• Source: List of Turkish Germans

The following is a list of notable Turkish Germans. This includes people of full or partial ethnic Turkish origin born in Germany, as well as ethnic Turkish immigrants who have arrived in Germany either from the Seljuk and Ottoman territories or from post-Ottoman modern nation-states (especially from the Republic of Turkey, but also from the Balkans, Cyprus, as well as other parts of the Levant and North Africa).
Most notable Turkish Germans originate from the Republic of Turkey; however, there are also notable Germans of ethnic Turkish origin who came from Seljuk Anatolia (e.g. Sadok Seli Soltan) and the Ottoman Empire (e.g. Friedrich Aly, Fatima Kariman and Mehmet von Königstreu). In addition, there are notable ethnic Turks who come from other post-Ottoman modern nation-states, especially from the Balkans (e.g. Ozan Güven, Filiz Osmanodja, Erol Sabanov, and Kemal Kurt are of Turkish Bulgarian origin; Hüdai Ülker is of Turkish Macedonian origin; Ateed and Cemile Giousouf are of Turkish Western Thracian origin), the island of Cyprus (e.g. Turgay Hilmi, Atesh Salih, and Rüya Taner are of Turkish Cypriot origin), the Levant (e.g. Yasemin Mansoor is of Turkish Iraqi origin; Burak Karan is of Turkish Syrian origin; and Bilal Aziz Özer is of Turkish Lebanese origin), etc.
This list is arranged alphabetically by surname following the Turkish alphabet arrangement. Notable ethnic Turks who originate from outside the modern borders of Turkey (i.e. from the Balkans, Cyprus, the Levant, etc.) are listed with their origin. Furthermore, individuals who are of partial Turkish origin are listed with their dual identity.




