List of Turkish people
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This is a list of notable Turkish people.
| 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 [change]
- Abdülaziz - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdülhamit I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdülhamit II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdullah Gül - Eleventh president of Turkey
- Abdullah Manaz - Philosopher
- Abdülmecit I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdülmecit II - Last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire
- Abidin Dino - Painter
- Abs Breen - Pop Singer
- Adam Taki - FoodNetwork Cooking Show Host
- Adnan Menderes - Politician, Prime Minister of Turkey
- Adnan Oktar - Theologian
- Ahmet I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmet II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmet III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Ahmet Cemal Paşa - Politician, Member of the Young Turks
- Ahmet Cevdet Paşa
- Ahmet Doğan - Bulgarian Politician
- Ahmet Ertegün
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
- Ahmet Haşim Poet
- Ahmet Kaya
- Ahmet Necdet Sezer - Tenth president of Turkey
- Ahmet Piriştina
- Ahmet Taner Kışlalı
- Ahmet Vefik Paşa
- Ajda Pekkan - Singer, Actress
- Acar Akalin - Musician
- Alemdar Mustafa Paşa
- Alev Alatlı
- Ali Babacan - Politician
- Ali Erdemir
- Ali Kalkancı
- Ali Pasa, Tepedelenli
- Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
- Alp Arslan
- Alparslan Türkeş - Politician
- Alpay
- Alpay Özalan - Footballer
- Arif Mardin
- Arzu Özyiğit
- Aşık Veysel
- Atay Aktuğ
- Atilla Altıkat
- Atilla Ilhan
- Avni Arbaş
- Aylin Aslim - Pop Rock singer
- Aylin Yıldızoğlu
- Aysun Kayaci - Actress & model
- Azar Karadas - Footballer
- Aziz Nesin
- Azra Akın - Model, Miss World 2002
B [change]
- Bülent Bezdüz - Tenor
- Bülent Ersoy - Famous singer
C [change]
- Cahit Arf - Mathematician
- Çaka Bey
- Candan Erçetin - Singer
- Celal Bayar - Politician, President of Turkey
- Cem Adrian - Singer
- Cem Akas - Novelist
- Cem Bahtiyar - maNga bass guitarist
- Cem Karaca - Musician
- Cem Yılmaz - Comedian
- Cemal Gürsel
- Cemal Süreya
- Cengiz Çandar - Journalist
- Cenk Uygur
- Cevdet Sunay
- Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa
- Cezzar Ahmed Paşa
- Cüneyt Arkın - Actor
- Cemal Dua - singer
Ç [change]
- Çağla Kubat - Model
- Çevik Bir - Military general
- Çetin İnanç - Film director
- Çiğdem Talu
D [change]
- Damla Günay
- Dani Rodrik - Economist
- Demet Akalın - famous Turkish pop singer
- Demir Demirkan - Rock musician
- Deniz Baykal - Politician
- Deniz Seki - Singer
- Duygu Asena - Activist for women's rights
E [change]
- Ebru Gündeş - Singer
- Efe Yılmaz - maNga turntablist
- Ekin Deligöz - German politician
- Emel Etem Toshkova - Bulgarian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria (current)
- Emel Sayin - Singer
- Ekrem Akurgal - Archaeologist
- Ekrem Kurosman - Yacht Sailor
- Emin Boztepe
- Emre Belözoğlu - Football Player
- Engin Ardıç - Journalist
- Enis Batur
- Enver Paşa
- Erdal İnönü - Politician
- Erkan Geniş - Artist
- Erkin Koray - Musician/Singer
- Erol Engin Bilgin - Telecommunication scientist
- Erol Gelenbe - Computer scientist
- Ertuğrul Osman V
- Ertugrul Saglam - Football Player/Coach
- Ertuğrul Gazi
- Esmeral Tunçluer
- Evliya Çelebi - Adventurist
- Evren Geniş - Composer
- Eylem Elif Maviş - First Turkish female summiter of Mt. Everest
F [change]
- Fahri Korutürk
- Fatih Akın - Film Director
