Artvin Province - Well-known Residents

Well-known Residents

  • The singer and politician Zülfü Livaneli was born into a family from Yusufeli.
  • Folk rock singer, guitarist and composer Kazım Koyuncu was born in Artvin's Black Sea town of Hopa.
  • The bard of Artvin, poet Turgut Çelik
  • Folk singer Şükriye Tutkun
  • The father of TV personality Beyaz was from a village in Ardanuç.

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