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This is a '''list of [[WP:Notability|notable]] [[Turkish nationality law|citizens]] of the [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]]'''. By country are these people living or born in [[Turkey]] but has Turkish descent and their roots are from the respective countries. For [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] people see [[List of Ottoman people]]. |
This is a '''list of [[WP:Notability|notable]] [[Turkish nationality law|citizens]] of the [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]]'''. By country are these people living or born in [[Turkey]] but has Turkish descent and their roots are from the respective countries. For [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] people see [[List of Ottoman people]]. |
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Blaze has a 7.6 inch boto This is a list of notable citizens of the Republic of Turkey. By country are these people living or born in Turkey but has Turkish descent and their roots are from the respective countries. For Ottoman people see List of Ottoman people.
Actors
Academics
Archaeologists
- Ekrem Akurgal – Archaeologist
- Sedat Alp - Archaeologist
- Mine Çağlar – Archaeologist
- Halet Çambel - Archaeologist
- Tahsin Özgüç – Archaeologist
Architects
Artists
Astronomers
- Paris Pişmiş
- Janet Akyüz Mattei
- Orhan Girgin ( Mersin)
Authors
Aviators
- Sabiha Gökçen - first woman aviator in Turkey, the first female combat pilot in the world, one of the adopted children of Atatürk.
- Vecihi Hürkuş
- Irfan Orga
- Nezihe Viranyalı - one of the first Turkish female pilots
- Ahmet Ali (Arap Ahmet)
Beauty pageant contestants/ Miss Turkey
Miss Turkey winners
- Azra Akın
- Günseli Başar
- Keriman Halis Ece
- Neşe Erberk
- Tuğçe Kazaz
- Çağla Kubat
- Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu
- Arzum Onan
- Filiz Vural
Turkish winners of Miss World
Turkish winners of Miss Europe
- 1952 Günseli Başar
- 1971 Filiz Vural
- 1982 Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu
- 1984 Neşe Erberk
- 1993 Arzum Onan
Business
By Cities
Alanya
Ankara
Giresun
- List of mayors of Giresun
- Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, Film Director
Istanbul
- List of notable people from Istanbul
- List of mayors of Istanbul
- List of Governors of Istanbul Province
Izmir
Mersin
- List of mayors of Mersin
- Müfide İlhan
- Ahmet Kireççi
- Nevit Kodallı
- Macit Özcan
- Seyhan Kurt
- Nevin Yanıt
- Atıf Yılmaz
Zile
By Country
Albania
Austria
Australia
- Albert Arlen
- Tansel Başer
- Tahir Bilgiç
- Sinan Erbil
- İsyan Erdoğan
- John Eren
- Didem Erol
- Aytek Genç
- Ersan Gülüm
- John Ilhan
- Selin Kuralay
- Levent Osman
- Matthew Osman
- Tolgay Özbey
- Sedat Sir
- Adem Somyürek
- Nazlı Süleyman
- Ufuk Talay
- Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu
- Deniz Tek
- Ismail Tosun
Azerbaijan
- Ahmet Ağaoğlu
- Süreyya Ağaoğlu
- Rasim Başak
- Nuri Berköz
- Servet Çetin
- Haydar Hatemi
- Cem Karaca
- Sinan Şamil Sam
- Alihan Samedov
- Nigar Talibova
- Ali Özgündüz
- Melahat Abbasova
- Tamer Karadağlı
- Mubariz Mansimov
Belgium
Bosnia
- Cem Adrian
- Ayşegül Aldinç
- Ekrem Akurgal
- Nejat Biyediç
- Hüseyin Beşok
- Metin Boşnak
- Ömer Çatkıç
- Nedim Dal
- Ebru Destan
- Semih Erden
- Yonca Evcimik
- Şebnem Ferah
- Almir Gegić
- Coşkun Göğen
- Sabiha Gökçen
- Sedat Kapanoğlu
- Hakan Köseoğlu
- Ayşe Kulin
- Süleyman Memnun
- Damir Mršić
- Mehmet Okur
- Ajda Pekkan
- Asim Peskanović
- Saffet Sancaklı
- Ali Haydar Şen
- Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ
- Mirsad Türkcan
- Hidayet Türkoğlu
- Cem Uzan
Brazil
- Mehmet Aurélio
- Fransergio Euripedes Ferreira Bastos
- Moyses Chahon
- Alberto Dualib
- Jaba
- Rafael Mariano
