Great Turkic Figures & Islamic Scholars
385 figures · statesmen, thinkers and scholars of the Turkic and Islamic worlds
Islamic Civilization
- Al-Biruni
- Al-Bukhari
- Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber)
- Abu Hanifa
- Al-Farabi
- Al-Ghazali
- Al-Khwarizmi
- Ibn Arabi
- Ibn Battuta
- Ibn Khaldun
- Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
- Averroes
- Avicenna
- Avicenna
- Al-Kindi
- Al-Maturidi
- Rumi
- Omar Khayyam
- Al-Razi (Rhazes)
- Al-Tabari
- Ulugh Beg
- Abdul Qadir Gilani
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- Al-Battani
- Ja'far al-Sadiq
- Al-Farghani
- Attar of Nishapur
- Al-Farahidi
- Mansur al-Hallaj
- Hasan al-Basri
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq
- Ibn al-Athir
- Ibn al-Nafis
- Al-Idrisi
- Malik ibn Anas
- Al-Shafi'i
- Al-Masudi
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
- Thabit ibn Qurra
- Sibawayh
- Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
- Al-Sufi
- Haly Abbas
- Al-Baqillani
- Bayazid Bastami
- Al-Jawhari
- Al-Juwayni
- Abu Dawud
- Abu al-Wafa Buzjani
- Avempace
- Ibn Hawqal
- Ibn Majah
- Ibn Manzur
- Ibn Miskawayh
- Ibn Tufail
- Ibn al-Shatir
- Avenzoar
- Al-Karaji
- Mulla Sadra
- Al-Raghib al-Isfahani
- Suhrawardi
- Al-Tirmidhi
- Yaqut al-Hamawi
- Al-Zarqali
Turkic World
- Ahmet Tasagil
- Ali-Shir Nava’i · The summit of Chagatai literature
- Alp Arslan · Conqueror of Manzikert
- Attila the Hun · "The Scourge of God"
- Crescent and Star
- Aziz Sancar · Nobel Prize–winning scientist
- Babur · The Turkic emperor in India
- Bağlama (Saz)
- Bilge Qaghan · The wise qaghan of the Orkhon Inscriptions
- Al-Biruni · The greatest scholar of his age
- Grey Wolf (Asena)
- Bülent Ecevit · Prime Minister of Turkey (4 times) · Poet-Writer
- Bumin Qaghan · Founder of the first state to bear the name "Turk"
- Chingiz Aitmatov · World-renowned Kyrgyz writer
- al-Jazari
- Book of Dede Korkut
- Dogan Aksan
- Ergenekon Legend
- Evliya Çelebi · Author of the Seyahatnâme (Book of Travels)
- Al-Farabi · Muallim-i Sânî (the Second Teacher)
- Mehmed the Conqueror · The opener of one age and closer of another
- Fuzuli · The poet of Layla and Majnun
- Traditional Turkish Archery
- Orkhon Inscriptions
- Halil İnalcık · Ottoman Historian
- Al-Khwarizmi · The father of algebra and the algorithm
- Islamic Calligraphy (Turkish school)
- Haydar Aliyev · President of Azerbaijan (1993–2003)
- Ahmad Yasawi · Pir of Turkestan
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
- Ibrahim Kafesoglu
- Ismail Gasprinski · Teacher of the Turkic world
- İznik Pottery
- Suleiman the Magnificent · The golden age of the Ottomans
- Mahmud al-Kashgari · The father of Turkology
- Kopuz
- Kül Tigin
- Kurultai
- Magtymguly Pyragy · The national poet of the Turkmens
- Epic of Manas
- Marcel Erdal
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy · Poet of the İstiklâl Marşı (Independence March)
- Modu Chanyu · The first great Turkic ruler
- Mimar Sinan · The grand master of architects
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk · Founder of the Republic of Turkey · First President
- Nasreddin Hodja · The wise humorist of the Turkic world
- Nâzım Hikmet
- Nowruz
- Nizami Ganjavi · The great poet of Ganja
- Nursultan Nazarbayev · Founding President of Kazakhstan
- Epic of Oghuz Khagan
- Osman I · Founder of the Ottomans
- Peter B. Golden
- Piri Reis · Cartographer admiral
- Rauf Denktaş · Founding President of the TRNC
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · President of Turkey
- Registan
- Sabiha Gökçen · The world's first female combat pilot
- Satuq Bughra Khan · The first Muslim Turkic ruler
- Selçuk Bayraktar · Baykar Technology · Defense Industry
- Selimiye Mosque
- Süleymaniye Mosque
- Talat Tekin
- Tamerlane · The world-conqueror of Samarkand
- Tomyris · The queen who defeated Persia
- Töre (Customary Law)
- Tughril · Founder of the Great Seljuk Empire
- Turkish Carpet (Ghiordes knot)
- Turkish Miniature
- Ulugh Beg · Astronomer-Ruler