Academia and medicine












Mustafa Acar, political scientist; co-founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
Ufuk Akcigit, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago
Gülşen Aktaş, educator
Ian F. Akyildiz, Chair Professor in Telecommunications
Şahin Albayrak, Professor of Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin
Anil Al-Rebholz, sociologist; Professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main
Götz Aly, journalist, historian and political scientist
Yaşar Aydın, social scientist; lecturer at the HafenCity University Hamburg
Mehmet Kudret Ayiter, legal scholar and founding member of Dokuz Eylül University
Ülkü Azrak, Professor of Political Sciences
Yaşar Bilgin, doctor and politician; co-founder and chairman of the Turkish-German Health Foundation
Ümit Bir, doctor and art collector (Turkish father and German mother)
Rauf Ceylan, Professor of Sociology of Religion and of Migration at the University of Osnabrück
Dr. Elif Duygu Cindik-Herbrueggen, psychiatrist
Metin Colpan, co-founder of Qiagen
Altay Coşkun, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Waterloo
Hasan Çil, sociologist
Gazi Çağlar, political scientist
Ahmet Çakır (ergonomist), ergonomist; editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Behaviour & Information Technology
Hıdır Eren Çelik, teaches at the University of Cologne
Ahmet Doğan, founder of the Ararat-Verlag publishing house
Havva Engin, linguist and educational scientist
Kazım Erdoğan, psychologist and sociologist
Semra Eren-Nijhar, sociologist
Erol Erman, architect
İlhan Ilkılıç, doctor and philosopher
Hüseyin Ince, Professor of Cardiology
Mustafa Kizilcay, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Siegen
A. Kubilay Ertan, physician
Deniz Göktürk, Germanist (Turkish father and German mother)
Alexander Görlach, senior research associate at Cambridge University
Zümrüt Gülbay-Peischard, Professor of Business Law at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
Onur Güntürkün, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at Ruhr University Bochum
Dilek Gürsoy, heart surgeon; the first female surgeon in Europe to implant an artificial heart
Osman Isfen, Professor of Law at the University of Hagen
Zehra İpşiroğlu, Professor of Turkish Literature at the University of Duisburg-Essen (1998–2009)
Ismail Kanay, philosopher and internist
Yasemin Karakaşoğlu, Turkologist; Vice President for Internationality and Diversity at the University of Bremen (2011–17)
Necla Kelek, feminist and social scientist
Recep Keskin, Professor of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Caghan Kizil, neuroscientist and geneticist
Esra Küçük, social scientist; managing director of Allianz Kulturstiftung (Turkish father and Macedonian mother)
Elçin Kürşat-Ahlers, sociologist; Professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover
Enise Lauterbach, cardiologist
Rasim Marz, historian and expert on the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey
Murat Mola, Professor of Engineering at the Institute for Mechanical Engineering / Materials Science at the Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
Aylâ Neusel, Vice President of the University of Kassel (1986–90)
Arif Babür Ordu, doctor and former politician
Cem Özgönül, historian
Harun Parlar, chemist
Asaf Pekdeğer, geoscientists and Professor of Hydrogeology at the Free University of Berlin
Sanih Savdir, dentist; awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2007
Ziya Saylan, former president of the European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Yücel Sivri, Germanist, ancient historian, writer and translator
Uğur Şahin, Professor of Experimental Oncology at the University of Mainz; co-founder of BioNTech which developed the first approved messenger RNA-based vaccine against COVID-19
Faruk Şen, former director of the Stiftung für Türkeistudien und Integrationsforschung and professor at the University of Essen
Sargut Şölçün, literary scholar
Erman Tanyıldız, founder of SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
Sabriye Tenberken, tibetologist and co-founder of the organisation Braille Without Borders
Semih Tezcan, Turkologist
Metin Tolan, Professor of Experimental Physics at the TU Dotrmund University
Sefaattin Tongay, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University
Ahmet Toprak, Professor of Educational Sciences at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Erdal Toprakyaran, director of the Zentrum für Islamische Theologie (Universität Tübingen) at the University of Tübingen
Özlem Türeci, physician and scientist; Privatdozentin at Johannes Gutenberg University; co-founder of BioNTech which developed the first approved messenger RNA-based vaccine against COVID-19
Ali Uçar, political scientist
Bülent Uçar, Professor of Islamic Studies at the Osnabrück University
Hacı-Halil Uslucan, psychologist; head of the Foundation Center for Turkish Studies and Integration Research
Yasemin Utku, Professor for Urban Development and Planning Practice at the Technical University of Cologne
Recep Ümit Uygun, doctor; he received the Order of Merit of Berlin in 1993
Altuğ Ünlü, Professor of Music Theory at the Robert Schumann Hochschule
Bânu Yalkut-Breddermann, ethnologist
Ali Yarayan, Professor and Director of the Research Center for Turkish Law at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Ümit Yazıcıoğlu, political scientist
Karin Yeşilada, Germanist and literary critic (Turkish father and German mother)
Aysel Yollu-Tok, economist and sociologist; director of Harriet Taylor Mill Institute for Economics and Gender Studies at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
Gökçe Yurdakul, Professor of Sociology; Director for Berlin Institute of Migration Research at the Humboldt University of Berlin (2023–25)
Mukadder Seyhan Yücel, Professor of German at Trakya University




