FAMOUS TURKISH PEOPLE

Mehmed The Conqueror

ATATURK

Ahmet Chalabi

Orhan Pamuk

İbn-i Sina

MevlanaMevlana rumi is a 13th centuryMuslim saint and Anatolian mystic known throughout the world for his exquisite poems and words of wisdom, have been translated into many languages. Rumi, as he is known in the west, is the best selling Poet in the USA. The United Nations declared 2007 The year of Rumi and celebrations were held world wide. To him all religions were more or less truth. Mevlana looked with the same eye on Muslim, Jew and Christian alike. Mevlana died on 17 December 1273 and was laid to rest beside his father in Konya, in present day Turkey.

Cahit Arf• Cahit Arf was born in Selanik

• Receiving a scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of Education he continued his education in Paris and graduated from EcoleNormale Superieure

• He was the president of the Turkish Mathematical Society from 1985 until 1989.

• Professor Arf received several awards for his contributions to Mathematics, among them are, Inonu Award 1948,TUBITAK Science Award 1974,Comandur des Palmes Acade`miques1994.Professor Arf was a member of the Mainz Academy and the Turkish Academy of Sciences

• Professor Arf 's influence on Turkish Mathematics was profound.

• Cahit Arf passed away on December 26, 1997 in Bebek, Istanbul, at the age of 87. The collected works of Cahit Arf was published, in 1988, by the Turkish Mathematical Society.