of State Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922-1988), Deputy Prime Minister Turan Güneş (1922-82), Minister of Foreign Affairs Şükrü Kaya (1883-1959), Minister of Agriculture, Interior and Foreign Affairs Coşkun Kırca (1927-2005), Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Reşit Rey (1870-1955), Minister of the Ottoman Empire between 1912 and 1920 Fikri Sağlar (1953- -), Minister of Culture Mümtaz Soysal 1929-2019), Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Tanrıyar (1914-2017), Minister of Interior Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver (1885-1966), Minister of Education Cemil Topuzlu (1866-1958), Minister of Construction of the Ottoman Empire İlter Türkmen (1927-2022), Minister of Foreign Affairs Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (1910-61), Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministers of foreign countries Konstantin Velichkov (1855-1907), Minister of Education of Bulgaria and writer (1874 graduate) Governors Serasker Mehmet Sait Paşa Mar'i Pasha Al Mallah, last Ottoman Interim Governor of the Province of Aleppo, Syria (1876 graduate) Notable diplomats Below are the names of Galatasaray alumni, who represented the Republic of Turkey as ambassadors to the United States, Canada, the United Nations and other countries. United States: Feridun Cemal Erkin (GS. 1920) 1948–1955 Şükrü Elekdağ (GS. 1943) 1979–1989 Melih Esenbel 1960, 1967-1974, 1975-1979 Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (GS. 1924) 1957–1960 Canada: Coşkun Kırca (GS. 1945) 1985–1986 United Nations: Coşkun Kırca (GS. 1945) 1980–1985 İlter Türkmen (GS. 1945) 1975–1980 and 1985–1988 Austria: Daniş Tunalıgil (GS. 1933) –1975 France Necdet Kent: Given the title Righteous among the Nations for saving many Jews in the invaded city of Marseille in World War II. Famous writers and poets Tevfik Fikret Ahmet Haşim Nazım Hikmet Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Other notable alumni Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, journalist Daron Acemoglu, economist Ali Sami Yen, founder of the Galatasaray S.K. Engin Ardıç, journalist Bülent Arel, composer Ünal Aysal, 34th president of Galatasaray S.K. Okan Bayülgen, actor and TV show host Süreyya Bedir Khan, politician and writer Celadet Bedir Khan, politician and writer Mehmet Ali Birand, journalist and TV news anchor Sadun Boro, first Turkish global circumnavigator Jirayr Ohanyan Çakır, President of Turkish Chess Federation Çetin Emeç, journalist Candan Erçetin, pop musician Feza Gürsey, physicist Abdi İpekçi, journalist Todor Kableshkov, Bulgarian national activist Bahadir Kaleagasi, businessman Fikret Kızılok, musician Faik Konica, Albanian writer, journalist and diplomat Barış Manço, musician Stoyan Mihaylovski, Bulgarian writer and politician (1872 graduate) Nikola Milev, Bulgarian historian İlhan Mimaroğlu, composer Simeon Radev, eminent Bulgarian diplomat and historian Timur Selçuk, musician Süreyya Serdengeçti, economist, former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey Ferhan Şensoy, writer, comedian, actor, director, theatre owner Turgay