Arts and literature






















İhsan Acar, author
Ayşegül Acevit, journalist
Can Açıkgöz, audio book speaker
Fitnat Ahrens, writer
Melda Akbaş, author
Selda Akhan, theater director
Doğan Akhanlı, historical novelist
Hatice Aksoy-Woinek, author
Levent Aktoprak, writer, radio and television journalist
Hatice Akyün, journalist and writer
Nevin Aladağ, installation and performance artist
Iris Alanyalı, journalist and writer
Hakan Albayrak, journalist and activist
Ozlem Altin, visual artist
Fatma Altinok, author and migration policy expert
Ayşe Arman, journalist and columnist (Turkish father and a German mother)
Ali Arslan, writer
Zeki Arslan, artist and painter
Mevlüt Asar, writer and poet
Ferda Ataman , journalist
İlhan Atasoy, cabaret artist, satirist and performing artist
Fatma Aydemir, author and journalist
İmran Ayata , author and campaigner; co-founder of Kanak Attak
Attila Murat Aydın, graffiti artist, breakdancer, and beatboxer
Semiramis Aydınlık, cartoonist and satirist
Esmahan Aykol, novelist (Turkish Macedonian/Turkish Bulgarian father and Turkish mother)
Alparslan Babaoglu-Marx, cabaret artist, book author, and integration activist
Melek Baklan, author and social worker
Vehbi Bardakçı, author
Deniz Baspınar, journalist and author
Özdemir Başargan, writer
Fakir Baykurt, author and trade unionist
Murad Bayraktar, journalist and editor
Habib Bektaş, writer
Muammer Bilge, writer
Şakir Bilgin, writer
Birand Bingül, journalist
Hayati Boyacıoğlu, cartoonist, playwright and journalist
Fuat Bultan, journalist and radio presenter
Metin Buz, author
İnci Bürhaniye, co-founder of Binooki Verlag
Canan Büyrü, journalist
Ayhan Can, poet
Canan and Handan Can, early authors on the "Literature of Migrants" in Germany
Mustafa Cebe, children's book author
Selma Ceylan, author
Emell Gök Che, interior designer
Hasan Cobanli, journalist, author and pilot
Nevfel Cumart, writer, speaker, literary translator and journalist
Sabri Çakır, poet
Ninel Çam, choreographer and interdisciplinary performance artist
Oğuzhan Çelik, journalist
Aygen-Sibel Çelik, author of children's and youth literature
Zehra Çırak, poet
Ismail Çoban, painter and graphic artist
Günfer Çölgeçen, writer and theatre actress
Yıldırım Dağyeli, publisher and literary translator; founder of the Dağyeli Verlag publishing house
Güney Dal, writer
Timuçin Davras, poet
Gülten Dayıoğlu, author of children's and youth literature
Adil Demirci, journalist
Fatih Demireli, journalist
Ahmet Demirhan, architect
Tunç Denizer, theater director, cabaret artist, and author
Birol Denizeri, author
Süleyman Deveci, journalist and author
Fikret Doğan, journalist, translator and author
Hülya Doğan-Netenjakob, theater director
Cengiz Doğu, poet and activist
Betül Durmaz, author
Özlem Özgül Dündar, author and translator
Tarek Dzinaj, writer and doctor
Ihsan Ece, painter and object artist
Işıl Eğrikavuk, artist
Gültekin Emre, poet and translator from Russian into Turkish
Hülya Engin, literary translator
Osman Engin, satirist
Erdoğan Ercivan, writer
Ismail Erel, journalist
Özgen Ergin, author and social worker
İsmet Ergün, painter and stage designer
Aslı Erdoğan, writer and author
Nurkan Erpulat, theater director and author
Aysun Ertan, author and journalist
Semra Ertan, writer and activist
Aytaç Eryılmaz, author; managing board member of the Documentation Center and Museum about Migration in Germany
Ömer Erzeren, author and journalist
Metin Fakıoğlu, journalist and poet
Yücel Feyzioğlu, children's book author
Mehmet Fıstık, mime artist, director and theater teacher
Bahattin Gemici, writer
Iskender Gider, artist
Özlem Gezer, journalist
Dilaver Gök, co-founder and board member of the à la turca theater
Cem Gülay, author
Ali Duran Gülçiçek, author
Mehmet Güler, painter
Suzan Gülfirat, journalist and publicist
Kübra Gümüşay, journalist, blogger, and activist
Cihangir Gümüştürkmen, painter, sculptor, writer, and comedian
Ümit Güney, editor and literary translator; co-founder of Buntbuch-Verlag publishing house
Baha Güngör, journalist; former head of the Turkish-language editorial team at Deutsche Welle
Dilek Güngör, journalist
