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This is a list of notable
Turkish people Turks (), or Turkish people, are the largest Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They generally speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old Turkish co ...
, or the Turks, (Turkish: Türkler), who are an ethnic group primarily living in the republic of Turkey and in the former lands of the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
where Turkish minorities have been established. They include people of Turkish descent born in other countries whose roots are in those countries. For Ottoman people see List of Ottoman people.


Academics


Archaeologists

* Aslıhan Yener * Hatice Gonnet-Bağana * Halet Çambel * Muhibbe Darga * Nurettin Yardımcı *
Sedat Alp Prof. Ord. Sedat Alp (January 1, 1913 in Veroia – October 9, 2006 in Ankara) was the first Turkish archaeologist, historian and academic with a specialization in Hittitology, and was among the foremost names in the field. He was the presiden ...
* Selâhattin Kantar * Tahsin Özgüç * Tomris Bakır


Architects


Art Gallerists

* Yahşi Baraz (born 1944)


Artists


Authors


A–B

* Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu *
Sait Faik Abasıyanık Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 – 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish people, Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish lit ...
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Halide Edib Adıvar Halide Edip Adıvar ( , sometimes spelled Halidé Edib in English; 11 June 1884 – 9 January 1964) was a Turkish people, Turkish novelist, teacher, and a nationalist and Feminism, feminist intellectual. She was best known for her novels criticiz ...
* Ahmet Ağaoğlu * Süreyya Ağaoğlu * Zeynep Ahunbay * Yusuf Akçura *
Sunay Akın Sunay Akın (born 12 September 1962) is a Turkish people, Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist. He is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum. Akın was born in Trabzon, Turkey. Akın is best known for his poetry; his prim ...
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Muammer Aksoy Muammer Aksoy (1917 – January 31, 1990) was a Turkish lawyer, politician, columnist and intellectual who was assassinated. Biography Aksoy was born 1917 in İbradı, Konya vilayet (now Antalya Province) to the member of the Ottoman parliame ...
* Mustafa Akyol * Alev Alatlı *
Sabahattin Ali Sabahattin Ali (25 February 1907 – 2 April 1948) was a Turkish people, Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. Early life He was born in 1907 in Ardino, Eğridere township (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria) of the San ...
* Fikri Alican * Ahmet Altan * Çetin Altan * İhsan Oktay Anar *
Melih Cevdet Anday Melih Cevdet Anday (13 March 1915 – 28 November 2002) was a Turkish people, Turkish writer whose poetry stands outside the traditional literary movements. He also wrote in many other genres which, over six and a half decades, included eleven ...
* Engin Ardıç * Meltem Arıkan * Ayşe Arman * Cihat Arman * Ömer Asan * Duygu Asena * Bülent Atalay * Oğuz Atay *
İsmet Atlı İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics ...
* Nihal Atsız * Mustafa Balel * Murat Bardakçı * Can Bartu * Enis Batur * Sevtap Baycılı * Ali Bayramoğlu *
Ataol Behramoğlu Ataol Behramoğlu (born April 13, 1942) is a prominent Turkish poet, author, and Russian-into-Turkish literary translator. Life Ataol Behramoğlu was born on April 13, 1942, in Istanbul. He wrote poems in honour of his father Hikmet Bahramoglu, ...
* İlhan Berk * Turgut Berkes * İsmail Beşikçi * Yahya Kemal Beyatlı * Üstün Bilgen-Reinart *
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), is a Kurdish writer. He was born in Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey. He moved to Sweden as political asylum seeker in 1978, and he has been living in Uppsala Sweden since then. The most famous of his early w ...
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Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish people, Turkish Turkish philosophy, philosopher, poetry of Turkey, poet, politician of liberalism, li ...


C–G

* Peride Celal * Ahmet Hakan Coşkun *
Bekir Coşkun Bekir Coşkun (1945 – 18 October 2020) was a Turkish people, Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, ''Cumhuriyet''. He was a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper ''Hürriyet'' befo ...
* Necati Cumalı * Ahmet Çakar *
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish people, Turkish poet, author and later politician. He is one of the Five Syllabists. Together with Behçet Kemal Çağlar, he wrote the lyrics of the Tenth Anniver ...
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Cengiz Çandar Cengiz Çandar (born 1948) is a Turkish politician, journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is elected to the Turkish Parliament (TBMM) in May 2023, as Deputy of Diyarbakır from the pro-Kurdish, the Peoples’ Equality and De ...
* Hakan Çelik * Muazzez İlmiye Çığ * Emin Çölaşan * Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca * Can Dündar *
Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 197 ...
* Asli Erdogan * Bikem Ekberzade * Burak Eldem * Haydar Ergülen * Azra Erhat * Mehmet Eroğlu * Fahir Ersin *
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mehmet Akif Ersoy (20 December 1873 – 27 December 1936) was a Turkish poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the Turkish National Anthem. Widely regarded as one of the premiere literary minds of his time, Ersoy is noted for h ...
* İclal Ersin * Sabahattin Eyüboğlu * Üzeyir Garih * Reşat Nuri Güntekin *
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 ...
* Uğur Gürses * Reşit Süreyya Gürsey


H–Q

* Ahmet Haşim *
Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar (March 14, 1887 in Istanbul – May 3, 1963 in Istanbul) was a Turkish people, Turkish writer. He spent his childhood in Rumeli Hisarı and studied at the Galatasaray High School and later political sciences in Paris. B ...
* Ahmed Hulusi * Rıfat Ilgaz *
Atilla İlhan Attila ( or ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids, among others, in Central and East ...
* Sabit Ince *
Abdi İpekçi Abdi İpekçi (9 August 1929 – 1 February 1979) was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist. He was murdered when he was editor-in-chief of one of the main Turkish daily newspapers '' Milliyet'' which then had a cent ...
* İsmail Cem İpekçi * Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı * Metin Kaçan * Sabri Kalic * Orhan Veli Kanık * Ceyhun Atuf Kansu * Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu * Orhan Karaveli * Yaşar Kemal *
Coşkun Kırca Coşkun Kırca (27 March 1927 – 24 February 2005) was a Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician. He served as the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He was at first a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), then of the Rep ...
* Necip Fazıl Kısakürek * Ahmet Taner Kışlalı * Ahmet Köklügiller * Doğan Kuban * Onat Kutlar * Zülfü Livaneli * Perihan Mağden * Nasuh Mahruki * Uğur Mumcu * Murathan Mungan * Nezihe Muhiddin * Münejjim Bashi * Behçet Necatigil *
Aziz Nesin Aziz Nesin (; born Mehmet Nusret, 20 December 1915, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 6 July 1995, Izmir , Turkey) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, ...
* Sevin Okyay * Cumhur Oranci * İpek Ongun * Irfan Orga * Altan Öymen *
Setenay Özbek Setenay Özbek (born 1961, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born Turkish women painters, artist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Özbek is of Ubykh people, Ubykh descent. Biography Özbek was born in 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey and she attended ...
* İsmet Özel * Ertuğrul Özkök * İskender Pala *
Orhan Pamuk Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952; ) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him ...
* Lokman Polat


R–Z

* Peyami Safa * Nejdet Sançar * Aydilge Sarp * Ali Riza Seyfi * Ugur Soldan *
Cemal Süreya Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish– Zaza descent. Biography Süreya and his family were deported to Bilecik, a city in the Marmara Region of Turkey after the Dersim R ...
* Elif Şafak * Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu * Erman Şener * Ferhan Şensoy * Mahzuni Şerif * Kemal Tahir * Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar * Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı * Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan * Latife Tekin *
Neyzen Tevfik Tevfik Kolaylı (March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953), better known by his pen name Neyzen Tevfik (often misrendered as "Neyzen Teyfik"), was a Turkish poet, satirist, and ''neyzen'' (a " ney performer" in Turkish). Tevfik was born in Bodru ...
* Arzu Toker *
Metin Toker Metin Toker (1924 – 18 July 2002) was a Turkish journalist and writer. Life He was born in Istanbul. After finishing Galatasaray High School, he studied French philology at Istanbul University graduating in 1948. He then went to France to stu ...
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Said Nursî Said Nursi (1877Şükran Vahide, Islam in Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, p 3. – 23 March 1960) was a Kurdish scholar of Islam who wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceedin ...
* Osman Nuri Topbaş * Hasan Ali Toptaş * Fatma Aliye Topuz * Hıfzı Topuz * Cavit Orhan Tütengil *
Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil Halit is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Khalid (Arabic: خَالِد ''khālid'') meaning ''eternal, everlasting, immortal''. People named Halit * Halit Akçatepe (1938–2017), Turkish actor * Halit Akmansü (1883– ...
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Serhat Ulueren Serhat Ulueren (born 1969) is a Turkish sports reporter and journalist. Biography Serhat Ulueren was born on born 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey. He started his journalism career in 1992. He is currently the director of Turkish football programme Telegol ...
* Bilge Umar *
Recep Uslu Recep Uslu is a Turkish people, Turkish writer and researcher on Turkish musicology. Biography Bibliography His some books and articles: * . Mehmed Hafid Efendi and Music (2001),* . Musicians in the Ottoman and Central Asia in the 15th Cen ...
* Yekta Uzunoglu">. Musicians in the Ottoman and Central Asia in the 15th Cen ...
* Yekta Uzunoglu * Bahriye Üçok * Ümit Ünal">Yekta Uzunoglu * Bahriye Üçok">Yekta Uzunoglu">. Musicians in the Ottoman and Central Asia in the 15th Cen ...
* Yekta Uzunoglu * Bahriye Üçok * Ümit Ünal * Ahmet Vardar * Sadık Yemni * Mehmet Emin Yurdakul * Can Yücel * Feridun Zaimoğlu * Ragıp Zarakolu * Halide Nusret Zorlutuna * Zafer Hanım * Zülfü Livaneli


