Vezhdi Rashidov obituary: died at age 74
Vezhdi Rashidov, a Bulgarian sculptor and politician who served twice as minister of culture, died of a heart attack on November 6, 2026, aged 74. Born Vezhdi Letif Rashidov in…
Famous Dead People from Turkey
Over 600 obituaries for famous people from Turkey who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Obituary: Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, dead at age 82
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, the Turkish industrialist and chairman of Zorlu Holding, died of cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 28, 1944, in Babadağ, in Turkey’s Denizli…
Ünal Erkan dies at 83
Ünal Erkan, a Turkish politician, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Erzurum in 1942, he held senior roles in policing, regional administration and party politics. He headed police…
Şahan Arzruni has died at age 83
Şahan Arzruni, Armenian-Turkish pianist, composer and lecturer, died October 21, 2026, aged 83. Born in Istanbul, he was also described as an Armenian classical pianist, ethnomusicologist, writer and producer, and…
Sabri Anar dies at age 60
Sabri Anar, a Turkish hierarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and archbishop of Amida, died October 17, 2026, aged 60. He had served as archbishop of the Archeparchy of Diyarbakır…
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk dies at age 64
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, a Polish historian and professor at the University of Warsaw, died on October 16, 2026, aged 64. Born in Warsaw on May 25, 1962, he studied at the…
Obituary: Soner Olgun, dead at age 67
Soner Olgun, a Turkish musician, died in Istanbul on October 16, 2026, aged 67. Born in 1959 in Fethiye, Muğla province, he studied at Bornova Anadolu Lisesi before graduating from…
Alpay has died at age 91
Alpay, the Turkish singer born Ahmet Alpay Nazikioğlu, died October 14, 2026, aged 91. Born in Ankara on January 1, 1935, he studied at Ankara University Law School before pursuing…
Bisera Alikadić, died aged 87
Bisera Alikadić, a Bosnian poet and author, died on October 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in Podhum near Livno, she built a body of work that included poetry, romance novels…
Göksel Arsoy obituary: died at age 90
Göksel Arsoy, the Turkish actor known for films including Şafak Bekçileri, Gençlik Hülyaları and Şehirdeki Yabancı, died on October 5, 2026, aged 90. Born in Kayseri on March 15, 1936,…
İoanna Kuçuradi dies at age 89
İoanna Kuçuradi, the Turkish philosopher and academic, died on October 2, 2026, aged 89. Born in Istanbul on October 4, 1936, she studied philosophy at Istanbul University after attending Zappeion…
Sudi Özkan passes away at age 87
Sudi Özkan, the Turkish businessman and hotelier-casino operator, died on October 2, 2026, aged 87. Born in Adana in 1939, he built a business career that expanded from modest beginnings…
Şükrü Ersoy dies at 95
Şükrü Ersoy, the Turkish footballer who played as a goalkeeper and represented Turkey at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, died on September 29, 2026, aged 95. Born in Istanbul on…
Burhan Ozfatura died at age 83
Burhan Ozfatura, the Turkish mayor, politician and columnist, died on September 21, 2026, at the age of 83 after cardiac arrest. A native of Mustafakemalpaşa, he was born on June…
Richard Giragosian, died aged 61
Richard Giragosian, an Armenian-American academic and political scientist, died on September 19, 2026, aged 61. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 8, 1965, he became known as a contributing…
Iskhak Mashbash death at age 96
Iskhak Mashbash, a Russian poet, died on September 7, 2026, aged 96. Also known as Iskhak Shumafovich Mashbash and anglicised as Isaac Mashbash, he was a Circassian poet, writer and…
Serhat Kılıç dead at age 51
Serhat Kılıç, the Turkish actor known for his roles in Kuruluş: Osman, Maraşlı and Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı, died on September 5, 2026, aged 51. Born in Ankara on July 8,…
Mehdi Zana passes away at age 85
Mehdi Zana, the Turkish Kurdish politician and human rights defender who served as mayor of Diyarbakır from 1977 to 1980, died on August 29, 2026, aged 85. Born in Silvan,…
Bilgesu Erenus dies at 82
Bilgesu Erenus, the Turkish playwright, screenwriter and activist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 82. She began her career at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation as a producer and…
Can Kolukısa dead at age 92
Can Kolukısa, a Turkish actor known for roles in Züğürt Ağa, King of the Doormen and Selamsız Bandosu, died on August 1, 2026, aged 92. Born in Eskişehir on May…
Vedat Yenerer, died aged 61
Vedat Yenerer, a Turkish journalist and writer, died on July 28, 2026, aged 61. Born in Istanbul on January 2, 1965, he built a career as a war correspondent and…
Zihni Göktay, died aged 80
Zihni Göktay died on July 5, 2026. He was a Turkish actor. Tags Actors, 05 July 2026, Sagittarius, Turkey, Zihni, Göktay, July 2026, July 5
Cengiz Gündoğdu dead at age 83
