List of Famous people born in Amasya Province

Selim I

First Name Selim
Last Name I
Born on October 10, 1470
Died on September 22, 1520 (aged 49)
Born in Amasya Province

Selim I , known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, Tihamah, and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 576,900 sq mi (1,494,000 km2), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign.

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Bayezid II

First Name Bayezid
Last Name II
Born on December 3, 1447
Died on May 26, 1512 (aged 64)
Born in Amasya Province

Bayezid II was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid II consolidated the Ottoman Empire and thwarted a Safavid rebellion soon before abdicating his throne to his son, Selim I. He is most notable for evacuating Sephardi Jews from Spain after the proclamation of the Alhambra Decree, and resettling them throughout Ottoman lands, especially in Salonica.

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Murad II

First Name Murad
Last Name II
Died on February 3, 1451
Born in Amasya Province

Murad II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1444 and again from 1446 to 1451.

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Nevzat Tarhan

First Name Nevzat
Born on July 7, 1952 (age 71)
Born in Amasya Province

Kaşif Nevzat Tarhan is a Turkish medical scientist, psychiatrist and neuropsychology expert.

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Naci Bostancı

First Name Naci
Last Name Bostancı
Born on August 2, 1957 (age 66)
Born in Amasya Province

Mehmet Naci Bostancı is a Turkish politician and academic who currently serves as the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly along with Şafak Pavey, Koray Aydın and Yurdusev Özsökmenler as of 9 July 2015. He was formerly one of the five parliamentary group leaders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), having served as an AKP Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Amasya since 12 June 2011.

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Şehzade Korkut

First Name Şehzade
Born on January 1, 1467
Died on March 13, 1513 (aged 46)
Born in Amasya Province

Şehzade Korkut was an Ottoman prince who was a short time regent for the Ottoman throne.

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Çağlar Çorumlu

First Name Çağlar
Last Name Çorumlu
Born on December 4, 1977 (age 46)
Born in Amasya Province

Çağlar Çorumlu is a Turkish actor.

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Uğur Dağdelen

First Name Uğur
Last Name Dağdelen
Born on October 3, 1973
Died on September 24, 2015 (aged 41)
Born in Amasya Province

Uğur Dağdelen was a Turkish professional footballer from Amasya. He played for several clubs in Turkey in addition to the Turkey national football team.

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Muhammed Demirci

First Name Muhammed
Last Name Demirci
Born on January 3, 1995 (age 29)
Born in Amasya Province
Height 169 cm | 5'7

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Tahsin Şahinkaya

First Name Tahsin
Last Name Şahinkaya
Born on May 1, 1925
Died on July 9, 2015 (aged 90)
Born in Amasya Province

Tahsin Şahinkaya was a Turkish Air Force general. He was Commander of the Turkish Air Force from 1978 to 1983, and previously Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1977–1978). He was one of the five leaders of the 1980 military coup, and after the coup he was a member of the Presidential Council.

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