Aviators

* Sabiha Gökçen (1913-2001) * Vecihi Hürkuş (1895-1969) * Irfan Orga (1908-1970) *
Ali İsmet Öztürk Ali İsmet Öztürk (born 23 May 1964) is a Turkish professional aerobatics, display pilot (aircraft), pilot, an aerobatic aircraft designer and an aviation businessman. He is the first civilian to be recognised as a professional aerobatic pilot ...
(born 1964) * Murat Öztürk (aviator) (1953-2013) * Nezihe Viranyalı (1925-2004) * Ahmet Ali Çelikten (1883-1969)


Beauty pageant contestants

* Azra Akın *
Günseli Başar Günseli Başar (22 January 1932 – 20 April 2013) was a Turkish women, Turkish beauty contestant and columnist who was crowned Miss Turkey 1951 and Miss Europe 1952. Biography Başar was born on February 22, 1932, to an officer's family in Ist ...
* Keriman Halis Ece *
Neşe Erberk Neşe Erberk (born October 14, 1964) is a Turkish people, Turkish businesswoman, a former model (person), fashion model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1984. Biography She was born on October 14, 1964, in Istanbul, Turkey. She completed her e ...
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Tuğçe Kazaz Tuğçe Kazaz (born 26 August 1982) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Turkey 2001. Biography Kazaz was born in Edremit, Balıkesir, Edremit, Balıkesir Province. She was educated ...
* Çağla Kubat * Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu * Arzum Onan * Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu * Filiz Vural


Business

* İshak Alaton * Albert Jean Amateau *
Feyyaz Berker Feyyaz Berker (October 7, 1925 – August 22, 2017) was a Turkish businessmanTekfen Holding. He was one of the three co-founders and owners of the Tekfen Holding. Biography Born on October 7, 1925, in Mersin, Turkey, Feyyaz was the son of Muht ...
* Serdar Bilgili * Özhan Canaydın *
İlhan Cavcav İlhan Cavcav (4 October 1935 – 22 January 2017) was the chairman of Turkish club Gençlerbirliği in Ankara, Turkey for almost 40 years until his death. He was known for his hard negotiation tactics with the big clubs in Turkey and scouting a ...
* Turgay Ciner *
Aydın Doğan Aydın Doğan (born 15 April 1936) is a Turkish business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Doğan Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates. Biography Born in 1936 as a member of a well-known family in Kelkit, Doğan went to el ...
* Bülent Eczacıbaşı *
Nejat Eczacıbaşı Mehmet Nejat Ferit Eczacıbaşı (; January 5, 1913 – October 6, 1993) was a Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a second-generation member of the notable Turkish Eczacıbaşı family. He was the founder of Ec ...
* Acun Ilıcalı *
Neşe Erberk Neşe Erberk (born October 14, 1964) is a Turkish people, Turkish businesswoman, a former model (person), fashion model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1984. Biography She was born on October 14, 1964, in Istanbul, Turkey. She completed her e ...
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Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun ( ; , ; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and championed many lead ...
* Üzeyir Garih * Işıtan Gün *
Sadi Gülçelik Sadi Gülçelik (22 October 1930–19 August 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur. Biography Sadi Gülçelik was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October 1930. He played for Galatasaray S.K. (men's volleyball ...
* Rahmi Koç * Vehbi Koç * Ömer Koç * Temel Kotil * Koç family *
Asil Nadir Asilkan Nadir (1 May 1941 – 9 February 2025) was a British Turkish Cypriot businessman. He was the chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company. During the 1980s, he expanded it into one of the United Kingdom's ...
* Ahmet Mücahid Ören * Enver Oren * Sudi Özkan * Hüsnü Özyeğin * Ali Sabancı * Güler Sabancı * Hacı Sabancı * Hacı Ömer Sabancı * İhsan Sabancı * Mehmet Sabancı * Ömer Sabancı * Özdemir Sabancı *
Sakıp Sabancı Sakıp Sabancı (7 April 1933 – 10 April 2004) was a Turkish business tycoon and philanthropist. Biography He was the second son of a cotton trader and worked in his father's business without completing high school. He was the head of Turkey's ...
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Sevil Sabancı Sevil Sabancı (born January 4, 1973) is a Turkish businesswoman and a member of the Sabancı family in third generation. Biography She was born on January 4, 1973, in Istanbul, Turkey as the third child of Sakıp Sabancı, the founder of Sab ...
* Şevket Sabancı * Demir Sabancı * Kahraman Sadıkoğlu * Ferit Şahenk * Kemal Şahin * Kenan Sahin * Yener Sonusen * Faruk Süren *
Yavuz Tatış Nuri Yavuz Tatış (born 1947), also known simply as Yavuz Tatış is a businessman from İzmir, Turkey, who has accumulated over the years one of the richest private collections in Turkey of historical artifacts dating from the Anatolian, Ancient ...
* Cem Uzan * Ibrahim Uzel * Alp Yalman * Hacı Mehmet Zorlu


By cities


Alanya

* List of governors of Alanya


Ankara

* Notable people from Ankara


Giresun

* List of mayors of Giresun


Istanbul

* List of notable people from Istanbul * List of mayors of Istanbul *
List of governors of Istanbul The governor of Istanbul (Turkish language, Turkish: ''İstanbul Valiliği'') is the civil service state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Istanbul Province, Province of Istanbul. Similar to the governors ...


Izmir

* List of people from İzmir * List of mayors of İzmir


Mersin

* List of mayors of Mersin * Müfide İlhan * Ahmet Kireççi * Nevit Kodallı * Macit Özcan * Seyhan Kurt * Nevin Yanıt * Atıf Yılmaz


Zile

* List of mayors of Zile


By country


Algeria


Austria


Australia

* Tansel Başer * İsyan Erdoğan * John Eren * Didem Erol * Aytek Genç *
Ersan Gülüm Ersan Adem Gülüm (; born 17 May 1987) is a former professional footballer who last played as a centre back for Preston Lions in the NPL Victoria 3 and current president of Hume City FC. Born in Australia, Gülüm played for Australia at unde ...
* John Ilhan * Selin Kuralay * Levent Osman * Matthew Osman * Tolgay Özbey * Sedat Sir * Adem Somyurek * Nazlı Süleyman * Ufuk Talay * Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu *
Deniz Tek Deniz Tek (born November 10, 1952) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian rock group Radio Birdman. He has played in many of the underground rock bands of the 1970s, including Australian bands The V ...
* Ismail Tosun


Azerbaijan

* Ahmet Ağaoğlu * Süreyya Ağaoğlu *
Rasim Başak Rasim Başak, originally named Ruslan Avleev, was born on 17 February 1980. He is a retired professional basketball player of Azerbaijani- Turkish descent. As a power forward, he stands at 2.02 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Throughout his career ...
* Nuri Berköz * Servet Çetin * Haydar Hatemi * Cem Karaca * Sinan Şamil Sam * Tamer Karadağlı


Belgium


Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Cem Adrian * Ayşegül Aldinç *
Ekrem Akurgal Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), ...
* Nejat Biyediç * Hüseyin Beşok * Metin Boşnak * Ömer Çatkıç * Nedim Dal * Ebru Destan * Semih Erden *
Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...
* Almir Gegić * Coşkun Göğen * Sedat Kapanoğlu *
Hakan Köseoğlu Hakan Köseoğlu (born December 12, 1981) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He played the point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulati ...
* Ayşe Kulin * Süleyman Memnun *
Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with t ...
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Ajda Pekkan Ayşe Ajda Pekkan (; born 12 February 1946) is a Turkish singer. She is known by the title "superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. ...
* Saffet Sancaklı *
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (; born 27 October 1983) is a Turkish actor, model, and former basketball player. He has won several accolades, including four Golden Butterfly Awards for Best actor for his role in Ask-I memnu (2009 and 2010), for his rol ...
* Mirsad Türkcan * Hidayet Türkoğlu * Cem Uzan


Brazil

* Luis Cetin *
Silvio Santos Senor Abravanel (; 12 December 1930 – 17 August 2024), known professionally as Silvio Santos, was a Brazilian television presenter and business magnate. Widely regarded as the greatest personality in Television in Brazil, Brazilian television, ...


