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Dutch people of Turkish descent Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

. It includes

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

citizens of full or partial Turkish ancestry.

Academia

* Deniz Başkent, auditory scientist * , cultural anthropologist. * , professor at Bilkent University. *

Uğur Ümit Üngör Uğur Ümit Üngör (born in Erzincan, 1980) is a Dutch–Turkish academic, historian, sociologist, and professor of Genocide studies, specializing as a scholar and researcher of Holocaust studies and studies on mass violence. He served as Prof ...

, scholar of genocide studies.

Journalism

* Ali Çimen, author and journalist * Rasit Elibol, editor of ''

De Groene Amsterdammer ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' () is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam. It is one of the five independent opinion magazines in the Netherlands, alongside '' HP/De Tijd'', '' Vrij Nederland'', ''Elsevier'' and the Jewish ...

Activism

* , ambassador of the Dutch Autism Association * , feminist

Arts and literature

* , writer *

Defne Ayas Defne Ayas (b. 1976) is a curator, lecturer, educator, and editor in the field of contemporary art and its institutions. Ayas directed, cofounded, curated, and advised several art institutes, initiatives, and exhibition platforms across the globe, ...

, curator, lecturer, educator, and editor in the field of contemporary art and its institutions * , journalist * Sevtap Baycılı, novelist * Sedat Çakır, writer * Altan Erdogan, former editor of the

weekly

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

Nieuwe Revu The ''Nieuwe Revu'' is a weekly general interest magazine from the Netherlands, published on Wednesdays and written in Dutch. History and profile In the 1970s the magazine was explicitly left-winged and focused on sport, sex, sensation and soci ...

'' * :nl:Özkan Gölpinar, publicist for ''

Trouw ''Trouw'' (; ) is a Dutch daily newspaper appearing in compact size. It was founded in 1943 as an orthodox Protestant underground newspaper during World War II. Since 2009, it has been owned by DPG Media (known as De Persgroep until 2019). '' ...

'', ''

'' and ''Contrast'' *

Halil Gür Halil Gür (born 14 February 1951, in Karakese) is a Turkish-born Dutch writer who made his debut with his novel 'Crazy Mustafa and other stories' in 1984. He was the pioneer of a large group of Dutch writers from non-western cultures. The fact ...

, novelist * Hatice Guleryuz, contemporary artist *

Lale Gül Lale Gül (Amsterdam, 3 November, 1997) is a Dutch writer of Turkish descent. Gül was raised in a strict Islamic-religious family in Amsterdam-West. During the week she would attend regular school, and during the weekend she would visit an Isla ...

, writer * Mehmet Refii Kileci, artist * Servet Kocyigit, visual artist * Deniz Kuypers, writer (Turkish father and Dutch mother) * Ahmet Ögüt, conceptual artist *

Şenay Özdemir Şenay Özdemir (born 18 May 1969) is a Dutch television presenter, broadcaster, writer and women's rights advocate of Turkish origin. Career in media At the age of 22, Özdemir signed a contract with TROS (), the largest Dutch broadcast org ...

, journalist and editor-in-chief of ''SEN Magazine'' * , journalist *

Ebru Umar Ebru Umar (, ; born 20 May 1970) is a Dutch columnist of Turkish descent. Under the influence of Theo van Gogh, she gave up a career in management and became a columnist, first for van Gogh's website and, after he was assassinated, as his successo ...

, columnist * Sadık Yemni, science fiction author

Business

* Atilla Aytekin, founder and CEO of

Azerion Group N.V. Azerion Group N.V., commonly known as Azerion, is a public company founded in 2014, which is active within Europe's online advertising and entertainment industry. Functioning primarily as a digital media platform, the company facilitates connect ...

* , businesswoman *

Nedim Imac Nedim Imaç (born 1966 in The Hague - died February 17, 2007, in Amsterdam) was a Turkish- Dutch businessman and sports executive. He was the former chairman of the Amsterdam football club Türkiyemspor and a prominent face of the Turkish communi ...

, businessman and former chairman of the Amsterdam football club Türkiyemspor * Celal Oruç, founder of Ortel Mobile *

Erdinç Saçan Erdinç Saçan (born 12 May 1979) is a Dutch internet entrepreneur, website administrator, columnist and politician for the PvdA. Saçan was born in 's-Hertogenbosch. After studying management and data processing at the Fontys college, he establi ...

