Notable People
- Karacaoğlan - 16th century folk poet
- Musa Eroğlu - Composer,musician
- Haldun Dormen - Theatre & film actor and director
- Seyhan Kurt - Poet,writer,sociologist
- Müfide İlhan - First woman mayor in Turkey in the 1950s
- Ahmet Kireççi (aka Mersinli Ahmet) - Olympic medalist wrestler
- Nevit Kodallı - Composer
- Nevin Yanıt - Female sprinter (European champion in 100 m hurdles)
- Atıf Yılmaz - Film director and producer
- Evelyn Baghtcheban - One of the pioneers of opera and choral music in Iran.
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