Bulgaria


Canada

* Üstün Bilgen-Reinart * Selim Deringil * Orhan Demir * Enis Esmer * Tuğba Karademir * Nil Köksal *
Arda Ocal Arda Ocal (; born May 7, 1981) is a Canadian television personality, broadcaster, announcer, and writer. He previously worked in WWE under the stage name Kyle Edwards, as well as the host of ''Aftermath TV'' on Sportsnet 360 and ''The MSG Hockey ...
* Semih Tezcan


Cuba

* Isaac Guillory


Cyprus

* Nej Adamson * Nazim al-Qubrusi * Ulus Baker * Nil Burak * Hussein Chalayan * Alkan Çağlar * Reşat Çağlar * Murat Erdoğan * Osman Ertuğ *
İsmet Güney İsmet Güney (15 July 1923 – 23 June 2009) was a Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter. He is best known as the designer of the modern flag of the Republic of Cyprus, the country's coat of arms and the original Cyprus lir ...
* Kemal İzzet * Muzzy İzzet * Işın Karaca * Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha * Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha *
Asil Nadir Asilkan Nadir (1 May 1941 – 9 February 2025) was a British Turkish Cypriot businessman. He was the chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company. During the 1980s, he expanded it into one of the United Kingdom's ...
* Yılmaz Orhan * Leon Osman * Omer Riza *
Ziynet Sali Ziynet Sali Safter (born 29 April 1975) is a Cypriot singer who also holds British citizenship. Her later works contain pop elements while her earlier works also had rebetiko and classical Turkish music themes. Sali was born in Nicosia and t ...
* Osman Türkay * Vamık Volkan * Fatima Whitbread * Derviş Zaim


Denmark

* Yildiz Akdogan * Hasan Al * Yasin Avcı * Saban Özdogan * Yüsüf Öztürk * Tülin Şahin, model and actress


Egypt


Estonia

* Ant Nurhan


Finland

* Mehmet Gürs * Ibrahim Köse * Kaan Kairinen * Melek Mazici * Anton Odabasi * Mert Otsamo * Masar Ömer * Teuvo Tulio * Ozan Yanar


France

* Seyhan Kurt *
Cansel Elçin Cansel Elçin (born 20 September 1973) is a Turkish actor. Biography Cansel Elçin was born on 20 September 1973, in İzmir, Turkey, but his family moved to France when he was 9 years old. Elcin grew up trilingually and can speak French, ...


Georgia

* Sofia Nizharadze


Germany


Hungary

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Erol Onaran Erol's can refer to any of three companies, all founded by Erol Onaran, a Turkish immigrant to Virginia, United States. Erol's Inc. Erol's Inc. was a video rental and electronic sales and repair company founded in 1963, which included video renta ...
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Can Togay Can Togay (; born August 27, 1955), also known as János Can Togay, is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, actor, poet, producer, cultural manager and cultural diplomat. Biography Can Togay was born the son of Turkish parents. He spent ...


India


Iraq

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İhsan Doğramacı İhsan Doğramacı (3 April 1915 – 25 February 2010) was a Turkish people, Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in modern Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ...
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Mehmet Ali Erbil Mehmet Ali Erbil (born 8 February 1957) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor, comedian and Talk show, talk show host. Biography Mehmet Ali was born in Istanbul, Turkey, as the son of Sadettin Erbil, a theatre and film actor, in 1957. He is the gra ...
* Reha Muhtar * Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid * Mehmet Türkmehmet * Ra'ad bin Zeid * Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad


Ireland

* Billy Mehmet


Israel

* Pini Balili *
Umut Güzelses Umut Güzelses (; born 15 May 1987) is a Turkish- Israeli former footballer. Childhood in Israel The Güzelses family are Sephardi Jews, descendants of refugees who fled the Spanish Inquisition. They emigrated to Israel Israel, offi ...
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Meshulam Riklis Meshulam Riklis (; 2 December 1923 – 25 January 2019) was an Israeli financier and businessman. Early years Born in Istanbul to a Russian-Jewish family, Riklis grew up in Tel Aviv, and attended the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium high school; bef ...
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Berry Sakharof Berry Sakharof (, ; born 7 July 1957) is an Israeli rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is popular and critically acclaimed. He is often referred to as "the prince" or "the prince of Israeli rock". Biography Sakharof was born i ...


Italy

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Cem Sultan Cem Sultan (also spelled Djem or Jem) or Sultan Cem or Şehzade Cem (22 December 1459 – 25 February 1495, ; ; ; ), was a claimant to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century. Cem was the third son of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, Mehmed II and ...
* Abraham Salomon Camondo * Leyla Gencer * Mehmet Günsür *
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Nicola Rossi-LemeniHis father's last name was Rossi, but his mother wanted her family name added, "Rossi Lemeni" (without a hyphen). However, many publications and recordings hyphenate the name. (November 6, 1920 – March 12, 1991), was a ...
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Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (, ; born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy since 1978. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History ...
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Hugo Pratt Ugo Eugenio Prat (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as '' Corto Maltese''. He was indu ...


Jordan

* Muhanna Al-Dura


Kazakhstan

* Anjelika Akbar


Kosovo

* Soner Özbilen * Ali Haydar Şen * Güner Ureya


Kuwait

* Dina Al-Sabah


Latvia

* Samanta Tīna


Lebanon

* Bilal Aziz * Ahmad Shukeiri


Libya

* Ahmed Karamanli * Fathi Bashagha * Muhammad Sakizli *
Fayez al-Sarraj Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj ( or ; born 20 February 1960) is a Libyan politician who served as the chairman of the Presidential Council (Libya), Presidential Council of Libya and List of heads of government of Libya, head of government of the Govern ...


North Macedonia

* Tekin Arıburun * Yahya Kemal Beyatlı *
Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...
* Srgjan Kerim * Ali Fethi Okyar * Yksel Osmanovski *
Sibel Redzep Sibel is a female Turkish given name that is Turkish spelling of Anatolian mother goddess, Cybele, symbol and protector of abundance. People Given name * Sibel Adalı, Turkish-American computer scientist * Sibel Altınkaya (born 1993), Turkish t ...
* Esma Redžepova * Tahsin Yazıcı


Morocco

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Lalla Yacout Lalla Yacout (or Yaqut; ; died September 1, 1953) was one of the wives of Sultan Moulay Youssef and the mother of King Mohammed V. Biography Lalla Yacout whose last name is not recorded, was the first wife of Sultan Moulay Youssef. She is na ...
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Mohammed V of Morocco Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply as Mohammed V (10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961), was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961. A ...
* Ali Bourequat * Leïla Chellabi


Mexico

* Maya Jupiter


Netherlands


New Zealand

* Ayşe Tezel


Norway

* Azar Karadaş *
Vendela Kirsebom Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian- Swedish model, television host, and actress. Early life and education Kirsebom was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Norwegian mother and a Turkish father. At the age of 13, she was ...


Palestine

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Ekrem Akurgal Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), ...


Pakistan

* Hassan Ali Effendi *
Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari (born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician serving as the 14th president of Pakistan since 2024, having held the same office from 2008 to 2013. He is the president of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and was the ...


Russia


Romania

* Mehmet Niyazi *
Murat Yusuf Murat Yusuf (also known as Murat Iusuf; born August 18, 1977, in Poarta Albă) is a Romanian Islam, Muslim cleric of Tatars of Romania, Tatar origins, currently the Mufti of the Islam in Romania, Muslim Community in Romania. Biography Studies Yu ...


Poland


Saudi Arabia


South Africa

* Tatamkulu Afrika


Spain

* Irán Eory * Isaac Guillory * Victoria Kamhi


Sweden

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Kazım Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twic ...
* Serkan İnan * Mehmet Kaplan *
Vendela Kirsebom Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian- Swedish model, television host, and actress. Early life and education Kirsebom was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Norwegian mother and a Turkish father. At the age of 13, she was ...
* Emin Nouri * Yksel Osmanovski * Sermin Özürküt *
Sibel Redzep Sibel is a female Turkish given name that is Turkish spelling of Anatolian mother goddess, Cybele, symbol and protector of abundance. People Given name * Sibel Adalı, Turkish-American computer scientist * Sibel Altınkaya (born 1993), Turkish t ...
* Erkan Zengin


Switzerland


Syria

* Yusuf al-Azma


Tunisia


United Kingdom


United States


By type


Precedence

* Turkish order of precedence


Assassinated people

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List of assassinated people from Turkey The following is an incomplete, chronological list of people from Turkey murdered by assassins mainly on political and religious grounds. Many were critical public servants and intellectuals assassinated by far-right proponents of an army-control ...


Chiefs of MIT

* List of Chiefs of the MIT


Turks of net worth

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List of Turks by net worth The list of Turkish people by net worth is based on an annual ranking by documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires in Turkey, compiled and published in March annually by the American business magazine ''Forbes''. Methodology Each year ...