, internet entrepreneur * , entrepreneur and co-founder of

Corendon Airlines Corendon Airlines (legally ''Turistik Hava Taşımacılık A.Ş.'') is a Turkish leisure airline headquartered in Antalya, Turkey. A subsidiary of the Corendon Tourism Group, it was founded in 2004 and began operations in 2005. The airline ope ...

Cinema and television

Azra Akın Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on 7 December 2002. She is best known for series ''Yağmur Zamanı.'' Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Ne ...

, actress, singer and winner of

Miss Turkey The Miss Turkey () is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey World, and Miss Turkey Supranational. History The Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspa ...

2002 and

Miss World 2002 Miss World 2002, the 52nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 December 2002 at the Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom. It was initially intended to be staged in Abuja, but due to religious riots in the nearby city of Kadun ...

* , actress and winner of

Miss Nederland The Miss Nederland is a national beauty pageant in the Netherlands. The pageant was founded in 1929 in Amsterdam. History Former pageant From 1929 to 1931, the Netherlands held a national pageant in Amsterdam for the first time called "Miss ...

2008 *

Evrim Akyigit Evrim Akyigit (born January 31, 1977 in İzmir) is a Dutch actress of Turkish origin. She is best known for her role as Cabar-Elif Özal in the Dutch soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running ra ...

, actress *

Elvan Akyıldız Elvan Akyıldız (born 31 January 1977 in İzmir) is a Dutch actress, presenter and cabaret performer of Turkish origin.http://www.echo.nl/ww-hd/uitgaan/redactie/779289/goed.nieuws.hassan.s.angels/ She is best known for her role as Elvan on ''Ses ...

, actress * Pinar Arslan, crowned Miss

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

in 2011 and placed 4th in Miss Nederland 2011 * , documentary maker * , actor * , actor * , film director, screenwriter and actor *

Hayat Van Eck Hayat or Hayet is an Arabic word which means "life". People *Hayat Boumeddiene, common law wife of Amedy Coulibaly, who perpetrated the Montrouge shooting in France in 2015 *Hayat El Garaa, Moroccan para-athlete *Malik Asif Hayat, chairman of the ...

, actor * , presenter and documentary maker * , actress * Sevtap Ergec, placed 5th in Miss Nederland 2010 * , actor * , actress * , actress * , vlogger on YouTube and documentary maker * , film director * , actress * , winner of

1992 and mother of Miss Turkey 2018 Tara De Vries * , TV Presenter * , TV Presenter * , actress * , actor *

Nazmiye Oral Nazmiye Oral (born 1969) is a Dutch actress and writer. She has won a Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama. Career Nazmiye Oral began her career working for Dutch Muslim Broadcasting and interviewing figures such as Theo van Gog ...

, actress and writer *

Cahit Ölmez Cahit Ölmez (born 1 January 1963) is a Dutch actor of Turkish descent. Filmography * ''Gwang tin lung fu wui'' (1989), Amead * '' Krokodillen in Amsterdam'' (1990), Alex * ''Domburg'' (1996), Metin * ''Flikken'' (1999–2001), Insp. Selattin ...

, actor *

Melisa Aslı Pamuk Melisa Aslı Yazıcı (, ; born 14 April 1991) is a Dutch-Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Her family is from İskenderun, Hatay, Turkey. She won the title of Miss Turkey 2011 on 2 June 2011. Pamuk accepted the crown from ...

, actress and winner of

2011 * , actress * , filmmaker * , actor *

Gamze Tazim Gamze Tazim (born 28 January 1989) is a Turkish-Dutch actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of ...

, actress *

Nazlı Tolga Nazlı Tolga (born 8 November 1979) is a Turkish-Dutch journalist, educator and television host. Tolga was the anchorwoman of the leading local and foreign affairs programme FOX Ana Haber and ''Nazlı Tolga ile Haber Masası''. Nazlı Tolga wa ...

, television host and model * Tara De Vries, winner of

2018 * , documentary maker * , filmmaker * , actress * , actress * , actress

Music

Sinan Akçıl Sinan Akçıl (born 20 May 1982) is a Turkish composer, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for producing Hadise's Eurovision 2009 song for Turkey, called "Düm Tek Tek". Personal life Akçıl was born to Albanian parents in the ...

