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

[change] A

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
Ara Güler - Armenian photojournalist
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

[change] B

Bülent Bezdüz - Tenor
Bülent Ersoy - Famous singer

[change] C

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

[change] Ç

Çağla Kubat - Model
Çevik Bir - Military general
Çetin İnanç - Film director
Çiğdem Talu

[change] D

Damla Günay
Demet Akalın - famous Turkish pop singer
Demir Demirkan - Rock musician
Deniz Baykal - Politician
Deniz Seki - Singer
Duygu Asena - Activist for women's rights

[change] E

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

[change] F

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

[change] G

Galip Sokullu
Gamze Özçelik - Model, Actress
Gazi Evrenos
Gazi Osman Paşa
Gökhan Kırdar - Composer
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

[change] H

Hacı Bayram-ı Veli
Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli
Hadi Elazzi – talent manager
Hadise - R&B Singer
Hakan Şükür - Footballer
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

[change] I

Hüseyin Butuner

[change] İ

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

[change] J

Janet Akyüz Mattei - Astronomer

[change] K

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

[change] L

Lagari Hasan Çelebi
Lale Akgün - German politician
Latife Uşaklıgil - Wife of Kemal Atatürk
Levent Kazak - Scriptwriter
Leyla Gencer - Opera Singer

[change] M

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

[change] N

Naim Süleymanoğlu – Weightlifter
Naima
Namık Kemal
Namık Kemal Yolga
Nasreddin Hoca
Nasuh Mahruki - First Turkish summiter of Mt. Everest
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

[change] O

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

[change] Ö

Ömer Asan[1]
Ömer Seyfettin
Ömer Faruk Tekbilek
Özcan Buze
Özdemir Sabancı
Özgür Can Öney - maNga drummer
Özlem Tekin - Rock artist

[change] P

[change] R

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

[change] S

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