Governors of the Central Bank of Turkey

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Cartoonists

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Bahadır Baruter Bahadır Baruter (born 1963) is a Turkish caricaturist and one of the founders of the ''L-manyak'', ''Penguen'', ''Lombak'' cartoon magazines. He is the husband of writer Mine Söğüt. Biography After completing his education at Istanbul Hi ...
* Cemal Nadir Güler * Cemil Cem * Cem Kızıltuğ *
Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
* Doğan Güzel * Emre Özdemir *
Galip Tekin Galip Tekin (20 April 1958 – 6 July 2017) was a Turkish comic book artist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was known for his works in the Fantasy comics, fantasy and Science fiction comics, science fiction genres. His style is often compared to ...
* Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu * Ihap Hulusi Görey * Mahmud A. Asrar * M. K. Perker *
Oğuz Aral Oğuz Aral (1936 – 26 July 2004) was a Turkish political cartoonist and comics artist, known for his satirical style. He was also active as a theatre designer, playwright, ceramist and animator, establishing the first Turkish animation stud ...
* Onur Demirsoy * Ramize Erer * Salih Memecan *
Suat Yalaz Suat Yalaz (1 January 1932 – 2 March 2020) was a Turkish comics, Turkish Comic book creator, comic book artist, foremost known as the creator of the character Karaoğlan. He has also produced films based on his creation. Early career Gradua ...
* Selma Emiroğlu * Turhan Selçuk * Ulaş Mangıtlı *
Yıldıray Çınar Yıldıray Çınar is a Turkish comic book artist known for his work on the American comic book ''Noble Causes''. Career Çınar helped create a photocopy-fanzine publishing group called Capa Comics group in 1997, to which he has continued to co ...


Centenarians

* Celal Bayar * Ahmet Kayhan Dede * Nilüfer Gürsoy


Chefs

* CZN Burak * Emel Başdoğan *
Hüseyin Özer Hüseyin Özer (born 1949 in Reşadiye, Tokat Province, Turkey) is a Turkish British executive chef and restaurateur, who owns a restaurant chain based in London. Early life Hüseyin Özer was born in 1949, in a village of the Reşadiye town ...
* Deniz Orhun * Nusret Gökçe * Kadir Nurman


Civil servants


Composers


Diplomats


Doctors

* Fikri Alican * Reşit Süreyya Gürsey * Hulusi Behçet * Münci Kalayoğlu * Zeynel A. Karcioglu * Behram Kurşunoğlu * Serdar Nasır * Sabuncuoğlu Şerafeddin *
Mehmet Oz Mehmet Cengiz Oz ( ; ; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (), is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator and government official serving as the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sinc ...
* Hasan Özbekhan * Ömer Özkan * Selahattin Özmen * Mustafa Ülgen * Şuayib Yalçın


Educators

* Hasan Âli Yücel * Haşim İşcan


Entrepreneurs


Entertainers


Comedians

* Kemal Sunal *
Ercan Yazgan Ercan Yazgan (4 April 1946 – 8 March 2018) was a Turkish comedian and political satirist. He was widely regarded as one of Turkey's most prominent and respected comedians. He starred in numerous movies and various TV-series. He died on 8 March ...
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Beyazıt Öztürk Beyazıt Öztürk (born 12 March 1969), also known as Beyaz, is a Turkish television personality, standup comedian and actor. He was the host of '' Beyaz Show'', a popular Turkish talk show. In 2018, he became one of the judges on ''O Ses Türki ...
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Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
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Ata Demirer Ali Ata Demirer (born 6 July 1972) is a Turkish filmmaker, stand-up comedian, actor, and musician. He is known for his live comedy sketches "Korsan TV" as well as for writing and starring in a string of Turkish box-office hits including '' E ...


Theatre directors

* Muhsin Ertuğrul * Ferhan Şensoy


Environmentalists

* Kemal Şahin


Fashion designers

* Hussein Chalayan * Rifat Özbek * Erdem Moralioğlu


Filmmakers


Film directors


Film producers

* Ömer Lütfi Akad *
Tunç Başaran Tunç Başaran (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. Biography After attending the Faculty of Literature for a while he left school and started working as a ...
* Sinan Çetin *
Zeki Demirkubuz Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964) is a contemporary Turkish people, Turkish film director, screenwriter, film producer, producer and film editor. Biography Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He ...
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Yılmaz Güney Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made f ...
* Türker İnanoğlu * Sabri Kalic *
Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like G ...
* Onat Kutlar * Tolga Örnek * Ali Özgentürk *
Halit Refiğ Halit Refiğ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of th ...
* Mehmet Tanrısever * Atıf Yılmaz


Film score composers

* Mazhar Alanson * Fuat Güner * Emir Işılay * Gökhan Kırdar * Erkan Oğur * Ozan Çolakoğlu * Özkan Uğur * Zülfü Livaneli *
Melih Kibar Melih Kibar (6 September 1951 – 7 April 2005) was a Turkish composer. Biography Born in Istanbul, he graduated from the German High School Istanbul and studied chemical engineering at Boğaziçi University. He received a Master's degree from ...


Financiers

* Abraham Salomon Camondo * Hüsnü Özyeğin *
Erol Sabancı Erol Sabancı (born 1938) is a billionaire Turkish banker and a member of the Sabancı family. Sabancı is the honorary chairman of Akbank. He has been a board member of Akbank since 1963, Turkey's most valuable and profitable bank. Early life ...
* Süreyya Serdengeçti * Naim Talu * Berç Türker Keresteciyan * Durmuş Yılmaz


Government and politics

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List of Turkish politicians This is a list of WP:Notability, notable politicians in the Turkey, Republic of Turkey. __NOTOC__ A * Meral Akşener - vice speaker of parliament, leader of İyi Party * Yıldırım Akbulut - prime minister * İsmail Rüştü Aksal - CHP secreta ...
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List of presidents of Turkey The following is a complete list of people who held the office of President of Turkey. There have been twelve heads of state since the inception of the History of the Republic of Turkey, republican period in 1923, following the Turkish War of In ...
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List of prime ministers of Turkey The position of Prime Minister of Turkey was established in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. The prime minister was the head of the executive branch of the government along with the Cabinet. Following the 2017 constitutional ref ...
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List of Turkish diplomats List of notable diplomats of the Republic of Turkey, past and present. The names are listed in an alphabetical order according to their last names, with their positions and other relevant information. In alphabetical order A * Akçapar, Bu ...
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List of speakers of the Parliament of Turkey This article lists the speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The name of the parliament of Turkey, originally and currently the Grand National Assembly of Turkey () since its establishment on 23 April 1920, has for short periods be ...
* List of presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey


Historians

* Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar * Zeynep Ahunbay * Sadri Maksudi Arsal * Murat Bardakçı * Halil Berktay * Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (sumerologist) * Selim Deringil *
Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Az ...
* Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu *
Halil İnalcık Halil İnalcık (7 September 1916 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish historian. His highly influential research centered on social and economic approaches to the Ottoman Empire. His academic career started at Ankara University, where he completed h ...
* Afet İnan * Kemal Karpat * Reşat Ekrem Koçu *
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966), also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, Turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Rep ...
* Aydin Sayili * Leyla Neyzi * İlber Ortaylı * Şevket Pamuk * Hikmet Tanyu *
Zeki Velidi Togan Zeki Velidi Togan (, , ; 1890 – 1970 in Istanbul), was a Turkish- Bashkir historian, Turkologist, and leader of the Bashkir revolutionary and liberation movement, doctor of philosophy (1935), professor, honorary doctor of the University of Man ...
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Taner Akçam Altuğ Taner Akçam (born 1953) is a Turkish-German historian and sociologist. During the 1990s, he was the first Turkish scholar to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, and has written several books on the genocide, such as '' A Shameful Act'' ...
* Nevra Necipoğlu


