Notable People
- This list includes people of Bulgarian origin born in what is today Turkey or Bulgarians mainly active in the Republic of Turkey.
- Antim I (1816–1888), first head of the Bulgarian Exarchate (from Kırklareli)
- Alexander Bogoridi (1822–1910), Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin (from Istanbul)
- Georgi Valkovich (1833–1892), physician, diplomat and politician (from Edirne)
- Michael Petkov (1850–1921), Eastern Catholic priest (from Edirne)
- Konstantin Bozveliev (1862–1951), socialist policitian (from Istanbul)
- Konstantin Kotsev (1926–2007), stage and film actor (from Istanbul)
- Nikola Aslanov (1875–1905), IMARO revolutionary (from Kırklareli)
- Hristo Silyanov (1880–1939), IMARO revolutionary, historian and biographer (from Istanbul)
- G. M. Dimitrov (1903–1972), politician (from Yeniçiftlik)
- Zako Heskija (1922–2006), film director (from Istanbul)
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