, singer-songwriter and record producer * , trumpet player and singer * Ufuk Çalışkan, singer * , folk musician * , composer * Atiye Deniz, singer * Selim Doğru, pianist * Karsu Dönmez, singer, pianist and composer * , saxophonist *

Joan Franka Joany Franka Johanna Ayten Hazebroek Kalan (born 2 April 1990), known professionally as Joan Franka, is a Dutch singer and songwriter of Turkish descent. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song " You and ...

, singer who represented the Netherlands at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song "Running Scared (Ell & Nikki song), Running Scared" by Ell & Nikki, El ...

Altın Gün Altın Gün (meaning ''Golden Day'' in Turkish also a pun to ''Altın Günü (Gold day)'' a traditional social gathering day) is a Dutch-Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as Anatolian rock, band from Amsterdam. It was founded by bassist Jasp ...

, Anatolian rock and Turkish Psychedelic Folk band * Burak King, rapper, songwriter and musician * , rapper * Murda, rapper * , singer *

Ummet Ozcan Ummet Ozcan (born 16 August 1982) is a Dutch DJ and producer of Turkish origin, specializing in the techno genre. Life and career Ummet Ozcan is the son of Turkish parents; he was born and grew up in the Netherlands. He says that his Turkish ...

, DJ and record producer *

Taylan Susam Taylan Susam (born November 18, 1986) is a Turkish-Dutch composer of experimental music. He is a member of the Wandelweiser group, which has been described by ''The New Yorker'' as "an informal network of twenty or so experimental-minded compose ...

, composer of experimental music * Umut Timur, singer * , singer *

Behsat Üvez Behsat Üvez (May 2, 1959 – February 22, 2013) was a Turkish singer, composer, and teacher. He was the founder of Barana. Üvez was born in Ankara. Death On February 22, 2013, Behsat Üvez died of lung cancer in Groningen Groningen ( , ...

, singer and composer * , disc jockey and music producer (Turkish father) *

Burak Yeter Burak Yeter (born 5 May 1982) is a Turkish DJ, record producer and remixer. Early life By age eight Yeter picked up playing the guitar. After receiving his undergraduate education in Civil Engineering in Akdeniz University, Yeter settled i ...

, DJ, record producer and remixer

Religion

* , chairman of Aya Sofia.

Politics

Albayrak Dutch politician kabinet Balkenende IV

Nebahat Albayrak Nebahat Albayrak (born 10 April 1968) is a retired Turkish–Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. She is a corporate director at Upstream International a division of Royal Dutch Shell since 5 November 2012. Biography Alba ...

, member of the PvdA * , member of the PvdA *

Mahir Alkaya Mahir Önder Alkaya (born 6 July 1988) is a Dutch politician who has been a Socialist Party (Netherlands), Socialist Party member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives since 18 January 2018. On 24 July 2023, he ...

, member of the SP * Stephan van Baarle, member of '' DENK'' *

Ali Osman Biçen Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and ...

Emine Bozkurt Emine Bozkurt (born 9 August 1967) is a Politics of the Netherlands, Dutch politician of Turkish people, Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2014. She is a member of Labour Party (Netherlands), the Dutch Labou ...

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

(2004 and 2014) and member of the PvdA * Yasemin Cegerek, member of the PvdA * Metin Çelik, former member of the PvdA, current chairman of '' DENK'' *

Coşkun Çörüz Coşkun Çörüz (born 15 August 1963) is a Turkish-born Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, he was an MP from 29 May 2001 to 20 September 2012. He focused on matters of security policy, judiciary, police, internati ...

, member of the CDA *

Nihat Eski Nihat Eski (born 24 July 1963 in Tosya, Turkey) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( , CDA) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in ...

, member of the CDA *

Sultan Günal-Gezer Sultan Günal-Gezer (born 1 May 1961) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was a member of the House of Representatives between 8 November 2012 and 23 March 2017. Previously she wa ...

member of the PvdA * Nilüfer Gündoğan, member of ''

Volt The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, Voltage#Galvani potential vs. electrochemical potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units, International System of Uni ...

'' * Isa Kahraman, member of

NSC NSC may refer to: Banking and investment * National Sort Code, an Irish bank code * Nomura Securities Co, an investment bank Computing * National Software Centre, an Irish organization * National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden * NetShow Channe ...

. *

Hamit Karakus Hamit Karakus (born 22 February 1965) is a Turkish-Dutch politician and police officer, who previously served as a member of the Senate and as an alderman in Rotterdam. He is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Born in Turkey, Karakus grew up ...