Journalists

* Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu * Ahmet Ağaoğlu *
Sunay Akın Sunay Akın (born 12 September 1962) is a Turkish people, Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist. He is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum. Akın was born in Trabzon, Turkey. Akın is best known for his poetry; his prim ...
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Muammer Aksoy Muammer Aksoy (1917 – January 31, 1990) was a Turkish lawyer, politician, columnist and intellectual who was assassinated. Biography Aksoy was born 1917 in İbradı, Konya vilayet (now Antalya Province) to the member of the Ottoman parliame ...
* Mustafa Akyol * Çetin Altan * Fatih Altaylı * Engin Ardıç * Ayşe Arman * Duygu Asena *
İsmet Atlı İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics ...
* Murat Bardakçı * Ali Cimen *
Bekir Coşkun Bekir Coşkun (1945 – 18 October 2020) was a Turkish people, Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, ''Cumhuriyet''. He was a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper ''Hürriyet'' befo ...
* Bikem Ekberzade * Üstün Bilgen-Reinart * Ahmet Çakar *
Cengiz Çandar Cengiz Çandar (born 1948) is a Turkish politician, journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is elected to the Turkish Parliament (TBMM) in May 2023, as Deputy of Diyarbakır from the pro-Kurdish, the Peoples’ Equality and De ...
* Hakan Celik * Emin Çölaşan * Ahmet Hakan Coşkun * Can Dündar *
Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 197 ...
* Burak Eldem * Fahir Ersin *
Burhan Felek Burhan Felek (May 11, 1889, in Istanbul – November 4, 1982, in Istanbul) was a Turkish journalist, columnist, sportsperson and writer. He was born on May 11, 1889, in Istanbul. After graduating in 1910 from Istanbul Law School, later the Facu ...
* Uğur Gürses * Hasan Tahsin *
Attilâ İlhan Attilâ İlhan (15 June 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer. Early life and education Attilâ İlhan was born in Menemen in İzmir Province, Turkey on 15 June 1925. He received most of his pr ...
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Balçiçek İlter Balçiçek İlter, formerly also known as Balçiçek Pamir (born June 16, 1973, İstanbul), is a Turkish journalist, columnist and television presenter. Early years She studied psychology at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara after fi ...
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Abdi İpekçi Abdi İpekçi (9 August 1929 – 1 February 1979) was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist. He was murdered when he was editor-in-chief of one of the main Turkish daily newspapers '' Milliyet'' which then had a cent ...
* İsmail Cem İpekçi * Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu *
Namık Kemal Namık Kemal (, ; ; 21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat, intellectual, reformer, journalist, playwright, and political activist who was influential in the formation of the Young Ottomans and their stru ...
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Coşkun Kırca Coşkun Kırca (27 March 1927 – 24 February 2005) was a Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician. He served as the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He was at first a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), then of the Rep ...
* Ahmet Taner Kışlalı *
Halit Kıvanç Halit Ahmet Kıvanç (18 February 1925 – 25 October 2022) was a Turkish television and radio presenter, humorist, sports journalist and writer. He was best known as a sports commentator. Early years Kıvanç was born in the Fatih district of I ...
* Uğur Mumcu * Altan Öymen * Ertuğrul Özkök * Erman Şener * Hıfzı Topuz * Şerif Turgut * Cavit Orhan Tütengil *
Bahriye Üçok Bahriye Üçok (1919 – 6 October 1990) was a Turkish people, Turkish academic of theology, left-wing politician, writer, columnist, and women's rights activist whose assassination in 1990 remains unresolved. Early life and education Born in ...
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Serhat Ulueren Serhat Ulueren (born 1969) is a Turkish sports reporter and journalist. Biography Serhat Ulueren was born on born 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey. He started his journalism career in 1992. He is currently the director of Turkish football programme Telegol ...
* Ahmet Vardar * Ragıp Zarakolu


Judges

* Lütfi Akadlı *
Zeki Akar Zeki Akar (born April 1, 1944 in Niksar), is a Turkish people, Turkish judge and served as the first president of the Court of Cassation (Turkey), Court of Cassation. External links *Zeki Akar at the official High Court of Appeals site
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* Sünuhi Arsan * Murat Arslan * Osman Arslan * Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu *
Mustafa Bumin Mustafa Bumin (born 26 June 1940) is a former Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 31 May 2000 until 24 June 2005. He was born in Mucur, Kırşehir Province. Under his presidency of the Constitutional court ...
* Sumru Çörtoğlu * Mahmut Cuhruk * Necdet Darıcıoğlu * Uğur İbrahimhakkıoğlu * Hakkı Ketenoğlu * Şevket Müftügil * Nuri Ok * Orhan Onar * Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin * Yekta Güngör Özden * Semih Özmert * İbrahim Senil * Ahmet Necdet Sezer * Osman Şirin * Muhittin Taylan * Tülay Tuğcu * Kani Vrana * Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya


Lawyers

* Hicri Fişek * Kemal Kerinçsiz * Mehmet Ali Şahin * Köksal Toptan * Hayati Yazıcı


Magicians

* Sermet Erkin * Ertuğrul Işınbark * İlkay Özdemir * Zati Sungur


Mathematicians

* Ali Akansu *
Selman Akbulut Selman Akbulut (born 1949) is a Turkish mathematician, specializing in research in topology, and geometry. He was a professor at Michigan State University until February 2020. Career In 1975, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Californi ...
* Cahit Arf * Attila Aşkar * Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi * Feza Gürsey * Halil Mete Soner * Ayşe Soysal * Tosun Terzioğlu *
'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk (fl. 830), known also as () was a ninth-century mathematician. Not much is known about his life. The two records of him, one by Ibn Nadim and the other by al-Qifti are not identical. Al-Qifi mentions his name as ʿAbd al-Hamīd ibn Wase ibn Tu ...
* Cem Yıldırım * Yomtov Garti * Ali Nesin * Betül Tanbay


Military

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List of chiefs of the Turkish General Staff A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces * List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force * List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces * List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie * List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard * List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey


Models

* Azra Akın * Deniz Akkaya * Vildan Atasever * Doğa Bekleriz * Gülşen Bubikoğlu * Itır Esen * Gül Gölge * Tuğçe Güder * Yıldız Kaplan * Aysun Kayacı *
Tuğçe Kazaz Tuğçe Kazaz (born 26 August 1982) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Turkey 2001. Biography Kazaz was born in Edremit, Balıkesir, Edremit, Balıkesir Province. She was educated ...
* Çağla Kubat * Manolya Onur * Tuğba Özay * Gamze Özçelik * Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer * Hale Soygazi * Tuba Ünsal


Musicologists

* Filiz Ali * Emre Araci * Rauf Yekta Bey *
Recep Uslu Recep Uslu is a Turkish people, Turkish writer and researcher on Turkish musicology. Biography Bibliography His some books and articles: * . Mehmed Hafid Efendi and Music (2001),* . Musicians in the Ottoman and Central Asia in the 15th Cen ...


Music producers

* Haluk Kurosman * Ozan Çolakoğlu * Hasan Saltık


Notable families

*Eczacıbaşı family * Koç family *Köprülü family *Sabancı family


Opera singers

* Esin Afşar * Balık sisters * Semiha Berksoy * Bülent Bezdüz * Burak Bilgili * Leyla Gencer


Painters

* List of Turkish painters * List of Turkish Painters and artists


Philanthropists

* Adile Sultan * Nuri Demirağ * Rahmi Koç * Vehbi Koç *
Sakıp Sabancı Sakıp Sabancı (7 April 1933 – 10 April 2004) was a Turkish business tycoon and philanthropist. Biography He was the second son of a cotton trader and worked in his father's business without completing high school. He was the head of Turkey's ...
* Şevket Sabancı


Philosophers


Photographers

* Ara Güler * Ömer Asan * Rahmizâde Bâhâeddin Bediz * Bikem Ekberzade *
Burhan Doğançay Burhan C. Doğançay (11 September 1929 – 16 January 2013) was a Turkish-American artist. Doğançay is best known for tracking walls in various cities across the world for half a century, integrating them in his artistic work. Biograph ...
* İsmail Cem İpekçi * Nasuh Mahruki * Pascal Sebah * Uğur Uluocak


Physicists

* Bulent Atalay * Nihat Berker * Ordal Demokan * Tekin Dereli * Feza Gürsey * Erdal İnönü * Behram Kurşunoğlu * Gökhan Okan * Ekmel Ozbay * Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil * Turgay Uzer * Ismail Akbay * Atok Karaali- Karaali Rocks * Dilhan Eryurt


Pianists

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Fazıl Say Fazıl Say (; born 14 January 1970) is a Turkish pianist and composer who has worked internationally. Life and career Say was born in Ankara in 1970. His father, Ahmet Say, was an author and musicologist. His mother, Gürgün Say, was a pharm ...
* İdil Biret * Garo Mafyan * Hüseyin Sermet * Ferhan & Ferzan Önder *
Pekinel sisters Güher Pekinel and Süher Pekinel (born March 29, 1951, Istanbul) are twin Turkey, Turkish pianists performing mostly in duet. The Pekinels are among the world's most well known piano duos.Jean-Pierre Thiollet, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', « Sol ...
* Gülsin Onay


Admirals

* Barbarossa Hayreddin Paşa * Piri Reis * Turgut Reis * Piyale Paşa * Kemal Reis *
Seydi Ali Reis Seydi Ali Reis (1498–1563), formerly also written Sidi Ali Reis and Sidi Ali Ben Hossein, was an Ottoman admiral and navigator. Known also as Katib-i Rumi, Galatalı or Sidi Ali Çelebi,Danışan, Gaye. 2019. “A Sixteenth-Century Otto ...
* Salih Reis * Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis * Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis *
Uluç Ali Reis Occhiali (also Uluj Ali; born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni;  – 21 June 1587), later known as Kılıç Ali Paşa, was an Italian privateer and admiral who served as the commander of the Regency of Algiers and Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of ...
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Poets


