List of Crimean Tatars

A list of notable Crimean Tatars, in alphabetical order:

Adnan Menderes first democratically elected Prime Minister of Turkey
Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı politician, poet and philanthropist
Ahmed Tevfik Paşa the last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Ahmet Nurmambet Dobrujan-born officer who had a brilliant career in the Romanian Army
Ahmet Örken professional cyclist
Ali Babacan politician
Ali Dinçer; Razgrad-born Turkish politician
Amet-Han Sultan fighter pilot, test pilot
Arman Kırım; academician
Aydan Şener film and television actress, former model
Aziz Nesin writer and humorist
Bekir Çoban-zade poet and professor
Beyazıt Öztürk television personality, standup comedian and actor
Beyti Güler restaurant owner, creator of Beyti kebab
Burçin Abdullah; actress
Cafer Seydahmet Kırımer; politician
Can Dündar journalist, columnist and documentarian
Cem Kılıç; actor
Cemal Büyükbaş; Dobrujan-born Turkish politician
Cemil Çiçek politician
Cengiz Dağcı novelist and poet
Cevat Geray; academician
Cüneyt Arkın film actor, producer and director
Çetin Altan journalist and former parliamentarian
Denis Alibec Romanian footballer
Emel Emin poet, translator, Turkologist, and educator
Emel Müftüoğlu; pop singer
Emin Bektóre Dobrujan-born folklorist, ethnographer, lyricist, and activist for ethnic Tatar causes
Engin Benli; actor
Enver İzmaylov folk and jazz musician
Erol Büyükburç singer-songwriter, pop music composer and actor
Erol Evgin pop singer and composer
Ersan İlyasova professional basketball player
Esin Engin musician, composer, arranger and film actor
Fahrettin Kerim Gökay politician, civil servant, professor ordinarius and physician
Faik Kırımlı; tile and ceramic painting artist
Faik Türün general, the Chief of Operations for the Turkish Brigade in the Korean War
Ferai Tınç; journalist
Feyzi Akkaya one of the founder of STFA Construction Group
Gülay Aslıtürk; politician
Gürer Aykal conductor and Adjunct Professor at Bilkent University; the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Hafsa Sultan first valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire as mother of Suleiman the Magnificent
Hakan Kırımlı; academician
Halil İnalcık historian
Hasan Polatkan politician, Minister of Labor and Finance
Hayrettin Karaca; scientist, ecolog, one of the founder of TEMA Foundation
Hüseyin Aksoy; politician
İhsan Oktay Anar writer, illustrator, literature translator and academician
İlber Ortaylı historian
İlhan Mansız former professional soccer player
İlker Karter fighter pilot, martyrised during the Cyprus Peace Operation
Ismail Gasprinski publisher, politician and intellectual
İsmail Hakkı Tonguç; education scientist, founder of the village institutes
İsmail Otar; Crimean Tatar leader, author and editor
Jamala Ukrainian singer and the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Kadir Cangızbay; academician
Kadriye Nurmambet Dobrujan-born traditional folk singer and folklorist known as The Nightingale of Dobruja
Kazım Kurt; politician
Kemal Karpat historian
Kemal Unakıtan politician
Korel Göymen; academician
Macit Özenbaş; academician
Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay; academician
Mehmet Günsür actor
Mehmet Niyazi poet, journalist, academic and activist
Melek Amet fashion model
Mithat Körler; singer
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist, writer
Murat Bardakçı journalist
Mustafa Abdülcemil Qırımoğlu politician
Mustafa Edige Kirimal historian and politician
Müfide İnselel; singer, songwriter, theater player, actress
Müge Anlı; television presenter and journalist
Müstecip Ülküsal; jurist, writer, one of the founder of Emel journal
Necip Hablemitoğlu historian
Nermin Bezmen; novelist
Nesrin Sipahi; classical Turkish musician
Nilüfer pop singer
Noman Çelebicihan politician, lawyer and writer
Nuri Alço; actor
Orhan Gencebay musician
Osman Sevaioğlu; academician
Ozan Orhon; pop singer
Refat Çubarov politician
Refiyîk Kadír officer, hero of the Romanian Army
Remziye Alper Tanrıkulu; opera singer
Reşat Amet activist for ethnic Tatar causes, Crimean Tatar hero
Rustem Kazakov former Olympic champion wrestler
Sabri Ülker industrialist and businessman
Saffet Abdullah; Güllaç confectioner
Saim Osman Karahan; Dobrujan-born philologist, writer
Selma Agat; folk singer
Septar Mehmet Yakub lawyer, thinker, Mufti of Romania
Serdar Ortaç pop singer
Server Djeparov professional soccer player
Sevil Memetova; singer
Sevil Shhaideh politician in Romania
Sezai Aksoy; politician
Sîdîk Ibrahim H. Mîrzî Mufti of Romania
Sultan Galiyev father of Turanist ideology
Suzan Avcı; actress
Şahip Bolat Abdurrahim Mufti of Constanța County
Şener Üşümezsoy; academician
Tan Taşçı; pop singer
Toğay bey 17th-century military leader
Ulaş Mangıtlı cartoonist and illustrator
Usein Bodaninsky historian, artist, art critic, and ethnographer
Vehbi Koç entrepreneur
Vural Görener; businessman, founder of Banvit
Yakup Satar the last Turkish veteran of the First World War
Yalın pop singer and songwriter
Yıldırım Demirören businessman, president of the Turkish Football Federation
Yıldız Ayhan; folk musician
Yusuf Isa Halim poet, schoolteacher, linguist
Zafer Karatay; production director, scripter
Zarema Hanum Esma; folk singer
Zekeriya Başarslan; folk singer
Zeki Sezer politician and former chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP)

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