10 Notable alumni of Dicle University
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
Dicle University is 2364st in the world, 1st in North America, and 45st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Dicle University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Dicle University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. İbrahim Halil Baran
1981-. (aged 45)
poet
writer
İbrahim Halil Baran is a Kurdish poet, politician, writer and designer. He is founder and first party chairman for Partiya Kurdistani (PAKURD).
2. Güzide Alçu
1997-. (aged 29)
association football player
Güzide Alçu is a Turkish women's football defender who plays for Yüksekova in the Turkish Super League. She was part of the Turkey women's U-19 team.
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3. Tahir Elçi
1966-2015 (aged 49)
lawyer
human rights defender
Tahir Elçi was a Kurdish lawyer and the chairman of Diyarbakır Bar Association.
4. Osman Baydemir
1971-. (aged 55)
human rights defender
lawyer
politician
Osman Baydemir is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and human rights activist. He was the mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and also the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP). “He is widely known for his remark in the Turkish...
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5. Meral Danış Beştaş
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Meral Danış Beştaş is a Kurdish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who has served as a Member of Parliament since 23 June 2015.
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6. Asım Güzelbey
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Asım Güzelbey, is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and a former mayor of Gaziantep (2004-2014).
7. Selim Sadak
1954-2026 (aged 72)
politician
Selim Sadak was a Turkish politician of Kurdish ethnicity.
8. Ebru Günay
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Ebru Günay is a Kurdish jurist and a politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 2018 and is currently the spokeswoman of the HDP.
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9. Gültan Kışanak
1961-. (aged 65)
journalist
politician
Gültan Kışanak is a Kurdish journalist, author and politician from Turkey. Kışanak was born in Elazığ in 1961. Her family is originally from Tunceli. She is a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Head of Municipality of Diyarbakır. She has been imprisoned since October 2016.
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10. Faysal Sarıyıldız
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Faysal Sarıyıldız is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a former Member of Parliament representing the Sırnak Province, Turkey.
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