Contemporary poets


Folk poets

* Muhlis Akarsu * Nesimi Çimen * Neşet Ertaş * Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu * Aşık Mahzuni Şerif * Zülfü Livaneli


Ottoman poets


Record producers

* Ozan Çolakoğlu *
Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun ( ; , ; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and championed many lead ...
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Nesuhi Ertegun Nesuhi Ertegun ( Turkish spelling: Nesuhi Ertegün; November 26, 1917 – July 15, 1989) was a Turkish-American record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International. Early life Born in Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire, Nesuhi ...
* Haluk Kurosman *
Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...
* Hasan Saltık


Religious leaders

* Mustafa Çağrıcı *
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (February 5, 1951 – June 22, 2016) was a Turkish Islamic scholar, university professor of Islamic philosophy, lawyer, columnist and a former member of Turkish parliament. He has been described as a Quranist and has given ...
* Ali Bardakoğlu


Rabbis

* Aaron Abiob * Aaron Alfandari * Abraham ben Raphael Caro * Yaakov Culi * Menahem Egozi * Ishak Haleva * Joseph ibn Verga * Aaron Lapapa * Hayim Palaggi * Judah Rosanes


Royalty


Scientists


Screenwriters

* Ömer Lütfi Akad * Murat Aras *
Tunç Başaran Tunç Başaran (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. Biography After attending the Faculty of Literature for a while he left school and started working as a ...
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Bilge Ebiri Bilge Ebiri (; born 1973) is a British-born American journalist and filmmaker. His first feature film, a comedy thriller entitled ''New Guy'', was released in 2004. Early life and education Ebiri is of Turkish descent. Ebiri studied at Yale Un ...
* Türker İnanoğlu *
Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like G ...
* Levent Kazak *
Tuncel Kurtiz Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director. Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Early yea ...
* Onat Kutlar * Ali Özgentürk *
Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (, ; born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy since 1978. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History ...
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Halit Refiğ Halit Refiğ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of th ...
* Mehmet Tanrısever * Ümit Ünal * Atıf Yılmaz *
Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
* Uğur Yücel


Singers/musicians


Sportspeople


Athletes

* Halil Akkaş * Eşref Apak * Süreyya Ayhan * Birsen Bekgöz *
Ali Ferit Gören 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 an ...
(1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter * Özge Gürler * Rıza Maksut İşman *
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (born Yelena Kopytova on 14 March 1970 in the Russian SFSR) is a retired long-distance runner who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres. She initially represented Russia, but became a Turkish citizen by marriage in 1999, chang ...
* Ercüment Olgundeniz * Pınar Saka * Ruhi Sarıalp * Mehmet Terzi * Binnaz Uslu * Nevin Yanıt


Racing drivers

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Can Artam Can Artam (born 30 June 1981, in Istanbul) is a Turkish race car driver born into a car racing family. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the iSport team and was the 2001 US Barber Formula Dodge champion. Career Artam's career begun in ka ...
* Erkut Kızılırmak *
Hakan Dinç Hakan Dinç (born 1963) is a Turkish racing driver. He made his first amateur race in 1986, and won the Hittite Rally in 1987. He trained with the Jim Russell Racing Driver School in 1993, and earned an instructor's license. One year after, he ...
* Jason Tahincioglu * Mumtaz Tahincioglu * Burcu Cetinkaya


Basketball coaches

* Barbaros Akkaş * Serdar Apaydın *
Ergin Ataman Halil Ergin Ataman (born January 7, 1966) is a Turkish professional basketball coach, currently managing Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is also the head coach of the Turkish national team. During ...
* Okan Çevik * Hakan Demir * Murat Didin * Orhun Ene * Harun Erdenay * Yalçın Granit * Zafer Kalaycıoğlu * Erman Kunter * Oktay Mahmuti * Aydın Örs * Murat Özyer * Cenk Renda * Ufuk Sarıca * Ercüment Sunter * Levent Topsakal *
Arda Vekiloğlu Arda Vekiloğlu (born 21 January 1979 in Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. He was recently head coach for Socar Petkim S.K., Petkim Spor of the Turkish Basketball First League, TBL. He was a part of the Turkey na ...
* Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu


Basketball players


A–I

* Mustafa Abi * Tutku Açık * Can Akın * Gülşah Akkaya * Cenk Akyol * Furkan Aldemir * Hüseyin Alp * Can Altıntığ * Serdar Apaydın * Ender Arslan *
Ömer Aşık Ömer Faruk Aşık (; born July 4, 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aşık, standing at , was sought after by many of the top Euroleague b ...
* Engin Atsür * Melike Bakırcıoğlu * Doğuş Balbay * Can Bartu *
Rasim Başak Rasim Başak, originally named Ruslan Avleev, was born on 17 February 1980. He is a retired professional basketball player of Azerbaijani- Turkish descent. As a power forward, he stands at 2.02 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Throughout his career ...
* Birkan Batuk * Emre Bayav * Hüseyin Beşok * Erdal Bibo * Metecan Birsen * Evren Büker * Ömer Büyükaycan * Hüsnü Çakırgil *
Arda Vekiloğlu Arda Vekiloğlu (born 21 January 1979 in Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. He was recently head coach for Socar Petkim S.K., Petkim Spor of the Turkish Basketball First League, TBL. He was a part of the Turkey na ...
* Özhan Canaydın * Berkay Candan *
Serhat Çetin Serhat Çetin (born 23 February 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. Standing at , he mainly plays the small forward position but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard position if needed. He is curren ...
* Nedim Dal * Begüm Dalgalar * Hakan Demirel * İpek Derici * Kemal Dinçer * Şafak Edge * Selin Ekiz * Orhun Ene *
Korel Engin Korel Engin (born April 8, 1980), aka Cori Enghusen, is an American-born Turkish female basketball player at the center position for Beşiktaş Cola Turka. At , she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national team. Born in ...
* Burcu Erbaş * Semih Erden * Harun Erdenay *
Serkan Erdoğan Serkan Erdoğan (born 30 August 1978) is a Turkish retired professional basketball player. Erdoğan tested positive for the banned substance Nandrolone, and was thus immediately suspended from the FIBA SuproLeague's 2000–01 season competition. ...
* Barış Ermiş * Erbil Eroğlu * Tufan Ersöz * Murat Evliyaoğlu * Duygu Fırat * Samet Geyik * Kerem Gönlüm *
Zeki Gülay Zeki Gülay (born 15 August 1972 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a former Turkish basketball player. He mostly played for Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball, Fenerbahçe in his career. The center is 2.06 m tall and 129 kg weight and wore #14. Zeki Güla ...
* Muratcan Güler * Sinan Güler * Barış Hersek * Yasemin Horasan * Ersan İlyasova * Serkan İnan *Tuğçe İnöntepe *Şaziye İvegin-Karslı


J–Z

* Zafer Kalaycıoğlu *Enes Kanter *İlkan Karaman *Michael Wright (basketball), Ali Karadeniz *Aysu Keskin *Deniz Kılıçlı *Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu *Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu *İnanç Koç *Can Korkmaz *Göksenin Köksal *Ermal Kurtoğlu *İbrahim Kutluay *Tuğçe Murat *Can Maxim Mutaf *Cemal Nalga *
Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with t ...
*Ömer Onan *Adem Ören * Aydın Örs *Kartal Özmızrak *Cedi Osman *Tamer Oyguç *Cevher Özer *Aytaç Özkul *Arzu Özyiğit *Bora Hun Paçun *Kaya Peker *Nalan Ramazanoğlu * Cenk Renda *Ceren Sarper *Alper Saruhan *Oğuz Savaş *Kenan Sipahi *Arın Soğancıoğlu *Fatih Solak *Ümit Sonkol *Sertaç Şanlı *Caner Topaloğlu * Levent Topsakal *Kerem Tunçeri *Esmeral Tunçluer * Mirsad Türkcan * Hidayet Türkoğlu *İzzet Türkyılmaz *Henry Turner (basketball), Henry Turner *Berk Uğurlu *Birsel Vardarlı *Erkan Veyseloğlu *Mehmet Yağmur *Meriç Banu Yenal *Nilay Yiğit *Haluk Yıldırım *Aylin Yıldızoğlu *Alper Yılmaz *Nevriye Yılmaz *Nedim Yücel *Serap Yücesir *Müjde Yüksel


Carom billiards players

*Gülşen Degener *Semih Saygıner


Bodybuilders

*Ahmet Enünlü *Cemal Erçman


Boxers

*Serdar Avcı *Selçuk Aydın *Turgut Aykaç *Malik Beyleroğlu *Eyüp Can (boxer), Eyüp Can *Buse Naz Çakıroğlu *Orhan Delibaş *Şennur Demir *Ertuğrul Ergezen *Yakup Kılıç *Adem Kılıççı *Abdülkadir Koçak *Ramaz Paliani * Sinan Şamil Sam *Onder Sipal *Nurhan Süleymanoğlu *Busenaz Sürmeneli *Gülsüm Tatar *Oktay Urkal *Atagün Yalçınkaya