, member of the PvdA *

Hülya Kat Hülya Kat (born 1 August 1983) is a Dutch politician, serving as a member of the House of Representatives on behalf of the social liberal party Democrats 66 (D66). She was a member of the Velsen municipal council between 2010 and 2018, when she ...

, member of the D66 * Fatma Koşer Kaya, lawyer and a member of the D66 * , councillor for participation and culture in the municipality of Rotterdam *

Tunahan Kuzu Tunahan Kuzu (born 5 June 1981) is a Dutch politician of Turkish people, Turkish descent who served as an House of Representatives (Netherlands), MP from 20 September 2012 until 5 December 2023. Initially he was a member of the Labour Party (Nethe ...

, co-founder of '' DENK'' * , member of the PvdA *

Songül Mutluer Songül Mutluer (born 11 December 1979) is a Dutch politician, serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2022. She is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA) and has served as a Zaanstad municipal council member and alderwoman for f ...

, member of the PvdA * , member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy * Zihni Özdil, historian and member of GL *

Selçuk Öztürk Selçuk Öztürk (born 8 April 1972) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent who served as an MP from 8 November 2012 until 30 March 2021. He is a former member of the Labour Party (PvdA). On 13 November 2014, Öztürk and Tunahan Kuzu left ...

, co-founder of '' DENK'' * Nevin Özütok, member of GL * , councilor in Apeldoorn for the CDA * , member of the PvdA * Gunay Uslu, member of the D66 and the State Secretary for Culture and Media (2022-2023) *

Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Dilan and Dillan may refer to: People with the given name Dilan is a Kurdish language, Kurdish female given name that means "hearts"; it is derived from Persian language, Persian. Female * Dilan Ağgül (born 1998), Turkish-German women's footba ...

, leader of the

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( , VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party (Netherl ...

(2023-present) *

Keklik Yücel Keklik Demir-Yücel (born 5 May 1968) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent and former civil servant. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an MP between 20 September 2012 and 23 March 2017. She focused on matters ...

, member of the PvdA

Sports

Rohat Ağca Rohat Ağca (born 3 September 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Yeni Mersin İdmanyurdu. Club career A youth product of Twente's youth academy since the age of 11, Agca signed a professional contract with Her ...

, football player *

Erol Akbay Erol Akbay (born 20 December 1966) is a Dutch football manager who most recently managed Bangladesh Premier League club Rahmatganj MFS. Early life Akbay was born in 1966 in Turkey and moved with his family from Denizli, Turkey, to the Netherla ...

, football manager *

Özgür Aktaş Özgür Aktaş (born 27 January 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Turkish club Ankaragücü. Club career Vitesse Born in Cuijk, Aktaş started his career at local club JVC Cuijk and joined the youth academ ...

, football player * Furkan Alakmak, football player * , football player * Adnan Alisic, football player * Erol Erdal Alkan, football player * , football player * Yener Arıca, football player * Ceylan Arıkan, football player * Deniz Aslan, football player *

Oğuz Aydın Oğuz Aydın (born 27 October 2000) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe. Born in the Netherlands as Redur Kaya, he represents the Tur ...

, football player *

Murat Aygün Murat Aygün (born 13 December 1988) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory (kickboxing), Glory. As of February 2022, he is the #6 ranked heavyweight according to Combat Press. Combat Press has ra ...

, kickboxer *

Leyla Bağcı Leyla Firdevs Bağcı (born 6 February 1990) is a Turkish-Dutch women's football goalkeeper. She played in the Netherlands and Belgium, and was part of the Turkey women's national team. Early years Leyla Firdevs Bağcı was born to Turkish imm ...

, women's football goalkeeper * Emre Bal, football player *

Yusuf Barası Yusuf Barası (born 31 March 2003) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Adana Demirspor. Born in the Netherlands, Barası represents Turkey internationally. Club career On 26 August 2023, Barası moved to Adana Demirspor A ...

, football player *

Bilal Başaçıkoğlu __NOTOC__ Bilal may refer to: People * Bilal (name), or Belal or Bilel, including a list of people with the name * Bilal ibn Rabah, a companion of Muhammad, made calls for prayers * Bilal (American singer) * Bilal (Lebanese singer) Places * Bil ...

