# List of Istanbul Technical University people

This is a list of people associated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey.

## Politicians and public figures

* Ahmet Arslan (born 1962) - Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication and a Member of Parliament for Kars
* Fatih Birol (born 1958) - Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (2015–present), Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (1995-2015)
* Bedrettin Dalan (born 1941) - former Mayor of Istanbul (1984–1989)
* Vedat Ali Dalokay (1927–1991) - former Mayor of Ankara (1973–1977)
* Süleyman Demirel (1924-2015) - former President of Turkey (1993–2000) and Prime minister (five times between 1965–1993)
* Aytaç Durak (1938-2014) - Mayor of Adana (1994–2014)
* Necmettin Erbakan (1926-2011) - former Prime minister (1996–1997) and former President of TOBB (1969)
* Veysel Eroğlu (born 1948) - Minister of Environment and former Head of State Hydraulic Works
* Safa Giray (1931-2011) - former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1991)
* Recai Kutan (born 1930) - President of Felicity Party
* Turgut Özal (1927–1993) - former President of Turkey (1989–1993) and prime minister (1983–1989)
* Ruhsar Pekcan (born 1958) - Minister of Trade (2018-Present)
* Binali Yıldırım (born 1955) - Prime Minister, maritime engineer and former Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
* Taner Yıldız (born 1962) - Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (2009-2015)
* İsmet Yılmaz (born 1961) - Minister of National Education of Turkey and former Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

## Business

* İshak Alaton (born 1927) - co-founder of Alarko Holding
* Selçuk Bayraktar (born 1979) - Chief Technology Officer of Baykar
* Halil Boztepe (born 1970) - CEO of Tepe Kimya
* Üzeyir Garih (1929–2001) - co-founder of Alarko Holding
* Sadi Gülçelik (born 1929) - co-founder of ENKA Holding
* Mehmet Hacim Kamoy (1922-2004) - founding CEO of ASELSAN
* Temel Kotil (born 1959) - CEO of Turkish Airlines
* Volkan Sevilgen (born 1980) - CTO and co-founder of Temblor, Inc.
* Şarık Tara (born 1930) - co-founder of ENKA Holding
* Faruk Yarman (born 1954) - CEO of HAVELSAN

## Science and technology

* Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946) - architect
* Ali Akansu (born 1958) - electrical & computer engineering and scientist, professor at NJIT
* Attila Aşkar (born 1944) - civil engineer and applied mathematician, president and provost (rector) of the Koç University. (2001 - 2009)
* Ivet Bahar - computational biologist, professor at University of Pittsburgh
* Ali Erdemir - material scientist
* A. Cemal Eringen (1921-2009) - civil engineer and applied mathematics; professor at Princeton University
* Doğan Kuban (born 1926) - architectural historian
* Emin Halid Onat (1908–1961) - architect of Anıtkabir and first dean of ITU School of Architecture
* Hürriyet Sırmaçek (1912 - 1983) Turkey's first female bridge engineer.
* Celâl Şengör (born 1955) - geologist
* Karl von Terzaghi (1883–1963) - mechanical engineer, founder of soil mechanics
* Mehmet Toner (born 1958) - biomedical engineering and scientist, professor at MIT

## Art

* Funda Arar (born 1975) - pop singer
* Ahmet Aslan (born 1968) - musician
* Oğuz Atay (1934–1977) - novelist
* Murat Boz - pop singer
* Güler Duman (born 1967) - Turkish folk music
* Berke Hatipoğlu (born 1976) - architect, guitarist of the rock band Redd
* Erkan Oğur (born 1954) - musician
* Ziynet Sali - singer
* Ahmet Yalçınkaya (born 1963) - poet

## Sports

* Zehra Öktem - Olympic archer
* Çağla Kubat - windsurfer

## Political activists

* Harun Karadeniz (1942–1975) - 1970s student leader

## Others

* Behruz Çinici - architect of Atatürk University and METU Ankara campuses
* Mehmet Gümüşburun - bureaucrat
* Sabiha Gürayman - first Turkish woman engineer
* Waleed A. Samkari - Commander of Royal Maintenance Corps (Jordan)
* Ateşan Aybars (graduated 1973) - economist, TV celebrity, biomedical engineer and commodity trading advisor
* Alper Derinboğaz - architect

## Dropouts

* Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 1967) - actor
* Orhan Pamuk (born 1952) - novelist, Nobel Laureate in Literature (2006)