Metin Gür, journalist, publicist, and non-fiction author
Tatjana Gürbaca, opera director (Turkish father and Italian mother)
Lütfiye Güzel, author and poet
Murat Ham, journalist
Mete İzgi, writer and playwright
Osman Kalin, built the Baumhaus an der Mauer in Berlin
Celal Kandemiroglu, graphic artist
Yadé Kara, writer
Murat Karaaslan, writer
Immo Karaman, theater director
Suzan Emine Kaube, writer, painter and pedagogue
Nazmi Kavasoğlu, writer and publicist
Ibrahim Kaya, writer
Murat Kaya, comics author
Nihat Kesen, comic artist
Sanem Kleff, non-fiction author
Ali Köken, puppeteer; master of Karagöz and Hacivat
Azade Köker, sculptor and painter
Kemal Kurt, author, translator and photographer (Turkish Bulgarian origin)
Şeyda Kurt
Gülbahar Kültür, writer
Nuray Lale, writer
Şermin Langhoff, director of the Maxim Gorki Theater
Betül Licht, author and alternative practitioner in psychotherapy
Souad Mekhennet, journalist (Turkish mother and Moroccan father)
Kadir Memiş, dancer and choreographer
Can Merey, journalist (Turkish father and a German mother)
Avni Odabaşı, cartoonist
Deniz Ohde, writer
Muhsin Omurca, cartoonist and founder of Kabarett Knobi-Bonbon
Aras Ören, writer
Celal Özcan, journalist and author
Emine Sevgi Özdamar, dramatist and playwright
A. Kadir Özdemir, writer
Hasan Özdemir (poet), poet
Selim Özdoğan, writer
Tuncay Özer, poet and literary translator
Kayhan Özgenç, journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of Business Insider
Gönül Özgül, author
Hülya Özkan, crime writer
Sami Özkara, novelist and non-fiction writer
Ertuğrul Özkök, journalist
Acem Özler, author and translator
Serpil Pak, cabaret artist
Kerim Pamuk, writer and cabaret artist
Sedat Pamuk, cabaret artist
Yüksel Pazarkaya, writer and translator
Akif Pirinçci, writer
Filiz Penzkofer, author, journalist, and theater pedagogue
Serap Riedel, painter
Alpan Sagsöz, novelist
Şener Saltürk, author
Zadiel Sasmaz, dancer
Fethi Savaşçı, writer
Saliha Scheinhardt, writer
Tülay Sözbir-Seidel,
Deniz Selek, writer
Evrim Sen, author
Gök Senin, journalist and author
Tamer Serbay, visual artist
Aslı Sevindim, journalist, radio presenter and writer
Mehmet Ilhami Sezen, artist and author
Murad Sezer, photographer
Hilal Sezgin, writer, publicist and journalist (Turkish father and German mother)
Zuhal Soyhan, journalist
Necmi Sönmez, curator, art critic and writer
Nedim Sönmez, artist
Tekin Sönmez, writer and publicist
Asli Sungu, performance artist and painter
Sefa İnci Suvak, journalist, author, and editor
Necati Şahin, theater director; founder of Arkadaş Theater
Cemil Şahinöz, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Ayasofya"
Nedim Şener, writer and journalist
Zafer Şenocak, writer, translator, and poet
Semiya Şimşek, author; winner of the Olympe-de-Gouges-Preis in 2013
Leyla Taşdelen, poet
Nilgün Taşman, writer and theater director
Kamil Taylan, journalist and crime writer
Mehmet Tekerek, author
Sibel Susann Teoman, writer (Turkish mother and German father)
Ergün Tepecik, writer, theater director and satirist
Arzu Toker, writer, journalist, publicist and translator
Dergin Tokmak, dancer and acrobat
Canan Topçu, writer
Özlem Topçu, journalist
Bülent Tulay
Enver Tuncer, journalist and radio presenter
Murat Türemiş, photojournalist
Özgür Uludağ, journalist
Şadi Üçüncü, writer
Meray Ülgen, theater director and cartoonist
Hüdai Ülker, writer (Turkish Macedonian origin)
Halit Ünal, writer
Mehmet Ünal, journalist and photographer
Selma Wels, co-founder of Binooki Verlag
Atilla Yakut, non-fiction author
Kemal Yalçın, writer
Nevzat Yalçın, writer (Turkish Cypriot origin)
Murat Yeginer, theatre actor and theatre director
Vehbi Can Yesil, artistic performer and dancer
Karin Yeşilada, literary critic
Erol Yıldırım, writer
Reyhan Yıldırım, comic artist and comic author
Bahar Yilmaz, author
Ethem Yilmaz, author, interpreter, editor and publisher
Ali Yumuşak, journalist and book author
Telat Yurtsever, theater director
Deniz Yücel, journalist and publisher
Feridun Zaimoğlu, author and visual artist
Dilek Zaptçıoğlu, journalist
Zaya (dancer), dancer and choreographer




