13 Notable alumni of Dokuz Eylul University
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Dokuz Eylul University is ranked #988 in the world and #11 in Turkey by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Dokuz Eylul 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 Dokuz Eylul University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Sevgi Çınar
1994-. (aged 32)
association football player
Sevgi Çınar is a Turkish women's football midfielder who plays for Beylerbeyi in the Turkish Super League. She was part of the Turkey women's U-19 national football team before she entered the Turkey women's national team. She studied physical education and sports at the Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir.
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2. Coşkun Can Aktan
1963-. (aged 63)
economist
Coşkun Can Aktan is a political economist and a professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management at Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir, Turkey. He is founder and honorary chairman of the Social Sciences Research Society. Aktan is a leading expert on the privatization, analyzing and writing on the movement of Turkey from a government-owned to a market economy from...
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3. Ahmet Bozkurt
1977-. (aged 49)
playwright
poet
essayist
editor
Ahmet Bozkurt is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist and editor.
4. İsmet Sezgin
1928-2016 (aged 88)
politician
İsmet Sezgin was a Turkish politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and Minister of National Defense from 1997 to 1999, as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly in 1995, as the Minister of the Interior from 1991 to 1993, as the Minister of Finance from 1979 to 1980 and as the Minister of Youth and...
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5. Engin Altay
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Engin Altay is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who serves as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Sinop since the 2002. He was re-elected in 2007, 2011, June 2015 and November 2015. On 30 June 2011, Altay was elected as one of the three CHP parliamentary group leaders, serving alongside Muharrem İnce, Akif...
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6. Osman Zolan
1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
politician
Osman Zolan is a Turkish politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality of Turkey from 2011 to 2024.
7. Darhan Qydyräli
1974-. (aged 52)
scientist
Darkhan Kydyrali is a Kazakh scholar and writer, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor. He is an academician of National Academy of Science Republic of Kazakhstan. From 2014 to August 31, 2022 Dr. Kydyrali President of the International Turkic Academy. Since July 2016 he has been working as chairman of the board of the Egemen Kazakhstan national newspaper. He is a...
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8. Taner Kılıç
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
activist
Taner Kılıç is a Turkish civil rights activist. He is one of the founding members of the Turkey section of the human rights organisation Amnesty International and its president since 2014. Kılıç was detained by Turkish authorities for alleged terrorist activities on 6 June 2017, during the 2016–17 purges in Turkey.
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9. Oktay Vural
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Oktay Vural is a Turkish politician, lawyer and former bureaucrat.
10. Damla Colbay
1993-. (aged 33)
television actor
Damla Colbay is a Turkish actress.
11. Hatice Güleryüz
1968-. (aged 58)
television producer
visual artist
artist
Hatice Güleryüz is a contemporary Turkish artist. She has worked in video, film, photography, art books and drawing.
12. Tunç Soyer
1959-. (aged 67)
lawyer
mayor
Mustafa Tunç Soyer is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who served as the Mayor of İzmir from 2019 to 2024. He previously served as the mayor of Seferihisar, a coastal district of İzmir, from 2009 to 2019.
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13. Ercüment Tatlıoğlu
1960-. (aged 66)
soldier
Ercüment Tatlıoğlu is a Turkish admiral who has been the 27th and current commander of the Turkish Naval Forces since 2022.