This is a list of notable people from Gaziantep, Turkey. Ülkü Tamer - poet and journalist Seza Kutlar Aksoy - children's literature writer Kemal Aslan - footballer Abdullah Atalar - scientist Babken I of Cilicia - Armenian Catholicos Coadjutor Şahin Bey - war hero; the Şahinbey borough is named after him Mustafa Ferit Arsan - one of the leaders of the Turkish militia in the Siege of Aintab Murat Ceylan - footballer Kenan Doğulu - singer Mehmet Görmez - head of the Religious Affairs Directorate Ebru Gündeş - musician Nedim Gürsel - writer Asım Güzelbey - mayor of Gaziantep Aram Karamanoukian - Syrian Armenian military general Hazal Kaya - actress Onat Kutlar - writer, poet Kamil Ocak - politician Yılmaz Onay - director Kadri Pasha - Ottoman Grand Vizier, 1880 Nurullah Sağlam - footballer Luther George Simjian - Armenian American inventor Simon Simonian - Armenian author, poet Sinan Tuzcu - actor Ahmet Ümit - writer, poet Necdet Yaşar - musician References Gaziantep