Famous People with Name Orhan

Orhan Veli Kanik - Poet, Founder Of Garip Movement            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Orhan Veli Kanik - Poet, Founder Of Garip Movement: a Turkish poet. Orhan Veli, together with Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet, founded the Garip Movement.

Orhan Veli Kanik            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Orhan Veli Kanik: was a Turkish poet. Together with Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet, he founded the Garip Movement.Orhan Veli's father was a conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra. His younger brother, Adnan Veli, was a well known journalist whose memoir of his time in prison on political charges, "Mahpushane Çesmesi (The Prison Fountain)", was published in 1952. Orhan Veli studied at the Ankara Gazi High School before he started his university education which lasted one year at Istanbul University's philosophy department before dropping out in 1935. He was employed by the Ministry of Education as a translator from 1945 to 1947. Later, he worked as a freelance translator and journalist. In 1949, he helped the publication of Yaprak, a literary magazine. As also evidenced from the contents of some of his deeply humorous poetry, he was a heavy drinker. His death was due to a brain hemorrhage a few days after he fell into a pot hole on the street while intoxicated.

Orhan Gencebay            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Orhan Gencebay: is a Turkish musician, baglama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.

Orhan Ak            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Orhan Ak: a Turkish football player. He currently plays defender for Ankaraspor in the Turkcell Super League.[1] Formerly, he played for Kocaelispor then transferred to Galatasaray. He was loaned out to Ankaraspor on the 3rd of September 2007 until June 2008 and ended up making the move permanent on a Free transfer in the summer of 2008.

Orhan Çikirikçi            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Orhan Çikirikçi: a retired Turkish football (soccer) striker. He played for Turkey national football team and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship.