(Or, should it be Istanbulian? Istanbuli?)
Just read in CN Portfolio that Nouriel Roubini was born in Istanbul and lived here until the age of five.
Not surprising in hindsight. I think I can detect the levantine cynic in him. The same is true for Nassem Taleb, who was born in Lebanon.
Cem Sertoglu 
how about Istanbullu?
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Also Mike Lazaridis, founder of Research in Motion, makers of the BlackBerry. Turkey lost out with the flight of its minorities.
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