Cengiz Gündoğdu died on July 1, 2026. Tags Writers, 01 July 2026, Cengiz, Turkey, Gündoğdu, July 1, July 2026
Arda Küçükyetim died at age 20
Arda Küçükyetim died on June 29, 2026. He was a Turkish convicted attempted murderer. No further details about his death were provided in the available record. Tags Criminals, 29 June…
Sevgül Uludağ obituary: died at age 67
Sevgül Uludağ, a Turkish Cypriot journalist and activist, died on June 28, 2026, at age 67. Born in Nicosia on October 15, 1958, she worked first in a bank and…
Kadir İnanır, died aged 77
Kadir İnanır, the Turkish actor and filmmaker, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 77. Born on April 15, 1949, in Fatsa, he became one of the best-known…
Obituary: Theoliptos Fenerlis, dead at age 69
Theoliptos Fenerlis, a Turkish-Greek Orthodox prelate and metropolitan of Iconium, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 69. Born Iakovos Fenerlis on April 17, 1957, in Tarabya, Istanbul,…
Obituary: Ece İrtem, dead at age 35
Ece İrtem, a Turkish actress and opera singer, died on June 15, 2026, after suffering a heart attack. She was 35. Born in Sivas on June 14, 1991, İrtem graduated…
Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, died aged 63
Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, a German politician and member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2009, died on June 12, 2026. Born on October 22, 1962, in Pülümür, Turkey, he worked…
Memiş Selciuc passed away at age 47
Memiş Selciuc died on June 11, 2026, after a heart attack. He was a Romanian-Turkish saxophonist. Tags Other, 11 June 2026, Romania, Selciuc, Turkey, Heart Attack, June 11, June 2026,…
Reha Muhtar dies at age 66
Reha Muhtar, a Turkish anchorman, columnist and television reporter, died on June 3, 2026, at age 66. Born in Istanbul on July 21, 1959, he began his career as a…
Henri Barki passed away at age 75
Henri Barki, a Turkish-Canadian social scientist and professor at HEC Montréal, died on May 19, 2026, at age 75. He was a long-serving member of the Université de Montréal faculty,…
Tülay Özer, died aged 79
Tülay Özer, a Turkish singer, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 10, 1946, in Kemaliye, Turkey, she began her professional music career in…
Hüsamettin Cindoruk death at age 92
Hüsamettin Cindoruk, Turkish politician and acting president in 1993, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 92. He was twice a member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly and…
Ahmet Altay Cengizer death at age 71
Ahmet Altay Cengizer, a Turkish diplomat, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Istanbul on October 22, 1954, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political…
Yalçın Küçük obituary: died at age 87
Yalçın Küçük died on April 6, 2026. He was a Turkish socialist writer, economist and historian. Küçük was known for his work across writing, economics and history, and his death…
Orhan Kaynak death at age 56
Orhan Kaynak, a Turkish football player and coach, died on March 15, 2026. Known as Küçük Orhan, he played as a forward and had stints in the Süper Lig with…
İlber Ortaylı dead at age 78
İlber Ortaylı, a Turkish historian and professor of history, died on March 13, 2026. He was 78. Born on 21 May 1947 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Allied-occupied Austria, to Crimean Tatar…
Obituary: Engin Fırat, dead at age 55
Engin Fırat, a Turkish football manager and player, died on March 9, 2026. Born on June 11, 1970, he was described as a Turkish footballer and manager. Fırat signed a…
Yukkie B passes away at age 56
Yukkie B, the Dutch rapper known as Yüksel Özince, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Amsterdam on October 30, 1969, he discovered hip-hop culture and breakdancing in 1984. In…
Candan Dumanlı passes away at age 87
Candan Dumanlı died on February 27, 2026. Dumanlı was a Turkish football player associated with Ankaragücü. No further details about his life or career were provided in the available information.…
Ali Tutal death at age 75
Ali Tutal, a Turkish actor, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 75-76. Born in Diyarbakır in June 1950, he began his career in advertising before starting his…
Nurcan Çelik died at age 46
Nurcan Çelik, a Turkish footballer and coach, died on February 14, 2026. She played as a goalkeeper and represented Turkey at under-19 level before joining the senior national team. Çelik…
Obituary: Ömer Kaner, dead at age 74
Ömer Kaner, a Turkish football player and coach, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 74. A forward, he played for Eskişehirspor, Fenerbahçe and Karagümrük. He also served…
Kanbolat Görkem Arslan has died at age 45
Kanbolat Görkem Arslan, a Turkish actor known for his role as Savcı Bey in Kuruluş: Osman, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 45. Born on November 4,…
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan, died aged 91
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan, a Turkish-Swedish Kurdish writer and translator, died on February 10, 2026. Born in Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey on 15 September 1934, he moved to Sweden as a…
Nevin Efe has died at age 78
Nevin Efe, a Turkish actress, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Istanbul on March 5, 1947, she appeared in television series including Valley of…
Şemsa Özar passed away at age -1
Şemsa Özar, a Turkish academic and professor in the Department of Economics at Boğaziçi University, died on February 3, 2026, in Istanbul, Turkey, after a long illness. Born in İzmir…
Death of Fatih Ürek at age 59
Turkish singer and actor Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Death of Sefer Baygın at age 83
Turkish wrestler Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Selim Sadak dies at age 71
Turkish politician Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Haldun Dormen passed away at age 75
Turkish theater Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Mesut İktu death at age 78
Turkish operatic baritone Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Gökmen Özdenak passed away at age 78
Turkish footballer (İstanbulspor Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Nermin Abadan passed away at age 104
Turkish academics and author Died on Friday December 12th 2025
Muazzez Abacı passes away at age 78
Turkish singer Died on Wednesday November 12th 2025
Faruk Fatih dies at 31
Turkish cryptocurrency trader and convicted fraudster Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Arif Erkin dies at age 90
Turkish actor (Yabancı Damat Died on Thursday October 16th 2025
Niyazi Sayın dies at 98
Turkish ney flautist and musician Died on Thursday October 9th 2025
Yavuz Bülent dead at age 89
Turkish poet Died on Wednesday October 1st 2025
Güllü death at age 51
Turkish singer Died on Friday September 26th 2025
Cahit Karakaş passed away at age 97
Turkish engineer and politician Died on Wednesday September 10th 2025
Anta Toros dead at age 77
Turkish actress Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Mete Tunçay passes away at age 89
Turkish historian Died on Sunday August 24th 2025
Joseph Gulsoy died at age 100
Turkish-born Canadian linguist Died on Saturday August 23rd 2025
Hüseyin Kozluca dies at age 87
Turkish basketball player Died on Saturday August 23rd 2025
Oğuzhan Dalgakıran has died at age 26
Turkish streamer Died on Thursday August 21st 2025
Obituary: Banu Kırbağ, dead at age 74
Turkish music artist Died on Tuesday August 19th 2025
Ali Boğa dead at age 76
Turkish politician Died on Saturday August 16th 2025
Melahat Okuyan death at age 101
Turkish physician Died on Saturday August 16th 2025
Death of Ümit Aktan at age 76
Turkish sports commentator Died on Thursday August 7th 2025
Obituary: Selçuk Alagöz, dead at age 81
Turkish singer Died on Wednesday August 6th 2025
Mustafa Demir dead at age 64
Turkish architect and politician Died on Wednesday August 6th 2025
Rüçhan Çamay passes away at age 94
Turkish singer Died on Monday August 4th 2025
Süreyya Serdengeçti died at age 73
Turkish economist Died on Saturday July 26th 2025
Lale Karabıyık death at age 59
Turkish politician and academician Died on Sunday July 20th 2025
Altan Öymen obituary: died at age 93
Turkish politician Died on Saturday July 19th 2025
Emre Törün death at age 53
Turkish actor and voice artist Died on Wednesday July 16th 2025
Obituary: Pınar Kür, dead at age 82
Turkish novelist Died on Tuesday July 15th 2025
Death of Yiğit Bulut at age 53
Turkish journalist (Radikal Died on Friday July 11th 2025
Rob Houwer, died aged 87
Dutch film producer (Turkish Delight Died on Sunday July 6th 2025
Nihat Genç died at age 69
Turkish journalist and writer Died on Friday July 4th 2025
Gazi Yaşargil dies at 99
Turkish neurosurgeon Died on Wednesday June 11th 2025
Rüşdü Saracoğlu passed away at age 77
Turkish economist and politician Died on Thursday May 29th 2025
Obituary: Hamit Geylani, dead at age 77
Turkish politician Died on Wednesday May 28th 2025
Obituary: İlhan Şeşen, dead at age 76
Turkish musician Died on Monday May 26th 2025
Obituary: Yusuf Ziya, dead at age 97
Turkish politician Died on Tuesday May 20th 2025
Ali Özgentürk obituary: died at age 79
Turkish film director Died on Thursday May 15th 2025
Sırrı Süreyya died at age 62
Turkish politician Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Vahdettin İşsever has died at age 56
Turkish boxer Died on Tuesday April 15th 2025
Eraslan Özkaya, died aged 85
Turkish judge Died on Monday April 7th 2025
Death of Volkan Konak at age 58
Turkish folk singer Died on Sunday March 30th 2025
Berkin Usta obituary: died at age 24
Turkish Olympic alpine skier (2022) Died on Thursday March 27th 2025
Filiz Akın obituary: died at age 82
Turkish Actress. Died on Saturday March 22nd 2025
Şinasi Yurtsever dies at 51
Turkish actor (Vavien) Died on Friday March 14th 2025
Edip Akbayram dies at age 74
Turkish singer Died on Sunday March 2nd 2025
Derya Erke, died aged 41
Turkish Olympic swimmer (2000) Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Hasan Çelebi death at age 88
Turkish calligrapher Died on Monday February 24th 2025
Feroz Ahmad death at age 87
Turkish-American academic and historian. Died on Thursday February 20th 2025