Chess players

*Suat Atalık *Tunç Hamarat


Fencers

* İrem Karamete (born 1993), Olympic fencer


Field hockey

*Timur Oruz *Selin Oruz


Football managers


A–M

*Erdoğan Arıca * Cihat Arman *Abdullah Avcı *Samet Aybaba *Eşfak Aykaç *Giray Bulak *Rıza Çalımbay *Oğuz Çetin *Raşit Çetiner *Mustafa Denizli *Rıdvan Dilmen *Ziya Doğan *Bülent Eken *Muhsin Ertuğral *Fuat Çapa *Şenol Güneş *Ömer Kaner *Rasim Kara *Hikmet Karaman *Ünal Karaman *Suat Kaya *Erdal Keser *Gündüz Kılıç *Aykut Kocaman *Bülent Korkmaz *Güvenç Kurtar *Cemşir Muratoğlu


N–Z

*Coşkun Özarı *Arkoç Özcan *Yasin Özdenak *Ertuğrul Sağlam *Nurullah Sağlam *Tugay Semercioğlu *Naci Şensoy *Turgay Şeren *Adnan Suvari *Metin Tekin *Hurser Tekinoktay *Fatih Terim *Tınaz Tırpan *Metin Türel *Ümit Turmuş *Serpil Hamdi Tüzün *Feyyaz Uçar *Turgut Uçar *Telat Üzüm *Yılmaz Vural *Murat Yakın *Fuat Yaman *Ersun Yanal *Ali Sami Yen *Hakkı Yeten *Tayfur Havutçu *Fevzi Zemzem


Footballers


A

*Olcan Adın *Aytaç Ak *Orhan Ak *Muhammed Akagündüz *Bülent Akın *İbrahim Akın *Serhat Akın *Fırat Akkoyun *Ayhan Akman *Birol Aksancak *Altan Aksoy *Cafercan Aksu *Emre Aktaş *Metin Aktaş *Ercan Aktuna *Fatih Akyel *Murat Akyüz *Mehmet Akyüz *Erhan Albayrak *Adem Alkaşi *Ünal Alpuğan *Halil Altıntop *Hamit Altıntop *Yusuf Altuntaş *Ogün Altıparmak *Erdoğan Arıca *Hakan Arıkan * Cihat Arman *Volkan Arslan *Kemal Aslan *Metin Aslan *Emre Aşık *Çağdaş Atan *Necati Ateş *Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1983), Yasin Avcı *Koray Avcı (footballer), Koray Avcı *İbrahim Aydemir *Erhan Aydın *Necat Aygün *Devran Ayhan *Yalçın Ayhan *Eşfak Aykaç *Serkan Aykut *Gündüz Gürol Azer


B–C

*Volkan Babacan *Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu *Alper Balaban *Serkan Balcı *Hakan Balta *Deniz Barış * Can Bartu *Yıldıray Baştürk *Özgür Bayer *Deniz Baykara *Sedat Bayrak *Hakan Bayraktar *Emre Belözoğlu *Ferhat Bıkmaz *Recep Biler *Ali Bilgin *Coşkun Birdal *Zafer Biryol *Bülent Bölükbaşı *Uğur Boral *Mehmet Budak *Erol Bulut *Umut Bulut *Okan Buruk *Adem Büyük *Musa Büyük *Mehmet Çakır *Yasin Çakmak *Serkan Çalik *Oğuz Çalışkan *Cihan Can * Ömer Çatkıç *Yasin Çelik *Oğuz Çetin *Recep Çetin * Servet Çetin *Mustafa Cevahir *Orhan Çıkırıkçı *Daniyel Cimen *Hüseyin Çimşir *Ferhat Çökmüş *Tanju Çolak *Tayfun Çora *Olgay Coskun *Bilal Çubukçu


D–E

*Ekrem Dağ *Oğuz Dağlaroğlu *Ilie Datcu *Ümit Davala *Aykut Demir *Cem Demir *Taner Demirbaş *Volkan Demirel *Serol Demirhan *Christian Demirtas *Mustafa Denizli *Abdurrahman Dereli *Oktay Derelioğlu *Rıdvan Dilmen *Basri Dirimlili *Deniz Doğan *Hüzeyfe Doğan *Ziya Doğan *Osman Kürşat Duman *Adem Dursun *Ahmet Dursun *Murat Duruer *Kürşat Duymuş *Ibrahim Ege *Bülent Eken *Ferdi Elmas *Fevzi Elmas *Alpaslan Eratlı *Abdullah Ercan *Aykut Erçetin *Arif Erdem *Mülayim Erdem *Naci Erdem *Evren Erdeniz *Mevlüt Erdinç *Mert Erdoğan * Murat Erdoğan *Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu *Emrah Eren *Ceyhun Eriş *Adnan Erkan *Caner Erkin *Rober Eryol


F–J

*Berkant Göktan *Gökhan Gönül *Şanver Göymen *Hürriyet Güçer *Arda Güler *Şükrü Gülesin *Ceyhun Gülselam *Ali Güneş *Şenol Güneş *Serdar Güneş *Emre Güngör (Turkish footballer), Emre Güngör *Gürhan Gürsoy *Mehmet Güven *Emrullah Güvenç *Serdal Güvenç *Sercan Güvenışık *
Umut Güzelses Umut Güzelses (; born 15 May 1987) is a Turkish- Israeli former footballer. Childhood in Israel The Güzelses family are Sephardi Jews, descendants of refugees who fled the Spanish Inquisition. They emigrated to Israel Israel, offi ...
*Murat Hacıoğlu *Hamza Hamzaoğlu *Şeref Has *Tayfur Havutçu *Topuz Hikmet *Hakkı Hocaoğlu *Özer Hurmacı *Efe İnanç *Vedat İnceefe *Uğur İnceman *Engin İpekoğlu *Bekir İrtegün *Cenk İşler * Kemal İzzet * Muzzy İzzet


K–L

*Hasan Kabze *Tolunay Kafkas *İlyas Kahraman *Nihat Kahveci *Sinan Kaloğlu *Ömer Kaner *Jem Karacan * Azar Karadaş *Batuhan Karadeniz *Gökdeniz Karadeniz *Burak Karaduman *Anıl Karaer *Ümit Karan *Arif Karaoğlan *Levent Kartop *Veli Kavlak *Uğur Kavuk *Onur Kaya *Suat Kaya *Colin Kazim-Richards *Tugay Kerimoğlu *Erdal Keser *Mustafa Keçeli *Gündüz Kılıç *Zafer Kılıçkan *Serkan Kırıntılı *Bilal Kısa *Mehmet Sarper Kiskaç *Ferhat Kıskanç *Okan Koç *Adem Koçak *Celaleddin Koçak *Aykut Kocaman *Ender Konca *Egemen Korkmaz *Mert Korkmaz *Tayfun Korkut *Tevfik Köse *Serdar Kulbilge *Ramazan Kurşunlu *Serdar Kurtuluş *Ahmet Kuru *Uğur Arslan Kuru *Erhan Kuşkapan *Hakan Kutlu


M–Q

*Hami Mandıralı *İlhan Mansız *Baki Mercimek *Tümer Metin *Murat Ocak *Metin Oktay *Ali Ölmez *Özden Öngün *Alpay Özalan *Coşkun Özarı *Ümit Özat *Barış Özbek *Arkoç Özcan *Özgürcan Özcan *Mehmet Özdilek *Kenan Özer *Zafer Özgültekın *Nesim Özgür *Mesut Özil *Mustafa Özkan *Serdar Özkan *Osman Özköylü *Serkan Özsoy *Ferhat Öztorun *Okan Öztürk *Sezer Öztürk * Yüsüf Öztürk *Emre Öztürk (footballer born 1986), Emre Öztürk *Cem Pamiroğlu *İlhan Parlak *Ergün Penbe *Necmi Perekli


R–T

*Rüştü Reçber * Omer Riza *Oğuz Sabankay *Ertuğrul Sağlam *Mahir Sağlık *Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1981), Selçuk Şahin *Zafer Şakar * Saffet Sancaklı *Tuncay (footballer), Tuncay *Burhan Sargın *Adem Sarı *Sabri Sarıoğlu *Yüksel Sariyar *Hasan Şaş *Halil Savran *Mehmet Scholl *Mehmet Sedef *Turgay Semercioğlu *Ziya Şengül *Semih Şentürk *Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl *Ömer Sepici *Turgay Şeren *Tayfun Seven *Tolga Seyhan *Suleyman Sleyman *Fatih Sonkaya *Yusuf Soysal *Zeki Rıza Sporel *Hakan Şükür *Elyasa Süme *Feridun Sungur *Ali Tandoğan *Kaya Tarakçı *Anıl Taşdemir *Fahri Tatan *Metin Tekin *Fatih Tekke *Ogün Temizkanoğlu *Fatih Terim *Mehmet Topal *Mehmet Topuz *İbrahim Toraman *Murat Tosun *Ramazan Tunç *Fevzi Tuncay *Onur Tuncer *Önder Turacı *Arda Turan *Cemil Turan *Suat Türker *Uğur Tütüneker