- Fatih Tekke - Footballer
- Fatih Terim - Footballer, and later Coach
- Fatma Ekenoglu - Politician
- Fatma Girik - Actress
- Fazil Küçük - Politician, Vice President of Cyprus
- Fazıl Say
- Ferdi Sabit Soyer - Politician
- Feridun Karakaya
- Ferman Akgül - maNga vocalist
- Ferzan Özpetek - Film Director
- Fethullah Gülen
- Fevzi Çakmak - Politician
- Feza Gürsey - Scientist
- Fikret Mualla - Painter
- Filiz Akın - Actress
- Fuad Köprülü
- Funda Arar
- Fuzûlî
G [change]
- Galip Sokullu
- Gamze Özçelik - Model, Actress
- Gazi Evrenos
- Gazi Osman Paşa
- Gökhan Kırdar - Composer
- Gökhan Özoğuz - Athena's Soloist
- Gazi Yaşargil - Neurosurgeon
- Güher Pekinel - Pianist
- Gül Gölge - TV show host, model, actress
- Gül Baba - Bektashi dervish poet, 16th century, Hungary
- Gülben Ergen - Pop singer and actress
- Gülcan Karahanci
- Gülşah Akkaya - Female basketball player
- Gülşen - Pop singer
- Gülşen Bubikoğlu - Actress
- Gülşen Degener - Female billiards player
H [change]
- Hacı Bayram-ı Veli
- Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli
- Hadi Elazzi – talent manager
- Hadise - R&B Singer
- Hakan Şükür - Footballer
- Hakan Özoğuz - Athena's Gutarist
- Hakkı Keskin - German politician
- Haldun Taner
- Halide Edip Adivar - Novelist
- Halil Mete Soner
- Halil Mutlu - Weightlifter
- Haluk Kurosman – Music producer
- Hami Mandıralı
- Hamza Yerlikaya
- Hande Yener - Pop Singer
- Harun Tekin - Rock musician
- Hasan Hüsnü Açanal - One of the leaders of Urfa's war of independence.
- Hasan Âli Yücel
- Hasan Çelebi
- Hasan Orbay
- Hasan Şaş - Footballer
- Haydar Ergülen
- Hazrat Shah Jalal - Sufi Saint
- Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi - Aviator
- Hidayet Türkoğlu - NBA Basketball player
- Hilmi Özkök
- Hoca Ishak Efendi
- Hulusi Behçet - Scientist
- Hülya Avşar - Actress
- Hülya Koçyiğit - Actress
- Hüseyin Çakmak - Journalisy
- Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
I [change]
İ [change]
- İsmail Ferhat Özlü
- İbrahim Erol
- İbrahim I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- İbrahim Kutluay
- İbrahim Paşa
- İhap Hulusi Görey
- İdil Biret - Pianist
- İlhan Berk - Poet
- İlhan Mansız - Footballer
- İsmail Acar - Painter
- İsmail Bilen
- İsmail Cem - Politician, Turkish Foreign Minister
- İsmail Enver - Politician, Member of the Young Turks
- İsmet İnönü - Politician, Second President of Turkey
- İsmet Özel
- İzel Çeliköz (İzel) - Singer
J [change]
- Janet Akyüz Mattei - Astronomer
K [change]
- Kadı Burhaneddin
- Kadir İnanır
- Karacaoğlan
- Karamürsel Bey
- Kaşgarlı Mahmut
- Katip Çelebi (Known in Arabic as 'Haji Khalifa')
- Kayahan
- Kazım Karabekir Pasa
- Kemal Derviş
- Kemal Reis
- Kemal Sunal
- Kenan Evren
- Kenan Mirzalioglu - Actor
- Kiliçarslan I
- Koca Yusuf
- Koray Candemir - rock singer
- Köroğlu
- Kutlug Ataman
- Kül Tegin
L [change]
- Lagari Hasan Çelebi
- Lale Akgün - German politician
- Latife Uşaklıgil - Wife of Kemal Atatürk
- Levent Kazak - Scriptwriter
- Leyla Gencer - Opera Singer
M [change]
- Magtymguly Pyragy
- Mahir Çağrı
- Mahmut I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mahmut II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy
- Mehmet Ali Aybar
- Mehmet Ali Talat - Politician, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
- Mehmet I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet IV - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet V - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet VI - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