- João Batista Casemiro Marques
- Márcio Nobre
- Sidney Cristiano dos Santos
- Silvio Santos
- Gökçek Vederson
- Wederson
Bulgaria
Canada
- Hasan Yilmaz
- Üstün Bilgen-Reinart
- Selim Deringil
- Orhan Demir
- Enis Esmer
- Tuğba Karademir
- Nil Köksal
- Arda Ocal
- Cansin Ozkur
- April Telek
- Semih Tezcan
- Moe From Gio's
Cuba
Cyprus
- Nej Adamson
- Nazim al-Qubrusi
- Ulus Baker
- Nil Burak
- Hussein Chalayan
- Alkan Çağlar
- Reşat Çağlar
- Murat Erdoğan
- Osman Ertuğ
- İsmet Güney
- Alp Haydar
- Kemal İzzet
- Muzzy İzzet
- Işın Karaca
- Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha
- Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha
- Asil Nadir
- Yılmaz Orhan
- Leon Osman
- Ömer Rıza
- Ziynet Sali
- Osman Türkay
- Vamık Volkan
- Fatima Whitbread
- Derviş Zaim
Denmark
Egypt
- Abbas II of Egypt
- Isma'il Pasha
- Said Halim Pasha
- Tewfik Pasha (Turkish: Şefik Paşa)
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Hungary
Iraq
- İhsan Doğramacı
- Sinan Erbil
- Mehmet Ali Erbil
- Reha Muhtar
- Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid
- Mehmet Türkmehmet
- Ra'ad bin Zeid
- Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad
Ireland
Israel
Italy
- Cem Sultan
- Abraham Salomon Camondo
- Leyla Gencer
- Mehmet Günsür
- Bass Sultan Hengzt
- Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
- Ferzan Özpetek
- Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha
- Hugo Pratt
- Uluç Ali Reis
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kuwait
Lebanon
Macedonia
- Tekin Arıburun
- Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
- Şebnem Ferah
- Srgjan Kerim
- Oktay Mahmuti
- Ali Fethi Okyar
- Yksel Osmanovski
- Sibel Redzep
- Esma Redžepova
- Tahsin Yazıcı
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
New Zealand
Palestine
Romania
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
- Kazım Ayvaz
- Kennedy Bakircioglü
- Sıraç Dilber
- Serkan İnan
- Mehmet Kaplan
- Vendela Kirsebom
- Sara Lumholdt
- Emin Nouri
- Yksel Osmanovski
- Sermin Özürküt
- Sibel Redzep
- Erkan Zengin
Switzerland
Syria
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of America
By Type
Precedence
Assassinated people
Chiefs of MIT
Turks of net worth
Governors of the Central Bank of Turkey
Cartoonists
- Oğuz Aral
- Mahmud A. Asrar
- Yıldıray Çınar
- Onur Demirsoy
- Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu
- Ihap Hulusi Görey
- Cem Kiziltug
- Ulas Mangitli - Cartoonist
- Hasip Pektas
- Suat Yalaz
- Cem Yılmaz
Centenarians
Civil servants
Composers
- Barış Manço (1943–1999)
- Necil Kazım Akses (1908–1999)
- Sezen Aksu (born 1954)
- Zafer Aracagök
- Emre Araci
- Bülent Arel (1919–1990)
- Samim Bilgen (1910–2005)
- Levent Çoker (born 1958)
- Mercan Dede
- Dede Efendi (1778–1846), Turkish classical composer
- Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972)
- Kamran Ince
- Melih Kibar
- Nevit Kodallı (1924–2009)
- İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926–2012)
- Darío Moreno
- Erkan Oğur
- Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985)
- Fazıl Say (born 1970)
- Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907–1991)
- Timur Selçuk
- Muammer Sun (born 1932)
- İstemihan Taviloğlu (1945–2006)
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Pınar Toprak
- Onno Tunç
- İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1921)
- Zeki Üngör (1880–1958)
Diplomats
Doctors
- Reşit Süreyya Gürsey, M.D., radiology, also poet
- Zeynel A. Karcioglu, M.D., ophthalmic oncology and orbital diseases specialist, surgeon
- Behram Kurşunoğlu, physicist and one of the founders of the University of Miami Center for Theoretical Studies.
- Serdar Nasır, plastic surgeon, who carried out world's first-ever two-arm and two-leg transplant on a patient.
