Space Institute Asım Vehbi, educator; CEO and Vice-Chancellor of Girne American University Vamık Volkan, Turkish Cypriot-born American Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia Kamer Yusuf, one of the first Turkish Cypriot women pharmacists Ayşe Zeki, Canadian-born psychiatrist and the current president of the Refugee Rights Association in Northern Cyprus (Turkish Cypriot parents) Arts and literature Alev Adil, British-born writer, artist and academic (Turkish Cypriot parents) Mustafa İzzet Adiloğlu, poet Aydin Mehmet Ali, British author and peace campaigner Ayhatun Ateşin, ceramic artist Ruzen Atakan, painter Ibrahim Aziz, political analyst Urkiye Mine Balman, poet Taner Baybars, Turkish Cypriot-born British poet (Turkish Cypriot parents) Hussein Bicar, Egyptian-born painter (Turkish Cypriot origin) Neriman Cahit, poet; a vocal advocate of women's rights Cevdet Hüseyin Çağdaş, painter and museologist Mutlu Çerkez, British-born Australian artist (Turkish Cypriot parents) Emin Çizenel, painter Fikret Demirağ, poet Nazif Süleyman Ebeoğlu, poet Hasan Hilmi Efendi, Ottoman poet Tracey Emin, British-born artist (Turkish Cypriot father) Sümer Erek, Turkish Cypriot-born British artist İsmet Güney, artist; designer of the Flag of Cyprus Nilgün Güney, painter and writer Feride Hikmet, poet Sibel Hodge, British-born writer (Turkish Cypriot father) Mustafa Hulusi, British-born artist (Turkish Cypriot parents) Ümit Hussein, British-born literary translator and interpreter (Turkish Cypriot parents) Yaşar İsmailoğlu, Turkish Cypriot-born British poet Hikmet Afif Mapolar, novelist Erten Kasımoğlu, cartoonist Pembe Marmara, poet Filiz Naldöven, poet Kaytazzade Mehmet Nazım, Ottoman poet Ali Nesim, poet Arif Ozakca, British-born artist (Turkish Cypriot origin) Kâmil Özay, poet Ejdan Sadrazam, poet Faize Özdemirciler, poet Özden Selenge, painter and writer Zehra Şonya, sculptor Hasan Tahsin, Ottoman poet Şinasi Tekman, painter, sculptor, poet and writer Osman Türkay, poet; nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988 Süleyman Uluçamgil, poet Gürkan Uluçhan, writer Semih Sait Umar, writer Derviş Vahdeti, Ottoman journalist, writer and clergyman Mehmet Yaşın, poet and author Neşe Yaşın, poet and author Özker Yaşın, poet and author Business Serhat Akpınar, entrepreneur and educator; founder of Girne American University and American University of Cyprus Mehmet Dalman, Turkish Cypriot-born British investment banker and chairman of Welsh football club Cardiff City Bulent Hass Dellal, Australian-born director and chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (Turkish Cypriot parents) Memduh Erdal, businessman Şemsi Kazım Erkman, businessman Suat Günsel, billionaire; property developer and founder of the Near East University Ali Guryel, British entrepreneur; founder of Bromcom Hattie Hasan, , British-born CEO of the Stopcocks Women Plumbers (Turkish Cypriot parents) Fatma Kiamil, Turkish Cypriot-born British entrepreneur; co-founder