, football player *

Bilal Bayazit __NOTOC__ Bilal may refer to: People * Bilal (name), or Belal or Bilel, including a list of people with the name * Bilal ibn Rabah, a companion of Muhammad, made calls for prayers * Bilal (American singer) * Bilal (Lebanese singer) Places *Bilal ...

, football player *

Ertuğrul Bayrak Ertuğrul Bayrak (born June 17, 1992) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer, currently signed with Glory, where he was formerly the #1 ranked middleweight. He was ranked as the sixth best middleweight in the world by Beyond Kickboxing, as of October 202 ...

, kickboxer *

Ömer Bayram Ömer Bayram (born 27 July 1991) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Amedspor. Club career Bayram played youth football for PCP and Baronie before moving to the youth academy of NAC Breda. He made his debut in th ...

, football player * Emir Biberoğlu, football player * Emre Bilgin, football player * , football player * Brian Bulgaç, road bicycle racer *

Samet Bulut Samet Bulut (born 25 February 1996) is a Dutch footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a forward for Turkish TFF Third League club Alanya Kestelspor. Personal life On 12 March 2015, when Bulut played in the youth academy of Ajax, he was arre ...

, football player * , football player * , football player *

Caner Cavlan Caner Cavlan (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TFF Second League club Iğdır. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Turkey and Austria. Club career Cavlan is known for his passing skills ...

, football player *

Cem Cáceres Cem Cáceres (born December 8, 1999) is a Dutch professional kickboxer of Turkish and Chilean descent, currently competing in the light heavyweight division of Glory. As of September 2024 he was the #5 ranked Light heavyweight kickboxer in th ...

, kickboxer *

Hüseyin Cengiz Hüseyin Cengiz (born 25 July 1984) is a Turkish-Dutch former footballer. Club career Cengiz played for De Graafschap and Turkish side Yozgatspor, before joining Eerste Divisie club AGOVV in 2006. He left AGOVV for Turkish second division ...

, football player * , football player * Serhat Çakmak, football player * Cihat Çelik, football player *

Tolgahan Çiçek Tolgahan Mulla Çiçek (born 19 June 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for TFF Third League side Osmaniyespor FK. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at under-21 international level. Club career From 2014, Ç ...

, football player *

Nadir Çiftçi Nadir Çiftçi (born 12 February 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF Second League club Karaman FK. In a nomadic career he has played for Portsmouth, Kayserispor, NAC Breda, Dundee United, Celtic, Eskişehir ...

, football player *

Halil Çolak Ibrahim Halil Çolak (born 29 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger Club career Youth career Çolak was born in Birecik, Turkey, but was raised in Deventer, a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. Çolak ...

, football player * Tiago Çukur, football player * Gabriël Çulhacı, football player *

Orhan Delibaş Orhan Ghazi (; , also spelled Orkhan; died 1362) was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his reign, Orhan focused his energies on conquering most ...

, boxer *

Aykut Demir Aykut Demir (born 22 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey at international level. Club career Demir made his debut in professional football in the 2005–06 season ...

, football player * , football player *

Halil Dervişoğlu Halil İbrahim Dervişoğlu (born 8 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Gaziantep, on loan from Süper Lig club from Galatasaray. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Turkey national team. Dervişo� ...

, football player *

Mehmet Dingil Mehmet Tayfun Dingil (born 28 November 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for TFF Second League club Iğdır. Club career Dingil kicked off his career with amateur Blauw Geel '38 before signing for JVC Cuijk ...

, football player * Huseyin Dogan, football player * , football coach * , football player *

Ferdi Elmas Ferdi Elmas (born 13 February 1985) is a Turkish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Club career Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elmas played for AFC Ajax, Ajax for over nine years in ...

, football player *

Yasin Erdal Yasin Erdal (born May 30, 1986) is a Turkish-Dutch futsal player. He currently plays for LZV Marku Bouw and is a member of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal ...

, futsal player * Zeki Erkilinc, football player * Tarik Evre, football player *

Alper Göbel Alper Göbel (born 11 October 1982) is a Dutch former Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), right-back. Career Göbel started his career with Dutch second division side Go Ahead Eagles, where he made ...

, football player * , football player * Doğan Gölpek, football player *

Ferhat Görgülü Ferhat Görgülü (born 28 October 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a defender for İnegölspor in the Turkish TFF Second League. Career Görgülü was born in Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands to parents ...