- Mehmet Öz, cardiothoracic surgeon and award-winning author who has made frequent appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN
- Hasan Özbekhan, Professor emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, founding member and first director of the think tank The Club of Rome, systems scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher, and planner[1]
- Ömer Özkan, plastic surgeon, who carried out the first full face transplant in Turkey.
- Selahattin Özmen, plastic surgeon, who performed Turkey's third face transplant.
- Yusuf Yazici, is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the New York University School of Medicine
Educators
Entrepreneurs
Entertainers
Comedians
Theatre directors
Environmentalists
Fashion designers
Filmmakers
Film directors
Film producers
- Ömer Lütfi Akad
- Tunç Başaran
- Sinan Çetin
- Zeki Demirkubuz
- Türker İnanoğlu
- Sabri Kalic
- Semih Kaplanoğlu
- Onat Kutlar
- Tolga Örnek
- Ali Özgentürk
- Halit Refiğ
- 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
Financiers
- Abraham Salomon Camondo
- Hüsnü Özyeğin
- Erol Sabancı
- Süreyya Serdengeçti
- Naim Talu
- Berç Türker Keresteciyan
- Durmuş Yılmaz
Government and politics
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- List of Turkish Politicians
- List of Presidents of Turkey
- List of Prime Ministers of Turkey
- List of Turkish diplomats
- List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
- List of Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey
- List of Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
Historians
- Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar
- Afet İnan
- Halil Berktay
- Murat Bardakçı
- Reşat Ekrem Koçu
- Sadri Maksudi Arsal
- Taner Akçam
- Zeki Velidi Togan
- Şevket Pamuk
- Zeynep Ahunbay
- Şemsettin Günaltay
- Halil İnalcık
- Hikmet Tanyu
- Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
- Kemal Karpat
- Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
- Leyla Neyzi
- İlber Ortaylı
- Hasan Bülent Paksoy
- Selim Deringil
- Muazzez İlmiye Çığ - Sumerologist
Journalists
3
Judges
2
Lawyers
Mathematicians
- Ali Akansu
- Selman Akbulut
- Cahit Arf
- Attila Aşkar
- Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi
- Feza Gürsey
- Halil Mete Soner
- Ayşe Soysal
- Tosun Terzioğlu
- Cem Yıldırım
Military
- List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff
- 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 Gendarmerie of Turkey
- List of Commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard
- List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey
Models
2
Musicologists
Music producers
Notable families
Opera singers
Painters
Philanthropists
Philosophers
Photographers
- Emre Cetin
- Ömer Asan
- Rahmizâde Bâhâeddin Bediz
- Bikem Ekberzade
- Burhan Doğançay
- Ara Güler
- İsmail Cem İpekçi
- Nasuh Mahruki
- Pascal Sebah
- Uğur Uluocak
- Ekrem Yigit
Physicists
- Bulent Atalay
- Nihat Berker
- Ordal Demokan
- Tekin Dereli
- Feza Gürsey
- Erdal İnönü
- Behram Kurşunoğlu
- Ekmel Ozbay
- Turgay Uzer
- Ismail Akbay
Admirals
- Barbarossa Hayreddin Paşa
- Turgut Reis
- Piyale Paşa
- Kemal Reis
- Piri Reis
- Seydi Ali Reis
- Salih Reis
- Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis
- Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis
- Oruç Reis
- Gedik Ahmed Paşa
- Uluç Ali Reis
- Murat Reis the Elder
- Tzachas
- Murat Reis the Younger
- Yusuf Reis
Poets
Contemporary poets
Folk poets
Ottoman poets
Radio hosts
Record producers
Religious leaders
Muftis
Rabbis
