The following is a list of notable graduates of Robert College and Robert Academy (RA), American College for Girls (ACG), Robert Yuksek, which were the subsections of Robert College until the merger of 1971. A Halide Edib Adıvar, novelist Hranoush Agaganian (Madame Bey), wife of a diplomat and operator of a center for boxing in the U.S. Zeki Alasya, actor Safiye Ali, first Turkish woman to become a medical doctor Engin Ardıç, writer Tomur Atagok, artist, painter Türkkaya Ataöv, academic and columnist B Henri Barki, professor of management information systems Selçuk Bayraktar, engineer and businessperson Mihri Belli, socialist politician, author Izak Benbasat, professor of management information systems Nihat Berker, professor of physics Feyyaz Berker, businessperson Halil Berktay, historian Serdar Bilgili, businessperson Refika Birgül, food writer Behice Boran, politician Cem Boyner, businessman, politician Ayşe Buğra, sociologist, economist Serdar Bulun, physician, professor and researcher of gynecology C Alev Lytle Croutier, ACG 63, novelist Halet Çambel, archaeologist, first female Turkish olympian Zeynep Çelik, architect, architectural historian İsmail Cem, politician, former foreign minister of Turkey Engin Cezzar, actor, director Tansu Çiller, first female Turkish prime minister D Arwa Damon, journalist, CNN correspondent Xhafer Deva, entrepreneur Agop Dilaçar, linguist Abidin Dino, artist Michalis Dorizas, sportsperson, bronze medal winner for stone throw and javelin throw in the 1906 Summer Olympics Haldun Dormen, actor, playwright Tsanko Dyustabanov, Bulgarian revolutionary E Bülent Ecevit, former Turkish prime minister Rahşan Ecevit, politician Nejat Eczacıbaşı, entrepreneur Neşe Erberk, businessperson, Miss Europe '84 Marcel Erdal, linguist Refik Erduran, playwright, columnist and writer Aslı Erdoğan, writer Tunç Erem, academic Genco Erkal, actor, playwright Münir Ertegün, diplomat Şenes Erzik, UEFA vice president Evgenios Evgenidis, Greek shipping businessperson and benefactor (died 1954) F Moris Farhi, vice-president of International PEN Maureen Freely, ACG 71, journalist, novelist, translator-notably of Orhan Pamuk's works G Emre Gönensay, politician Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society (1920–1954) Kasım Gülek, politician, secretary general of the Republican People's Party H Talat Sait Halman, Turkey's first minister of culture, academic Erdem Helvacıoğlu, composer, sound designer, musician Agop Hacikyan, academic, writer I İsmail Cem İpekçi, politician Ahmet İsvan, politician Todor Ivanchov, former Bulgarian prime minister K Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, writer Cemal Kafadar, professor of Middle-Eastern history at Harvard University Nur al-Din Kahala, Syrian politician Cem Karaca, musician Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, entrepreneur Osman Kavala, philanthropist Ömer Kavur, movie producer Hagop Kevorkian, historian of art, orientalist Suna Kıraç, businessperson Ömer Koç, businessperson Rahmi Koç,