LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.ibb.gov.tr/

Population:
11,322,000 (2005 estimate)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
André de Chénier	Poet	30-Oct-1762	25-Jul-1794	Greatest 18th c. French poet
Tansu Ciller	Politician	9-Oct-1946		Prime Minister of Turkey, 1993-96
Kemal Derviş	Government	10-Jan-1949		Head of the UNDP
Bulent Ecevit	Government	28-May-1925	5-Nov-2006	Four-time Prime Minister of Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan	Head of State	26-Feb-1954		Prime Minister of Turkey
Ahmet Ertegün	Business	21-Jul-1923	14-Dec-2006	Atlantic Records co-founder
Julian the Apostate	Royalty	331 AD	26-Jun-363 AD	Roman Emperor, 361-63 AD
Elia Kazan	Film Director	7-Sep-1909	28-Sep-2003	A Streetcar Named Desire
Ilhan Mimaroglu	Electronic Musician	11-Mar-1926		Sing Me A Song of Songmy
Orhan Pamuk	Novelist	7-Jun-1952		Leading Turkish novelist
Dimitri from Paris	Disc Jockey	Oct-1963		Celebrated French DJ
Enver Pasha	Government	22-Nov-1881	4-Aug-1922	Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities
Suleiman II	Royalty	15-Apr-1642	23-Jun-1691	Ottoman Sultan, 1687-91
Gregory Vlastos	Philosopher	27-Jul-1907	12-Oct-1991	Influential scholar of ancient philosophy

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arius	Religion	256 AD	336 AD	Founder of the Christian doctrine of Arianism
Celal Bayar	Head of State	16-May-1883	22-Aug-1986	President of Turkey, 1950-60
John I Tzimisces	Royalty	925 AD	10-Jan-976 AD	Byzantine Emperor, 969-76 AD
Marcian	Royalty	c. 390 AD	457 AD	Byzantine Emperor, 450-57
Nicephorus II Phocas	Royalty	912 AD	10-Dec-969 AD	Byzantine Emperor, 963-69 AD
Turgut Özal	Head of State	13-Oct-1927	17-Apr-1993	8th President of Turkey
Manuel Philes	Poet	c. 1275	1345	Byzantine poet and flatterer
Philippicus	Royalty	?	c. 713 AD	Byzantine Emperor, 711-13 AD

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