U–Z

*Feyyaz Uçar *Uğur Uçar *Hasan Üçüncü *Gökhan Ünal *Cengiz Ünder *Volkan Ünlü *Hakan Ünsal *Orkun Usak *Suat Usta *Engin Verel *Aytekin Viduşlu *Wederson *Lev Yalcin *Sergen Yalçın *Volkan Yaman *Erdinç Yavuz *Zafer Yelen *Sedat Yeşilkaya *Hakkı Yeten *Müjdat Yetkiner *Faruk Yiğit *Mehmet Yıldız *Yıldo *Aydın Yılmaz *Burak Yılmaz *Deniz Yilmaz *Mehmet Yılmaz (striker), Mehmet Yılmaz (striker) *Mehmet Yılmaz (defender), Mehmet Yılmaz (defender) *Okan Yılmaz *Özgür Yılmaz (footballer), Özgür Yılmaz *Hüseyin Yoğurtçu *Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş *Mehmet Yozgatlı *Can Emre Yücel *Selçuk Yula *Rahim Zafer *Gökhan Zan *Fevzi Zemzem *Kerim Zengin *Tolga Zengin


Gymnasts

*Ferhat Arıcan *İbrahim Çolak (gymnast) *Duygu Doğan *Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı *Ümit Şamiloğlu *Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı *Dilara Yurtdaş *Ahmet Önder


Martial artists


Judoka

*Salim Abanoz *Derya Cıbır *Bektaş Demirel *Sezer Huysuz *Belkıs Zehra Kaya *Gülşah Kocatürk *Cemal Oğuz *Hüseyin Özkan *Hülya Şenyurt *Selim Tataroğlu *Irfan Toker *Iraklı Uznadze *Özgür Yılmaz (judoka), Özgür Yılmaz


Karateka

*Haldun Alagaş *Ugur Aktas (karateka) *Yıldız Aras *Merve Coban *Gülderen Çelik *Ömer Kemaloğlu *Tuba Yakan *Serap Özçelik


Kickboxers

*Erhan Deniz *Murat Direkçi *Yeliz Fındık *Gülşah Kıyak *Asiye Özlem Şahin *Hülya Şahin *Gökhan Saki *Şahin Yakut


Mixed martial artists

*Gökhan Saki *Alptekin Özkiliç


Muay Thai practitioners

*Ayşegül Behlivan *Yeliz Fındık *Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer


Taekwondo practitioners

*Yeliz Fındık *Azize Tanrıkulu *Bahri Tanrıkulu *Nur Tatar *Servet Tazegül *Çetin Topçuoğlu *Hamide Bıkçın Tosun


Wrestlers

*Riza Kayaalp *Taha Akgül *Yaşar Doğu *Hergeleci Ibrahim *Şeref Eroğlu


Wushu practitioners

*Ayşegül Behlivan *Lehize Hilal Benli *Hüseyin Dündar *Yeliz Fındık *Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer *Gülşah Kıyak *Öznur Kızıl


Motorcycle racers

*Toprak Razgatlıoğlu *Bahattin Sofuoğlu *Kenan Sofuoğlu *Sinan Sofuoğlu


Mountain climbers

* Nasuh Mahruki *Eylem Elif Maviş *Burçak Özoğlu Poçan *Serhan Poçan * Uğur Uluocak


Olympic competitors for Turkey

* Eşref Apak *Sedat Artuç * Süreyya Ayhan *Ahmet Ayık *Kelime Aydın *Selçuk Aydın *
Kazım Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twic ...
*Mithat Bayrak *Derya Büyükuncu *Mustafa Dağıstanlı *Bektaş Demirel *Mete Gazoz * Rıza Maksut İşman *
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (born Yelena Kopytova on 14 March 1970 in the Russian SFSR) is a retired long-distance runner who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres. She initially represented Russia, but became a Turkish citizen by marriage in 1999, chang ...
*Halil Mutlu *Sebahattin Oglago * Ruhi Sarıalp *Naim Süleymanoğlu *Şule Şahbaz (weightlifter), Şule Şahbaz *Uğur Taner *Selim Tataroğlu *Nurcan Taylan *Hamide Bıkçın Tosun *Duygu Ulusoy *Iraklı Uznadze *Atagün Yalçınkaya


Swimmers

*Derya Büyükuncu *Emre Sakçı *Uğur Taner


Tennis players

*Çağla Büyükakçay *Marsel İlhan *Pemra Özgen *Melis Sezer *İpek Soylu *İpek Şenoğlu


Volleyball players

*Çağla Akın *Kübra Akman *Naz Aydemir Akyol *Hande Baladın *Emre Batur *Neslihan Demir *Alperay Demirciler *Eda Erdem *Gizem Güreşen *Ebrar Karakurt *Buse Kayacan *Resul Tekeli *Murat Yenipazar *Halil İbrahim Yücel *Özge Yurtdagülen *Güldeniz Önal *Gizem Örge *Özlem Özçelik *Neriman Özsoy


Weightlifters


Wrestlers

*Nasuh Akar *Mahmut Atalay *Celal Atik *
İsmet Atlı İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics ...
*Ahmet Ayık *
Kazım Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twic ...
*Mithat Bayrak *Ahmet Bilek *Gazanfer Bilge *Nuri Boytorun *Mehmet Çoban *Mustafa Dağıstanlı *Mahmut Demir *Yaşar Doğu *Yaşar Erkan *Şeref Eroğlu *Hasan Gemici *Hasan Güngör *Hamit Kaplan * Ahmet Kireççi *Tevfik Kış *Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan *İsmail Ogan *Mehmet Oktav *Mehmet Özal *Mehmet Akif Pirim *Müzahir Sille *Bayram Şit *Tayyar Yalaz *Hamza Yerlikaya


Sculptors

*Mehmet Aksoy (sculptor) *Tankut Öktem *Sevgi Çağal *Kamil Sonad *kenan Yontunç


Songwriters

*Barış Manço * Cem Adrian *Sezen Aksu * Mazhar Alanson *Aslı * Aydilge *Emre Aydın *Yavuz Bingöl *Kenan Doğulu *Feridun Düzağaç *Sertab Erener *
Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...
*Orhan Gencebay *Nil Karaibrahimgil *Kayahan *Kıraç (singer), Kıraç *Kâzım Koyuncu *Burak Kut * Zülfü Livaneli *Zeki Müren *Nazan Öncel *Serdar Ortaç *Bülent Ortaçgil *Tarkan (singer), Tarkan *Ferdi Tayfur *Özlem Tekin *Hande Yener *Levent Yüksel


Television personalities

*Okan Bayülgen * Hakan Celik *Arda Öcal * Deniz Orhun


Television presenters

*Ali İhsan Varol * Deniz Orhun *Mehmet Ali Birand *Okan Bayülgen * Reha Muhtar *Şebnem Dönmez *Uğur Dündar *Zeynep Tokuş


Others

* Bajkam, military commander * Sadun Boro, sailor and global circumnavigator * Ahmet the Calligrapher, saint * Hasan Çelebi, calligrapher * Araksi Çetinyan, Turkish beauty pageant winner *
Nejat Eczacıbaşı Mehmet Nejat Ferit Eczacıbaşı (; January 5, 1913 – October 6, 1993) was a Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a second-generation member of the notable Turkish Eczacıbaşı family. He was the founder of Ec ...
, pharmaceutical entrepreneur * Hadi Elazzi, talent manager * İlhan Erdost, publisher * Erden Eruç, completed first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth by rowboat, sea kayak, bicycle and foot * Kara Fatma, female hero * Ghias ad-Din, was a member of the Seljuq dynasty of Rum * Cem Karsan, volatility expert, hedge fund manager, social media personality * Levent Kazak, scriptwriter * Nasuh Mahruki, first Turkish summiter of Mt. Everest * Janet Akyüz Mattei, astronomer * Mehmet Baybaşin, drug trafficker * Mehmet Ali Arslan, Newspaper Writer publisher * Tatikios (c. 1048 - died after 1110), Byzantine general *
Neyzen Tevfik Tevfik Kolaylı (March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953), better known by his pen name Neyzen Tevfik (often misrendered as "Neyzen Teyfik"), was a Turkish poet, satirist, and ''neyzen'' (a " ney performer" in Turkish). Tevfik was born in Bodru ...
, neyzen


See also

*List of Turkish Armenians *List of Turkish scientists *
List of assassinated people from Turkey The following is an incomplete, chronological list of people from Turkey murdered by assassins mainly on political and religious grounds. Many were critical public servants and intellectuals assassinated by far-right proponents of an army-control ...
*List of French Turks *List of governors of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey *List of first ladies of Turkey *List of ministers of national defense of Turkey *List of ministers of national education of Turkey *List of Turkish billionaires by net worth *List of contemporary Turkish poets * List of presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey *Turkish women in sports


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