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
C
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
J
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
L
M
- İlhan Mansız – Footballer
- Halil Mutlu - Weightlifter
N
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
P
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[1]
- 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
V
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