List of Robert College alumni
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The following is a list of notable graduates of Robert College and Robert Academy (RA), American College for Girls (ACG), Robert Yuksek, which were the subsections of Robert College until the merger of 1971.
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[edit] A
- Halide Edip Adıvar, Novelist
- Zeki Alasya, Actor (expelled)
- Engin Ardıç, Writer
- Tomur Atagok, Artist, painter
[edit] B
- Nihat Berker, Professor of Physics and President of Sabanci University
- Feyyaz Berker, Businessman
- Halil Berktay, Historian
- Serdar Bilgili, Businessman
- Behice Boran, Politician
- Ayşe Buğra, Sociologist, economist
[edit] C and Ç
- Alev Lytle Croutier, ACG 63, Novelist
- Halet Çambel, Archaeologist, first female Turkish olympian
- Tansu Çiller, first female Turkish prime minister
[edit] D
- Arwa Damon, Journalist, CNN Correspondent
- Agop Dilaçar, Linguist
- Abidin Dino, Artist
- Michalis Dorizas, Sportsman, bronze medal winner for stone throw and javelin throw in the 1906 Summer Olympics
- Haldun Dormen, Actor, Playwright
- Tsanko Dyustabanov, Bulgarian revolutionary
[edit] E
- Bülent Ecevit, former Turkish prime minister
- Rahşan Ecevit, Politician
- Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Entrepreneur
- Neşe Erberk, Businesswoman, Miss Europe '84
- Aslı Erdoğan, Writer
- Tunç Erem, Academic
- Genco Erkal, Actor, playwright
- Münir Ertegün, Diplomat
- Şenes Erzik, UEFA Vice President
- Evgenios Evgenidis, Greek shipping Businessman and Benefactor (d.1954)
[edit] F
- Moris Farhi, Vice-President of International PEN
- Maureen Freely, ACG 71, Journalist, novelist, translator-notably of Orhan Pamuk's works
[edit] G
- Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, former Bulgarian prime minister
- Emre Gönensay, Politician
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society (1920–1954)
- Kasım Gülek, Politician, Former Secretary General of Republican People's Party
[edit] H
- Talat Sait Halman, Turkey's First Minister of Culture, academic
- Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Composer, Sound Designer, Musician
[edit] I — J
- İsmail Cem İpekçi, Politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Todor Ivanchov, former Bulgarian prime minister
[edit] K
- Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Writer
- Cemal Kafadar, Professor of Middle-Eastern history, Harvard University
- Cem Karaca, Musician
- Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, Entrepreneur
- Ömer Kavur, Movie producer
- Hagop Kevorkian, Historian of art, orientalist
- Suna Kıraç, Businesswoman
- Ömer Koç, Businessman
- Rahmi Koç, Businessman
- Vasif Kortun, Musician, curator
- Spiro Kostof, Architectural historian, chronicler of urban form
- Karolos Koun, Greek famous theater director
- Ayşe Kulin, Writer, columnist
- Aptullah Kuran, Academic
- Timur Kuran, Academic, Economics Professor
- Pınar Kür, Writer, professor
[edit] L
- Paul Luebke, Politician
[edit] M
- Perihan Mağden, RC 79, Writer and commentator
- Etyen Mahçupyan, Columnist, journalist
- Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian, rationalist and secularist writer in the USA
- Konstantin Vladov Muraviev, former Bulgarian prime minister
- Lale Müldür, Poet and Writer
[edit] N
- Leyla Neyzi, Anthropologist, historian
- Apostolos Nikolaidis, athlete and founder of Panathinaikos
[edit] O
- Hüsnü Özyeğin, Businessman
[edit] P
- Orhan Pamuk, RA 70, Writer (2006 Nobel Laureate in Literature)
- Şevket Pamuk, Professor of Economic History at Bogazici University, Former President of European Historical Economics Society
- Şefika Pekin, Attorney at law, benefactor in the field of education
[edit] Q
- Parashqevi Qiriazi, Albanian teacher and member of the Congress of Monastir, which decided the Albanian alphabet.
[edit] R
- Halit Refiğ, film director, writer, producer
- Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
[edit] S
- Selim Sarper, Ambassador to the U.N., Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ayşe Soysal, Former President of Boğaziçi University
- Konstantin Stoilov, former Bulgarian prime minister
- Eve Sussman, Artist
- Kenan Sahin, Entrepreneur, scientist
- Bülent Şenver, Businessman
[edit] T — U
- Çiğdem Talu, Composer
- Tosun Terzioğlu, President of Sabancı University, mathematician
- Mehmet Uluğ, Businessman
[edit] V
- Gregory Vlastos, Writer, scholar of ancient philosophy
- İhsan Emre Vural, RC 04, Athlete (Rowing), the only Turkish world champion in rowing.
[edit] Y — Z
- Alp Yalman, Businessman, ex President of the Galatasaray Sports Club
- Nur Yalman, Social Anthropologist
- Nihal Yeğinobalı, Writer
- K. Aslihan Yener, Archaeologist
[edit] References
- "Boğaz sırtlarından Türkiye" (in Turkish). Hurriyet. 2001-01-17. http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2001/01/27/287646.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