, football player * Serdar Gözübüyük, football referee *

Ali Gunyar Ali Gunyar (born 22 September 1979 in Eindhoven) is a Turkish-Dutch middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Eindhoven, Netherlands for Team Gunyar, where he is trained by his brother Suleyman Gunyar. Ali is a four-time kickboxing and ...

, kickboxer *

Ömer Gündüz Ömer Mert Gündüz (born 24 April 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Fethiyespor. Career Feyenoord From Maassluis, in South Holland, in 2012 he made the switch from Excelsior Maassluis to join t ...

, football player *

Engin Güngör Engin Güngör (born 17 May 1986 in Nijmegen) is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for Kırklarelispor Kırklarelispor is a Turkish sports club founded in 1968 is currently playing in the TFF Second League. The club's colours are green ...

, football player * Doğucan Haspolat, football player *

Ferdi Kadioglu Ferdi may refer to: * Ferdi Elmas (born 1985), Turkish footballer * Ferdi Hardal (born 1996), Turkish weightlifter * Ferdi Kadıoğlu (born 1999), Turkish-Dutch footballer * Ferdi Özbeğen (1941–2013), Turkish-Armenian singer and pianist * Ferdi ...

, football player *

Ekrem Kahya Ekrem Kahya (born 9 February 1978) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer. After beginning his professional career in 1996 with ADO Den Haag, he has since played for Denizlispor, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Dordrecht and VVV-Ve ...

, football player *

Fatih Kamaçi Fatih Kamaçi (born 23 May 1989) is a Dutch footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Vierde Divisie club Dongen Dongen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and village in North Brabant, in the southern Netherlands ...

, football player * , football player * , football player * , football player * , football player *

Sinan Keskin Muhammet Sinan Keskin (born 13 August 1994) is a Dutch-Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Early career Born in The Hague, Netherlands, Keskin began his career in the youth ranks of local side Lenig en Snel. ...

, football player *

Ahmet Kilic Ahmad () is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other English language, English spellings of the name include Ahmed. It is also used as a surname. Etymology The word derives from the root (Ḥ-M-D, ḥ-m-d), f ...

, football player *

Hasan Kılıç Hasan Kılıç (born 27 July 1992) is a Dutch- Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Sakaryaspor. External links Hasan Kılıçat ''Voetbal International ''Voetbal International'' (VI) is a Dutch footbal ...

, football player * Shirley Kocaçınar, female football player *

Serhat Koç Serhat Koç (born 18 July 1990) is a Dutch former professional footballer who plays for KFC Esperanza Pelt. Career Born in Eindhoven, Koç made his first first team appearance on 11 January 2008 against FC Volendam. On 10 December 2008, he a ...

, football player * Çağrı Kodalak, football player *

Evren Korkmaz Evren Korkmaz (born 27 April 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Batman Petrolspor. Club career Born in Venlo to Turkish parents, Korkmaz made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for VV ...

, football player *

Mustafa Korkmaz Mustafa Korkmaz (18 January 1988) is a Turkish descent Dutch wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He competes for the Netherlands men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He pl ...

, wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian * , football player *

Orkun Kökçü Orkun Kökçü (; born 29 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş, on loan from Primeira Liga club Benfica. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Turkey national team. Club care ...

, football player *

Ozan Kökçü Ozan Can Kökçü (born 18 August 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Azerbaijan national team. Club career Bursaspor On 29 March 2017, Ozan Kökçü signed a four-year contra ...

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Baki Mercimek Baki Mercimek (born 17 September 1982 in Amsterdam) is a former footballer. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at international level. Career He previously had spells with Sunderland AFC in England, for whom he never played a first ...

, football player * Hursut Meric, football player *

Hilmi Mihçi Hilmi Mihçi (born 8 July 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career A journeyman striker, Mihci began his career at FC Den Bosch. He later played for Dutch top amateur side IJsselmeervogels IJsselmeervo ...

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Murat Önal Murat Önal (born 20 July 1987) is a Turkish-born Dutch footballer of Kazakh descent who plays as a striker for FC Lisse in the Topklasse. Önal began his career with Amsterdamsche FC and was promoted to the first team in the latter half of t ...

, football player * Tufan Özbozkurt, football player *

Serkan Ozcaglayan Serkan Özçağlayan (born May 8, 1994) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer, currently signed with Glory. He is a cousin of Gokhan Saki. He is ranked as the third best middleweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and third best by ...

