Istanbul Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı – president of the Crimean Tatar Society of Turkey Vasily Kochubey – was a Russian Imperial state figure and member of Kochubey family Adnan Menderes – first democratically elected Prime Minister of Turkey Nazim Osmanov – leader of Mubarek Ahmet Tevfik Pasha – last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire Hasan Polatkan – Minister of Labor and Finance of Turkey Zeki Sezer – politician and former chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Sevil Shhaideh – Deputy Prime Minister of Romania Hafsa Sultan – first valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire as mother of Suleiman the Magnificent Seit Tairov – secretary of the Jizzakh regional committee in the Uzbek SSR Lilya Budzhurova - deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea. Entrepreneurs Feyzi Akkaya – one of the founders of STFA Construction Group Yıldırım Demirören – businessman, president of the Turkish Football Federation Sabri Ülker - Turkish industrialist and businessman, and the founder of Ülker. Athletes Djamolidine Abdoujaparov – Cyclist, three-time winner of Green Jersey in the Tour de France Enver Ablaev – skier Denis Alibec – Romanian footballer Server Djeparov – professional soccer player Ersan İlyasova – professional basketball player İlhan Mansız – former professional soccer player Aihan Omer – former handball player and coach Artists, musicians, and popular culture personalities Zarema - Singer, songwriter, actress. Signed and released an album with Sony Music in 2007. Co-wrote the song "Night Of My Life" with legendary multi Grammy winning producer RedOne. Member of SAG-AFTRA. Melek Amet – first Crimean Tatar fashion model in Romania Cüneyt Arkın – film actor, producer and director Gürer Aykal – conductor and adjunct professor at Bilkent University; the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra Erol Büyükburç – singer-songwriter, pop music composer Ayşe Dittanova – actress Adaviye Efendieva – master weaver and embroiderer Esin Engin musician, composer, arranger and film actor Erol Evgin – pop singer and composer Enver İzmaylov – folk and jazz musician Jamala – winner of 2016 Eurovision Song Contest representing Ukraine Evelina Mambetova – international supermodel Aybüke Pusat – actress and model Aydan Şener – 1981 Miss Turkey Akhtem Seitablayev – director of the film Haytarma Nilüfer Yumlu – pop singer and Eurovision contestant Selda Bağcan – musician Orhan Gencebay – musician and actor Scientists, Engineers, and Mathemeticians Ali Aliev – nanoscientist Refat Appazov – OKB-1 engineer Lenur Arifov – nuclear physicist Asan Asan-Nuri