor.[4]
- Doğan Kuban (born 1926) - architectural historian
- Emin Halid Onat (1908–1961) - architect of Anıtkabir and first dean of ITU School of Architecture[5]
- Hürriyet Sırmaçek (1912 - 1983) Turkey's first female bridge engineer.[6]
- Mehmet Toner (born 1958) - biomedical engineering scientist, professor at MIT
- Karl von Terzaghi (1883–1963) - mechanical engineer, founder of soil mechanics
Art
- Funda Arar (born 1975) - pop singer
- Ahmet Aslan (born 1968) - musician
- Oğuz Atay (1934–1977) - novelist[7]
- Murat Boz - pop singer
- Güler Duman (born 1967) - Turkish folk music
- Berke Hatipoğlu (born 1976) - architect, guitarist of the rock band Redd
- Erkan Oğur (born 1954) - musician
- Ziynet Sali - singer
- Ahmet Yalçınkaya (born 1963) - poet
Sports
Political activists
- Harun Karadeniz (1942–1975) - 1970s student leader
Others
- Behruz Çinici - architect of Atatürk University and METU Ankara campuses
- Mehmet Gümüşburun - bureaucrat
- Sabiha Gürayman - first Turkish woman engineer
- Waleed A. Samkari - Commander of Royal Maintenance Corps (Jordan)
- Ateşan Aybars (graduated 1973) - economist, TV celebrity, biomedical enginner and commodity trading advisor
Dropouts
- Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 1967) - actor
- Orhan Pamuk (born 1952) - novelist, Nobel Laureate in Literature (2006)
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.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Ahmed Eringen, died on December 7, 2009 at the age of 88 (1966-1991, civil engineering and operations research)
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ https://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a87/00801050.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ Oğuz Atay