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Tayfun Özcan Tayfun Özcan is a Dutch-Turkish kickboxer, born and raised in Tilburg, Netherlands. He is the former Enfusion 72.5 kg and 70 kg World champion. Tayfun holds notable wins over Andy Souwer, Davit Kiria, Mohamed Khamal, Amansio Paraschiv, Endy Se ...

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Okan Özçelik Okan Özçelik (born 10 May 1992) is a Dutch footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a winger. He appeared in the Turkish Süper Lig for Antalyaspor and in the Dutch Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of f ...

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Alim Öztürk Alim Öztürk (born 17 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Iğdır. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at youth level. Öztürk has previously played for Dutch club SC Cambuur, Trabzonspor, 1 ...

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Oğuzhan Özyakup Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 23 September 1992), also known as Ozzie or Ozzy, is a Dutch-Turkish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, Özyakup has previously featured for c ...

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Hatice Özyurt Hatice Ozyurt (born 23 May 1987) is a Dutch people, Dutch female kickboxer and mixed martial artist, based in Steenwijk, Netherlands. She has competed professionally since 2010 and a World Association of Kickboxing Organizations, WAKO-Pro runner ...

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Hayri Pinarci Hayri Pinarci (born 10 January 1991) is a Dutch-Turkish footballer who plays for SteDoCo. He formerly played for Vitesse and AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV () is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February ...

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Gökhan Saki Gökhan Saki (born 18 October 1983Mustafa Saymak, football player * Resit Schuurman, football player *

Ömer Sepici Ömer Sepici (born September 30, 1987 in The Hague) is a Turkish football player who was born and grew up in the Netherlands. He last played as a goalkeeper for Ünyespor in the TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nes ...

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Selman Sevinç Selman Sevinç (born 12 April 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club De Treffers. Born in the Netherlands, he represented for Turkey at youth international level. Career In July 2016, he joined Osmanlıspor. On ...

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Fatih Sonkaya Fatih Sonkaya (born 1 July 1981) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a right back. He also held Dutch nationality, due to the many years spent in that country. Club career Although born in Oltu, Eastern Anatolia Region, Sonkaya spen ...

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Mahmut Sönmez Mahmut Sönmez (born January 25, 1990) is a Turkish-Dutch footballer who plays as a winger. Sönmez began his professional career with Preußen Münster, whom he joined in July 2012, having previously played amateur football in his hometown of R ...

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Kürşad Sürmeli Kürşad Sürmeli (born 14 August 1995) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for club ADO Den Haag. A youth product of NEC, Sürmeli experienced his breakthrough as part of the Achilles '29 team competing in the second-tier Eerste D ...

, football player * , football player * Tunahan Taşçı, football player * Elayis Tavşan, football player *

Esmeral Tunçluer Esmeral Özçelik Tunçluer (born 7 April 1980)

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Deniz Türüç Deniz Türüç (born 29 January 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for İstanbul Başakşehir. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey at international level. Club career In August 2019, Türüç signed a three-year deal with ...

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Suat Usta Suat Usta (born 3 August 1981) is a former footballer. who played as a centre back. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at youth international levels. Career Formerly, he played for FC Eindhoven, MVV Maastricht, Galatasaray, Antalyas ...

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Naci Ünüvar Naci Ünüvar (born 13 June 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for club Twente. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Turkey. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation ...

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Şahin Yakut Şahin Yakut (born 8 May 1979 in Iğdır, Turkey) is a Turkish- Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist, currently living in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands and training in Gym Alkmaar. He is a member of the It's Showtime Team and is a training par ...

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Özcan Yaşar Özcan Yaşar (born 13 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Fethiyespor. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey internationally. Club career Early years Yaşar played youth football for SV De ...

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Ismaïl Yıldırım Ismaïl Yıldırım (born 1 June 1990) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who currently plays as a Winger (association football), winger for VV Capelle in the Dutch Vierde Divisie. He formerly played for Boluspor, Kozakken B ...

, football player * Murat Yıldırım, football player * Uğur Yıldırım, football player * Salih Yildiz, football player * Cemal Yilmaz, football player * , football player * Mustafa Yücedağ, football player *

Ümran Zambak Ümran Zambak (born 27 November 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for SV Schermbeck. He has also Turkish nationality. Professional career On 3 September 2019, Zambak signed his first professional contract with Kayse ...

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