- Aaron Alfandari
- Abraham ben Raphael Caro
- Yaakov Culi
- Ishak Haleva
- Joseph ibn Verga
- Aaron Lapapa
- Hayim Palaggi
- Judah Rosanes
Scientists
Screenwriters
- Ömer Lütfi Akad
- Murat Aras
- Tunç Başaran
- Bilge Ebiri
- Türker İnanoğlu
- Semih Kaplanoğlu
- Levent Kazak
- Tuncel Kurtiz
- Onat Kutlar
- Ali Özgentürk
- Ferzan Özpetek
- Halit Refiğ
- Mehmet Tanrısever
- Ümit Ünal
- Atıf Yılmaz
- Cem Yılmaz
- Uğur Yücel
Seljuq Period
- List of Seljuk sultans of Hamadan 1118-1194
- List of Seljuk rulers of Kerman 1041-1187
- List of Seljuk rulers in Syria 1076-1117
- List of Seljuk sultans of Rüm (Anatolia) 1077-1307
Singers/Musicians
Sportspeople
Athletes
- Elvan Abeylegesse
- Halil Akkaş
- Eşref Apak
- Anzhela Atroshchenko
- Süreyya Ayhan
- Birsen Bekgöz
- Özge Gürler
- Rıza Maksut İşman
- Ebru Kavaklıoğlu
- Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş
- Ercüment Olgundeniz
- Tatyana Polnova
- Pınar Saka
- Ruhi Sarıalp
- Mehmet Terzi
- Binnaz Uslu
- Nevin Yanıt
Racecar drivers
Chess players
Basketball players
2
Carom billiards players
Bodybuilders
Boxers
- Serdar Avcı
- Selçuk Aydın
- Turgut Aykaç
- Malik Beyleroğlu
- Eyüp Can (boxer)
- Orhan Delibaş
- Ertuğrul Ergezen
- Yakup Kılıç
- Adem Kılıçcı
- Abdülkadir Koçak
- Aghasi Mammadov
- Ramaz Paliani
- Sinan Şamil Sam
- Onder Sipal
- Nurhan Süleymanoğlu
- Oktay Urkal
- Atagün Yalçınkaya
Chess players
- Suat Atalık
- Mikhail Gurevich (chess player)
- Tunç Hamarat
- Ekaterina Polovnikova
Football managers
2
Footballers
3
Martial artists
Judoka
- Salim Abanoz
- Derya Cıbır
- Bektaş Demirel
- Sezer Huysuz
- Belkız Zehra Kaya
- Gülşah Kocatürk
- Cemal Oğuz
- Hüseyin Özkan
- Hülya Şenyurt
- Selim Tataroğlu
- Irfan Toker
- Iraklı Uznadze
- Özgür Yılmaz
Karateka
Kickboxers
- Erhan Deniz
- Murat Direkçi
- Yeliz Fındık
- Gülşah Kıyak
- Asiye Özlem Şahin
- Hülya Şahin
- Gökhan Saki
- Şahin Yakut
- Serkan Yilmaz
Mixed martial artists
Muay Thai practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners
- Yeliz Fındık
- Azize Tanrıkulu
- Bahri Tanrıkulu
- Nur Tatar
- Servet Tazegül
- Çetin Topçuoğlu
- Hamide Bıkçın Tosun
- Serkan Yilmaz
Wing Chun practitioners
Wrestlers
Wushu practitioners
- Ayşegül Behlivan
- Lehize Hilal Benli
- Hüseyin Dündar
- Yeliz Fındık
- Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer
- Gülşah Kıyak
- Öznur Kızıl
- Serkan Yilmaz
Motorcycle racers
Mountain climbers
Olympic competitors for Turkey
3
Swimmers
Tennis players
Weightlifters
Wrestlers
- Nasuh Akar
- Mahmut Atalay
- Celal Atik
- İsmet Atlı
- Ahmet Ayık
- Kazım Ayvaz
- 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
Songwriters
- Barış Manço
- Cem Adrian
- Sezen Aksu
- Mazhar Alanson
- Aslı
- Aydilge
- Emre Aydın
- Yavuz Bingöl
- Kenan Doğulu
- Feridun Düzağaç
- Sertab Erener
- Şebnem Ferah
- Orhan Gencebay
- Nil Karaibrahimgil
- Kayahan
- Kıraç
- Kâzım Koyuncu
- Burak Kut
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Zeki Müren
- Nazan Öncel
- Serdar Ortaç
- Bülent Ortaçgil
- Tarkan
- Ferdi Tayfur
- Özlem Tekin
- Hande Yener
- Levent Yüksel
Television personalities
Television presenters
Others
- Kara Fatma - female hero
- Hadi Elazzi – talent manager
- Levent Kazak – Scriptwriter
- Nasuh Mahruki - First Turkish summiter of Mt. Everest
- Nejat Eczacıbaşı - Pharmaceutical entrepreneur
- Neyzen Tevfik - Neyzen
- Hasan Çelebi -Caligrapher
See also
References
- ^ Pearce, Jeremy (2007-02-26). "Hasan Ozbekhan, 86, Economist Who Helped Found Global Group, Dies - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-11.