24 Notable alumni of Ege University
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Ege University is ranked #840 in the world and #8 in Turkey by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Ege 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 Ege University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Özlem Yalman
1977-. (aged 49)
basketball player
basketball official
Özlem Yalman is a Turkish female pro basketball referee, a former basketball player, and a school teacher for physical education.
2. Bilgesu Aydın
1994-. (aged 32)
association football player
Bilgesu Aydın is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Konak Belediyespor in İzmir. She is member of the Turkey women's national team.
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3. Fatma Şahin
1966-. (aged 60)
engineer
politician
Fatma Şahin is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the Turkish Super League for Fatih Vatan. She was a member of the Turkey women's national team.
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4. Hüseyin Olan
1959-. (aged 67)
pharmacist
politician
Hüseyin Olan is a pharmacist and politician of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party). Olan is a former mayor of Bitlis and since June 2023, a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
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5. Mehmet Yağmur
1987-. (aged 39)
basketball player
Mehmet Yağmur is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Manisa Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He plays at the point guard position.
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6. Erdem Gündüz
1979-. (aged 47)
choreographer
Erdem Gündüz is a Turkish dancer, actor, performance artist, choreographer, and teacher who, as a result of his actions during the 2013–14 protests in Turkey, has become "the face of the protest movement against the Turkish government." He became internationally known as "The Standing Man" in June 2013 when he stood quietly in Istanbul's Taksim Square as a protest against...
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7. Ahmet Önder
1996-. (aged 30)
artistic gymnast
Ahmet Önder is a Turkish artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2019 World silver medalist on the parallel bars.
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8. Ertuğrul Apakan
1947-. (aged 79)
diplomat
political scientist
politician
Ertuğrul Apakan is a Turkish diplomat. Apakan was the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine between 2 April 2014 and 30 May 2019.
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9. Cemil Tugay
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
physician
Cemil Tugay is a Turkish medical surgeon and politician who served as the 26th Mayor of Izmir City since 2024. A member of the social democratic Republican People's Party since 2010, he superseded Tunç Soyer from the same political background.
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10. Alisher Qodirov
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
economist
Alisher Keldiyevich Qodirov is a nationalist Uzbek politician serving as a member of the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan since 2015 and is the current leader of the right-wing Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party (Milliy Tiklanish) from 22 May 2019. He is known to have taken strong stances and made rhetoric statements against LGBT rights, the Russian language, and the legacy...
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11. Adem Asil
1999-. (aged 27)
artistic gymnast
Adem Asil is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 and 2025 European all-around champion.
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12. İbrahim Çolak
1995-. (aged 31)
artistic gymnast
İbrahim Çolak is a Turkish artistic gymnast who is primarily a rings specialist. He is the 2019 World champion on the rings and the first Turkish gymnast to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also became Turkey's first European champion in artistic gymnastics when he won gold on the rings at the 2020 European Championships. He is also...
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13. Janet Akyüz Mattei
1943-2004 (aged 61)
astronomer
Janet Hanula Mattei was a Turkish-American astronomer who was the director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) from 1973 to 2004.
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14. Aysu Türkoğlu
2001-. (aged 25)
swimmer
Aysu Türkoğlu is a Turkish swimmer specializing in open water swimming. As of 2024, she has completed three of the Oceans Seven swimming events.
15. Ayta Sözeri
1976-. (aged 50)
singer
actor
human rights defender
Ayta Sözeri is a Turkish actress, singer and LGBT activist.
16. Keremcem
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
singer
television actor
Kerem Cem Dürük, known professionally as Keremcem, is a Turkish pop singer and actor. He is best known for popular series Aşk Oyunu and O Hayat Benim. He also hosted the short-lived television show Keremcem ile Söyle Söyleyebilirsen on Star TV.
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17. 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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18. Saba Tümer
1970-. (aged 56)
journalist
Saba Tümer is a Turkish TV presenter and journalist.
19. Aytun Çıray
1957-. (aged 69)
surgeon
politician
Aytun Çıray is a Turkish politician. Since 25 October 2017, he serves as the general secretary of the İYİ Party. He is a Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district, having first been elected in the 2011 general election. He is a former member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Democrat Party (DP).
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20. Mustafa Balbay
1960-. (aged 66)
journalist
politician
Mustafa Ali Balbay is a journalist, writer and former Turkish MP. As the main political correspondent in Ankara for the left-wing Kemalist daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, he wrote a regular column called Gözlem which he took over from the prominent investigative journalist Ugur Mumcu, who was assassinated in 1993. Balbay was arrested on March 5, 2009 as an Ergenekon suspect in...
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21. Özgür Özel
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Özgür Özel is a Turkish pharmacist and politician who has served as leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) since 2023. He had previously shared the parliamentary deputy group leadership of the CHP with Engin Altay and Levent Gök between 2015 and 2023.
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22. Şükrü Özyıldız
1988-. (aged 38)
actor
television actor
Şükrü Özyıldız is a Turkish actor.
23. Gupse Özay
1984-. (aged 42)
actor
screenwriter
film director
Gupse Özay is a Turkish actress, scriptwriter and director.
24. Müge Çevik
2002-2008 (aged 6)
researcher
academic
university teacher
physician
Müge Çevik is a physician who is an infectious diseases researcher and science communicator at the University of St Andrews. Her research considers HIV, viral hepatitis, emerging infections and tropical infections in developing countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Çevik was an advisor to the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland and the World Health Organization, and is a member of New...
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