List of Turkish sportspeople

This is a list of notable Turkish sportspeople.

Contents: A B C Ç D E F G H I İ J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş T U Ü V Y Z

A

• Elvan Abeylegesse - Female middle and long distance track runner
• Nasuh Akar - Wrestler
• Gülşah Akkaya - Female basketball player
• Derya Aktop - Female boxer
• Halil Altıntop, footballer
• Hamit Altıntop, footballer
• Eşref Apak - Hammer thrower
• Cihat Arman - Footballer
• Sedat Artuç – Weightlifter
• Celal Atik - Wrestler
• İsmet Atlı - Wrestler
• Nazmi Avluca - Wrestler
• Süreyya Ayhan - Track Athlete
• Serkan Aykut – Footballer
• Kazım Ayvaz - Wrestler

B

• Can Bartu - Footballer
• Yıldıray Baştürk, footballer
• Mithat Bayrak - Wrestler
• Malik Beyleroğlu - Boxer
• Ahmet Bilek - Wrestler
• Gazanfer Bilge - Wrestler
• Emre Belözoğlu - Football Player

Ç

• Rıza Çalımbay - Footballer
• Nurcan Çarkçı - Female boxer
• Tanju Çolak – Footballer

D

• Mustafa Dağıstanlı - Wrestler
• Yasemin Dalkılıç - Free diver
• Ümit Davala – Footballer
• Gülşen Degener - Female billiards player
• Mithat Demirel, basketballer
• Mustafa Denizli - Footballer and coach
• Cem Dinç, basketballer
• Sinem Doğu - Female ice hockey player
• Yaşar Doğu - Wrestler

E

• Korel Engin, basketball player
• Ahmet Enünlü - Bodybuilder
• Isyan Erdoğan football (soccer) player
• Yaşar Erkan - Wrestler
• Hasibe Erkoç - female boxer

F

• Malik Fathi, footballer

G

• Hasan Gemici - Wrestler
• Aytek Genç, former Socceroo and Football(soccer)Coach
• Zekeriya Güçlü - World champion in wrestling
• Ersan Gülüm, football (soccer) player
• Damla Günay - Athlete (archery)

H

• Tunç Hamarat - Chess placer

I

• Kemal İzzet, footballer
• Muzzy Izzet – Footballer
• Tunç Ilkin – American Football player, Sports journalist

İ

• Tunç İlkin, former Pittsburgh Steelers player and Sports Commentator
• Ersan İlyasova, Milwaukee Bucks player

K

• Nihat Kahveci – Footballer
• Hamit Kaplan - Wrestler
• Azar Karadas – Footballer
• Tuğba Karademir - Female figure skater
• Sümeyra Kaya - Female boxer
• Zekiye Keskin Satır - Athlete (Archery)
• Tevfik Kış - Wrestler
• Ahmet Kireççi - Wrestler
• Lefter Küçükandonyadis - Footballer

M

• İlhan Mansız – Footballer
• Halil Mutlu - Weightlifter

O

• İsmail Ogan - Wrestler
• Mehmet Oktav - Wrestler
• Metin Oktay - Footballer
• Mehmet Okur, Utah Jazz player and 2007 NBA All-Star
• Levent Osman, football (soccer) player

Ö

• Alpay Özalan – Footballer
• Tolgay Özbey, football (soccer) player
• Mesut Özil, footballer
• Hüseyin Özkan - Judoka
• Gürkan Özkan - Kickboxer

R

• Rüştü Reçber – Footballer
• Colin Kazim-Richards, footballer
• Ömer Rıza, footballer

S

• Ertugrul Saglam - Football Player/Coach
• Taner Sağır - Weightlifter
• Sinan Şamil Sam, boxer
• Mehmet Scholl, footballer
• Müzahir Sille - Wrestler
• Sedat Sir, Australian Rules Football player
• Bahattin Sofuoğlu - Motorcycle racer
• Kenan Sofuoğlu - Motorcycle racer
• Sinan Sofuoğlu - Motorcycle racer
• Naim Süleymanoğlu – Weightlifter

Ş

• Hülya Şahin (Julia Şahin), female pro boxer, Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) jr flyweight champion
• Nejdet Şahin, football (soccer) player
• Nuri Şahin, footballer
• Tuncay Şanlı - Footballer
• Hasan Şaş – Footballer
• Hülya Şenyurt - Female judoka
• Bayram Şit - Wrestler
• Hakan Şükür – Footballer

T

• Jason Tahincioğlu - Auto racing driver
• Ufuk Talay, football (soccer) player
• Bahri Tanrıkulu - Taekwondo athlete
• Serdar Taşçı, footballer
• Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu, football (soccer) player
• Nurcan Taylan – Weightlifter
• Fatih Tekke - Footballer
• Fatih Terim - Footballer and coach
• Merve Terzioğlu - Female swimmer
• Hamide Bıkçın Tosun - Female taekwondo athlete
• Cemil Turan - Footballer
• Hidayet Türkoğlu – NBA Basketball player

U

• Oktay Urkal, boxer
• Binnaz Uslu - Female middle distance track runner
• Yasemin Ustalar - Female boxer

W

• Fatima Whitbread, javelin thrower

Y

• Selma Yağcı - Female boxer
• Lev Yalcin, footballer
• Şemsi Yaralı - Female boxer
• Hamza Yerlikaya - Wrestler
• Selçuk Yula - Footballer
• Müjde Yüksel - Female basketball player
• Serkan Yilmaz - Taekwondoka