Turkey
People of this nationality
Zilan Tigris
1972 – 2023
singer
Patriarch Artemius of Alexandria
1775 – 1858
Eastern Orthodox priest
Fadime Suna
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Mkrtich Achemian
1838 – 1917
poet
Musa Aydın
b. 1980
association football player
Selin Kara
b. 1981
researcher
Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş
1920 – 2011
economist
Şefik Birkiye
b. 1954
architect
Georgios Dimitriou
writer
Mehmet Muş
b. 1982
politician
Ferit Tüzün
1929 – 1977
composer
Tufan Özbozkurt
b. 1993
association football player
Muammer Aksoy
1917 – 1990
politician
Emine Fetvacı
b. 1974
art historian
Kadri Pasha
1832 – 1884
politician
Hasan Bilâl
b. 1998
association football player
Selma Gürkan
b. 1961
politician
Elçin Sevgi Suçin
b. 1971
poet
Ersin Demir
b. 1922
sailor
Erbil Eroğlu
b. 1993
basketball player
Fekry Abaza
1896 – 1979
journalist
Şivan Perwer
b. 1955
singer
Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
1893 – 1951
politician
Özge Özder
b. 1978
actor
Nabi Şensoy
1945 – 2018
politician
Suleiman ibn Ali
1586 – 1668
theologian
Apkar Tebir
1520 – 1572
priest
Nuray Hafiftaş
1962 – 2018
singer
Eren Erdoğan
b. 2001
association football player
Caroline Finkel
b. 1950
historian
Philippe Najib Boulos
1902 – 1979
politician
Musa Hadeib
politician
Abdullah Öcalan
b. 1949
politician
Dēmētrios Rodokanakēs
1840 – 1902
merchant
Dursun Karataş
1952 – 2008
politician
Cengiz Orhonlu
1927 – 1976
historian
Sabri Ergun
1918 – 2006
engineer
Ahmet Yıldız
b. 1964
diplomat
Vehbi Koç
1901 – 1996
entrepreneur
Kudsi Erguner
b. 1952
composer
Emirhan Demircan
b. 2005
association football player
Teoman Gündüz
b. 2004
association football player
Kapriel Özkan
b. 1986
association football player
Amin Abd al-Hadi
1897 – 1967
politician
Can Atalay
b. 1976
politician
Zekiye Hakkı
judge
Giovanni Scognamillo
1929 – 2016
film critic
Celâl Şahin
1925 – 2018
actor
Burçin Mutlu Pakdil
astronomer
Akın Kuloğlu
1972 – 2001
boxer
Necat Aygün
b. 1980
association football player
Hiyya Pontremoli
poet
Erkin Koray
1941 – 2023
singer
Okan Özçelik
b. 1992
association football player
Ataol Behramoğlu
b. 1942
linguist
Ahmet Hamdi Akseki
1887 – 1951
politician
Rıza Akpolat
b. 1982
statesperson
İbrahim Özdiş
b. 1956
politician
Sezar Akgül
b. 1987
amateur wrestler
Ivan Mihailov
1896 – 1990
politician
Patriarch Joannicius II of Constantinople
1501 – 1659
cleric
Deniz Ertan
b. 2004
swimmer
Görkem Polat
b. 2001
taekwondo athlete
Isma'il Pasha
1831 – 1895
politician
Hasan Yeşilbudak
b. 1984
volleyball player
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
b. 1982
statistician
Niyazi Misri
1618 – 1693
writer
Tuna Bekleviç
b. 1977
politician
Süreyya Serdengeçti
1952 – 2025
economist
Nedim Şener
b. 1966
journalist
Hüdai Oral
1925 – 2005
politician
Aydın Esen
b. 1962
pianist
Turhan Selçuk
1922 – 2010
caricaturist
Yiğit Gökoğlan
b. 1989
association football player
Andronikos Kantakouzenos
1553 – 1601
banker
Ülkü Tamer
1937 – 2018
journalist
Halil Mutlu
b. 1973
weightlifter
Sheikh Ghalib
1757 – 1799
poet
Muhammed Emin Yıldız
b. 1995
taekwondo athlete
Ali Müfit Gürtuna
b. 1952
politician
Gürhan Gürsoy
b. 1987
association football player
Nakos Panourgias
1795 – 1863
military personnel
Özer Ateşçi
1942 – 2025
athlete
Čerkez Ilija
1801 – 1881
Adem Sarı
b. 1985
association football player
Necati Çelim
1909 – 1986
physician
İbrahim Aslanlı
b. 1996
association football player
Şakiro
1936 – 1996
dengbêj
Ahmet Piriştina
1952 – 2004
politician
Levent Ateş
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Faik Üstün
1884 – 1966
politician
Vedat Tek
1873 – 1942
architect
Jirayr Ohanyan Çakır
1923 – 2003
chess player
Sabri Dino
1942 – 1990
association football player
Alp Gün
b. 1980
rapper
Ali Sarı
b. 1986
taekwondo athlete
Farhan al-Sa'di
1856 – 1937
Mehmed V
1844 – 1918
ruler
Hakan Reçber
b. 1999
taekwondo athlete
Mustafa Pektemek
b. 1988
association football player