- Mehmet Nazim Adil - Sufi religious leader
- Mehmet Okur
- Mehmet Ozdilek
- Mehmet Pasa, Sokollu - Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmet Talat Paşa - Politician, Member of the Young Turks
- Melih Kibar - Pop music composer
- Meltem Cumbul - Actress
- Melikşah
- Mesut Yılmaz
- Metin Akpinar - Actor
- Metin Kaçan
- Metin Oktay
- Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi (Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī) - Sufi Master
- Müjde Ar - Actress
- Müjde Yüksel
- Moyses Chahon - Military general
- Muhammed Suiçmez - Guitarist of technical death metal band Necrophagist
- Muhsin Ertuğrul
- Murat I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Murat II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Murat III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Murat IV - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Murat V - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Murat Reis
- Murat Ses
- Murathan Mungan
- Mustafa İzzet
- Mustafa I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mustafa II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mustafa III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mustafa IV - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Mustafa Denizli - Former coach of Turkish football national team
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - Founder and first President of the Turkish Republic
- Mustafa Paşa, Merzifonlu Kara
- Mustafa Sandal - Pop Singer
- Mustafa Suphi
- Münir Nurettin Selçuk
- Muzzy Izzet - Footballer
- Mustafa Hüseyinoğlu - Actor
N [change]
- Naim Süleymanoğlu – Weightlifter
- Naima
- Namık Kemal
- Namık Kemal Yolga
- Nasreddin Hoca
- Nasuh Mahruki - First Turkish summiter of Mt. Everest, president of AKUT Search and Rescue Association
- Nazan Öncel - Famous singer-songwriter
- Nazım Hikmet - Poet
- Nebahat Albayrak - Dutch politician
- Necdet Kent
- Necdet Mahfi Ayral
- Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
- Necmettin Erbakan
- Nehir Erdoğan - Actress
- Nejat Eczacıbaşı - Pharmaceutical entrepreneur
- Nene Hatun
- Nesuhi Ertegün
- Neşet Ertaş
- Nevriye Yılmaz
- Neyzen Tevfik - Neyzen
- Nihat Berker
- Nihat Erim
- Nihat Kahveci - Footballer
- Nil Karaibrahimgil (Nil) - Singer
- Nilay Yiğit
- Nuray Hafiftaş
- Nurcan Taylan - Weightlifter
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Film Director
- Nuri Berköz
O [change]
- Oğuz Aral
- Oğuz Atay
- Oğuz Yılmaz
- Okan Ersan - Guitarist
- Oktay Sinanoğlu
- Orhan I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Orhan Pamuk - Novelist and Nobel Prize winner
- Orhan Veli Kanık
- Oruç Reis
- Osman I - Founder and first Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Osman II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Osman III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Osman Hamdi Bey - painter, pioneering archaeologist, museum curator and school founder
- Osman Nuri Paşa
- Osman Pazvantoğlu
Ö [change]
- Ömer Asan[1]
- Ömer Seyfettin
- Ömer Faruk Tekbilek
- Özcan Buze
- Özdemir Sabancı
- Özgür Can Öney - maNga drummer
- Özlem Tekin - Rock artist
P [change]
R [change]
- Rafet El Roman - Singer
- Rahmi Koç
- Rauf Denktaş - Politician, Former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Recep Uslu - Musicolog
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - Politician, Turkish Prime Minister
- Rıza Çalımbay - Footballer
- Rüştü Reçber - Footballer
S [change]
- Sabiha Gökçen - First Turkish female aviator and worlds first female combat pilot.