- Yunus Emre · Anatolia's poet of the heart
- Yusuf Khass Hajib · The first Turkic author of a mirror for princes
- Zeynep Korkmaz
- Abai Qunanbaiuly · Father of the Kazakh enlightenment
- Ğabdulla Tuqay · The national poet of the Tatars
- Abdulla Qodiriy · The father of the Uzbek novel
- Abdurehim Ötkür · Uyghur national poet
- Ablai Khan · Khan of Kazakh unity
- Ahmed Cevdet Pasha
- Akshamsaddin · Physician and Sufi mystic
- Ali Qushji · Founder of Ottoman science
- Alpamysh
- Alparslan Türkeş · Founder of the MHP · Başbuğ (Supreme Leader)
- Alp Er Tunga
- Altay Cumhuriyeti · Official flag
- The Golden Man
- Ashik Tradition
- Aşık Veysel · Modern minstrel
- Mounted Archery
- Azerbaycan · Official flag
- Azerbaijani Carpet
- Babur (Baburnama) · Ruler and author
- Bagshy
- Hayreddin Barbarossa
- Başkurdistan · Official flag
- Baikonur Cosmodrome
- Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
- Bezeklik Murals
- Asena Legend
- Cahit Arf · Symbol of modern Turkish mathematics
- Jambyl Jabayev · Doyen of the Kazakh akyns
- Jalal al-Din · Symbol of resistance against the Mongols
- Tile Art (Çini)
- Jereed
- Çuvaşistan · Official flag
- Devlet Bahçeli · Chairman of the MHP
- Great Mosque of Divriği
- Dombyra
- Dutar
- Ebru (Paper Marbling)
- Ebulfez Elçibey · President of Azerbaijan (1992–1993)
- Enver Paşa · Ottoman Minister of War
- Erdal Arıkan
- Al-Farghani · Astronomer
- Feza Gürsey
- F. Sema Barutcu Oezoeneder
- Gagavuzya · Official flag
- Gazi Yaşargil · Pioneer of microsurgery
- Mahmud of Ghazni · The first “Sultan”
- Jamshid al-Kashi · Master of the number pi
- Sky-Blue Banner
- Görogly
- Gurer Gulsevin
- Gur-e-Amir
- Hakasya · Official flag
- Halide Edib Adıvar · The pen of the War of Independence
- Tree of Life
- Khoomei (Throat Singing)
- Hürrem Sultan
- Itchan Kala
- Dual Organization
- İlber Ortaylı · Historian · Academic
- İlham Aliyev · President of Azerbaijan (2003–)
- Ilhami Durmus
- Imadaddin Nasimi
- Istämi
- Kayı Tamga
- Kalyan Minaret
- Kanysh Satbayev · Founder of Kazakh science
- Karagöz and Hacivat · Traditional shadow play
- Karakalpakistan · Official flag
- Katip Çelebi · The encyclopedist of the Ottomans
- Katip Çelebi (Cihannüma) · Ottoman geographer
- Kazakistan · Official flag
- Kâzım Karabekir · Commander in the National Struggle · Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
- Keloğlan · The hero of Turkish folktales
- Kırgızistan · Official flag
- Kırım Tatarları · Official flag
- Kokpar / Buzkashi
- Komuz
- Epic of Köroğlu
- Kurmanjan Datka · "The Queen of Alai"
- Kut (Mandate of Heaven)
- Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti · Official flag
- Lotfi A. Zadeh · The father of fuzzy logic
- Manaschi Tradition
- Matrakçı Nasuh
- Mammad Amin Rasulzade · Founder of the Azerbaijani Republic
- Mehter / Ottoman Military Band
- Malik-Shah I · The zenith of the Seljuks
- Mugham
- Mukhtar Auezov · Author of "The Path of Abai"
- Musa Cälil · Martyr poet
- Nader Shah
- Necmettin Erbakan · Prime Minister · Leader of the National View (Millî Görüş)
- Nene Hatun · The heroine of Erzurum
- Oleg Mudrak
- Olonkho · Sakha heroic epic
- Decimal System
- Osman Hamdi Bey
- Osmanlı İmparatorluğu · Official flag
- Özbekistan · Official flag
- Razia Sultana · The woman sultan of Delhi
- Saha (Yakutistan) · Official flag
- Ismail I · Founder of the Safavids, poet
- Salim Koca
- Shashmaqam
- Palace of the Shirvanshahs
- Ahmad Sanjar
- Taqi al-Din · Founder of the Istanbul Observatory
- Tar
- Tataristan · Official flag
- Tezhip (Illumination)
- Tugh (Horsetail Standard)
- Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı · Official flag
- OTS Flag
- Türkiye Cumhuriyeti · Official flag
- Turkmen Carpet
- Türkmenistan · Official flag
- Tuva · Official flag
- Uyghur Muqam
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov · Composer of the first opera of the East
- Oil Wrestling
- Selim I
- Zeki Velidi Togan · A giant of Turkology
- Al-Zamakhshari · The language master of Khwarazm
- Sixteen Turkic States
