title: List of people from Gaziantep
text: # List of people from Gaziantep
  
  This is a list of notable people from Gaziantep, Turkey.
  
  * Ülkü Tamer - poet and journalist
  * Seza Kutlar Aksoy - children's literature writer
  * Kemal Aslan - footballer
  * Abdullah Atalar - scientist
  * Babken I of Cilicia - Armenian Catholicos Coadjutor
  * Şahin Bey - war hero; the Şahinbey borough is named after him
  * Mustafa Ferit Arsan - one of the leaders of the Turkish militia in the Siege of Aintab
  * Murat Ceylan - footballer
  * Kenan Doğulu - singer
  * Mehmet Görmez - head of the Religious Affairs Directorate
  * Ebru Gündeş - musician
  * Nedim Gürsel - writer
  * Asım Güzelbey - mayor of Gaziantep
  * Aram Karamanoukian - Syrian Armenian military general
  * Hazal Kaya - actress
  * Onat Kutlar - writer, poet
  * Kamil Ocak - politician
  * Yılmaz Onay - director
  * Kadri Pasha - Ottoman Grand Vizier, 1880
  * Nurullah Sağlam - footballer
  * Luther George Simjian - Armenian American inventor
  * Simon Simonian - Armenian author, poet
  * Sinan Tuzcu - actor
  * Ahmet Ümit - writer, poet
  * Necdet Yaşar - musician
  