- Sakıp Sabancı
- Satuk Buğra Han
- Şaziye İvegin
- Seda Sayan - Singer
- Sedat Artuç - Weightlifter
- Selim, Yavuz Sultan - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Selim II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Selim III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Semiha Berksoy - Opera Singer
- Semra Dündar - Haematologist
- Serap Yücesır
- Sertab Erener - Pop Singer
- Serkan Aykut - Footballer
- Sevim Dağdelen - German politician
- Sevin Okyay - translator, journalist and author
- Seydi Ali Reis
- Sezen Aksu - Pop Singer
- Sinan, Mimar - Architect
- Sibel Can - Singer
- Sibel Kekilli - Actress
- Sibel Tüzün - Pop Singer
- Soner Arica - Musician
- Soner Özbilen - Folk Music Singer
- Suna Kan
- Süher Pekinel - Pianist
- Süleyman I - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Süleyman II - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Süleyman Çelebi
- Süleyman Demirel - Politician, 5 time Prime Minister and later, President of Turkey
- Süleyman Paşa
- Süreyya Ayhan - Track Athlete
Ş [change]
- Şebnem Ferah - Rock Artist
- Şebnem Paker - Singer
- Şenol Güneş
- Şeyh Hamdullah
T [change]
- Tahsin Özgüç - Archaeologist
- Taner Sağır - Weightlifter
- Tanju Çolak - Footballer
- Tanju Okan - Singer
- Tanju Yıldız - Graphic Designer
- Tansu Çiller - Politician, Turkey's first female Prime Minister
- Tarik Akan - Actor
- Tarik Ergin - Star Trek Voyager Crew
- Tarkan Tevetoğlu (aka Tarkan ) - Pop Singer
- Teoman
- Tevfik Esenç
- Tevfik Fikret
- Tevfik Gelenbe
- Timur
- Timur Selçuk
- Tiryaki Hasan Paşa
- Tonyukuk
- Tuba Altintop - Model
- Tugay Kerimoğlu
- Tuğba Karademir - Figure skater
- Tuğba Özay - Model
- Tuğrul Bey
- Tuncay Şanlı - Footballer
- Tunç Hamarat - Chess player
- Turgay Şeren
- Turgut Özal - Politician, President of Turkey
- Turgut Reis
- Tunç Ilkin - American Football player, Sports journalist
- Tunc Erem
- Türker İnanoğlu - Film director
U [change]
- Ulubatli Hasan - Soldier
- Uluc Ali Reis
- Ulas Mangitli - Cartoonist
Ü [change]
- Ümit Davala - Footballer
- Üstün Aydıngöz - Physician, author
V [change]
- Vehbi Koç
- Vedat Dalokay
- Vildan Atasever - Actress
- Vural Öger - German politician
Y [change]
- Yılmaz Yaman - Anadolu Agency Marketing Manager
- Yağmur Atacan - Actor
- Yağmur Sarıgül - maNga guitarist/composer
- Yahya Kemal Beyatli
- Yalın - Singer
- Yalin Ozucelik - actor
- Yasemin Dalkılıç - Free diver
- Yasemin Horasan
- Yaşar Kemal
- Yavuz Çetin - Singer/Guitarist/Composer
- Yıldız Tilbe - Singer
- Yonca Evcimik - Pop Singer
- Yörük Ali Efe
- Yunus Emre
- Yusuf Akçura
Z [change]
- Zeki Müren - Singer
- Zeki Sezer - Politician
- Zeki Velidi Togan - Politician, Historian
- Zekiye Keskin Satır - Athlete(Archery)
- Zerrin Özer - Singer
- Ziya Gökalp - Politician, Poet
- Ziynet Sali - Singer
- Zübeyde Hanım - Mother of Kemal Atatürk