- Turkic Proverb
- Akyn
- Ak-Kalpak
- Akkoyunlular · Historical / representative flag
- Aldar Kose · The cunning hero of the steppe
- Aliya Moldagulova · The sharpshooter of the steppe
- Altın Orda · Historical / representative flag
- Anadolu Selçuklu · Historical / representative flag
- Afaq Khoja Mausoleum
- Knucklebones (Aşık)
- Ateshgah of Baku
- Aydınoğulları · Historical / representative flag
- Babür İmparatorluğu · Historical / representative flag
- Bakhtiyar Vahabzade · Azerbaijan's national poet
- Banu Çiçek · The woman warrior of Dede Korkut
- Battalname
- Bayge
- Berdaq
- Bestami Bilge
- Bibi-Khanym · Timur's chief consort
- Turkic Proverb
- Buhara Emirliği · Historical / representative flag
- Burana Tower
- Yurt Decorative Art
- Çağatay Hanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Chinggis-nama · A Tatar-Turkic epic
- Çifte Minareli Medrese
- Shoqan Walikhanov · Pioneer of Kazakh science
- Cho‘lpon · Uzbek Jadidist poet
- Turkic Proverb
- Danişmendliler · Historical / representative flag
- From Dede Korkut
- Delhi Türk Sultanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Doğu Türkistan (Gökbayrak) · Historical / representative flag
- Döwletmämmet Azady · Father of Magtymguly
- Dulkadiroğulları · Historical / representative flag
- Abu'l-Khayr Khan
- Edige
- Edib Ahmed · Poet of morality
- Exit from Ergenekon
- Ergunoz Akcora
- Er Töshtük
- Fatih Sayhan
- Fatma Aliye Topuz
- Ferruh Agca
- Gevher Nesibe · Founder of the first medical madrasa
- Migration Epic
- Hazar Kağanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi · The Flying Turk
- H. Hilal Sahin
- Hive Hanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Hokand Hanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Hotan Silk & Carpet
- Hulusi Behçet · The physician who gave his name to a disease
- Khurshidbanu Natavan · The poet lady of Karabakh
- Huseyn Javid
- Ibrahim Arikan
- Ikat / Adras
- Kaçar Hanedanı · Historical / representative flag
- Qadi Zada al-Rumi · Ulugh Beg's teacher
- Karacaoğlan · Master of folk poetry
- Karahanlılar · Historical / representative flag
- Karakoyunlular · Historical / representative flag
- Karamanoğulları · Historical / representative flag
- Kazak Hanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Kazan Hanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Kamancha
- Kenesary Khan · The last Kazakh khan
- Turkic Proverb
- Kyl-kobyz
- Kırım Hanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Maiden Tower, Baku
- Kösem Sultan · The regent sultana of the Ottomans
- Kurmangazy · The great master of the dombra
- Belt Wrestling (Köräş)
- From Kutadgu Bilig
- Lagari Hasan Çelebi · The first rocketeer
- Levni
- Maadai Kara
- Magjan Jumabayev · Poet of the Alash
- Mangala
- Memlûk Devleti · Historical / representative flag
- Menteşeoğulları · Historical / representative flag
- Mihri Hatun · The first Turkish woman divan poet
- Mirza Kazem-Bek
- Mirza Alakbar Sabir
- Muhammad Shaybani
- Musa Salan
- Mustafa Argunsah
- Nahçıvan Özerk C. (1991-93) · Historical / representative flag
- Nuraniye H. Ekrem
- Oktay Sinanoğlu · Yale's youngest professor
- Osmanlı (erken sancak) · Historical / representative flag
- Pinar Ozdemir
- Ramazanoğulları · Historical / representative flag
- Rishtan Ceramics
- Sabahattin Ali
- Sadri Maksudi Arsal · Tatar-Turkish jurist
- Safevî Devleti · Historical / representative flag
- Shahmaran
- Sara Khatun
- Shihabetdin Märcani · Pioneer of Tatar Jadidism
- Seydi Ali Reis · Admiral of the Indian seas
- Sibir Hanlığı · Historical / representative flag
- Shyrdak (Kyrgyz Felt)
- Suzani
- Tepegöz
- Terken Khatun · The powerful Seljuk queen
- Tevfik Fikret
- Timur İmparatorluğu · Historical / representative flag
- Toguz Korgool
- Toktogul Satylganov
- Sparethra · Saka warrior queen
- Turgut Reis
- Turhan Sultan
- Ufuk Tavkul
- Ülüş
- Uzun Hasan · The great ruler of the Aq Qoyunlu
- Yaqub Beg
- Altai Creation Myth
- Yuğ (Funeral Feast)
- Hajji Ahmed · Master of the heart-shaped map