Eskiya (The Bandit in English) is a 1996 Turkish film, directed by Yavuz Turgul, starring Sener Sen and Ugur Yucel.

Fatih Akin (August 25, 1973 in Hamburg, Germany) is a Turkish-German film director.In 1994 he attended Hamburg's College of Fine Arts to study visual communications and graduated in 2000.

Metin Erksan (born İsmail Metin Karamanbey, January 1, 1929, in Canakkale, Turkey) is a Turkish film director and art historian.

Adile Nasit (born June 17, 1930 in Istanbul, Turkey; died December 11, 1987) was a Turkish actress who played in Hababam Sınıfı (Hababam Class), Neseli Günler (Happy Days) and many other movies. She also starred in a children's programme called Uykudan Önce (Before Sleep) as a storyteller.

Orhan Gencebay (born August 4, 1944 in Samsun, Turkey as Orhan Kencebay) is a Turkish musician, baglama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.

Fatma Girik (born December 12, 1942 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish actress and later politician.

Tanburi Cemil Bey (Tambouri Djemil Bey), (1871, Istanbul – 1916, Istanbul) was a Turkish Tanbur, yaylı tanbur, kemençe, and lavta virtuoso and composer, who has greatly contributed to the Taksim (improvisation on a makam/maqam) genre in Ottoman classical music. His son, Mesut Cemil Bey, is an equally renowned tanbur virtuoso.

Tuncel Kurtiz (born on February 1, 1936 in Izmit, Turkey) is a notable Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright and film director. Since 1964, he played in more than 70 movies, including many international productions.

Mustafa Altioklar (born 1958, Ankara) is a famous Turkish film director.

Bulent Ersoy (born 1952) is a Turkish celebrity. She is a popular singer of Ottoman classical music. Over the years, Ersoy has become a symbol for the increased tolerance to LGBT figures in Turkish media.