"Booty Turks" (Beutetürken) and descendants






Leopold Freiherr von Zungaberg, (1641–1706), Baron
Carl Osman (1655–1735), Rügland
Friedrich Aly (Haydar Ali) (c. 1664/74 - 1716), Ottoman soldier and kammertürke ("chamber Turk") at the court of Elector Frederick I of Prussia
Descendants:
Gottfried Friedrich Aly (1852–1913), classical philologist
Götz Haydar Aly, journalist, historian and political scientist (1947–present)
Heinrich Tscharmann (1859–1932), architect
Joseph Borgk (Yusuf), converted to Christianity and became a Lutheran pastor in a village near Windsheim
Augusta Marianna Cölestine Fatme (Fatma) (1664–1755), daughter of an Ottoman pasha; married to Count Friedrich Magnus zu Castell-Remlingen
Friedrich Wilhelm Hassan, kammertürke ("chamber Turk") of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Hammet and Hasan, captured off Vienna in 1683 and served as "Chamber Turks" for Sophia of Hanover; their graves are the oldest surviving Islamic tombs in Germany dating to 1691
Sophia Wilhelmina Kayserin (born Rabi or Rabia) (1677–1735), spent her life at the Electoral Saxon court and then as a Protestant pastor's wife
Ludwig Maximilian Mehmet von Königstreu (ca.1660-1726), Ottoman Turk captured in 1685 and converted to Christianity
descendants:
Johann Ludewig Mehmet von Königstreu (1709–1775), his grave slab is preserved on the north wall of the tower of St. Petri in Döhren-Wülfel
Georg Ludwig Mehmet von Königstreu, founded the Freemason Lodge Friedrich; served as a captain in the Guard Grenadier Corps
Sophie Caroline Mehmet von Königstreu, married to Georg August von Wangenheim
Georg Philipp Wilhelm von Wangenheim (1735–1799), lieutenant general of the Electorate of Hanover
Ernst August Mustafa (1675–1738), valet of Elector Georg Ludwig
Sadok Seli Soltan (Mehmet Sadık Selim Sultan) (ca.1270-1328), believed to be the first documented Turkish German; he was baptized Christian in 1305
descendants:
Catharina Elisabeth Goethe (1731–1808), writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist
Cornelia Schlosser, was an Scribe and the only sibling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
August von Goethe, served in the court of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Walther von Goethe, composer and court chamberlain and the last living descendant of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Carl Soldan (1871–1931), pharmacist who founded the confectionery company "Dr. C. Soldan".
Hans Soldan (1870–1940), lawyer
Heinrich Soldan, former mayor of Frankenberg
Johann Soldan, former mayor of Frankenberg
Philipp Soldan (1500–69), Gothic stonemason, wood carver, builder and painter
Maria Aurora von Spiegel (Fatima Kariman) (born before 1685; died after 1725), Ottoman Turkish mistress of Augustus II the Strong
children:
Frederick Augustus Rutowsky (1702–1764), Saxon Field Marshal
Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska (1706–1746), noblewoman
Johann Ernst Nicolauß Strauss (Mehmet Sadullah Pascha), opened one of the first coffee houses in Germany in 1697 in Würzburg; he was baptized on June 24, 1695




Business




Ali Akbaş, entrepreneur; owner of Kanal Avrupa
Baklan (family), founders of the Baktat food manufacturing company
Ozan Capan, entrepreneur and former athlete
Ibrahim Evsan, entrepreneur; co-founder of Sevenload
Hüseyin Gelis, CEO of Siemens Turkey
Mehmet Göker, entrepreneur; founder of MEG AG
Johannes Sevket Gözalan, founder and director of European Games Group AG and Gründer der Playata GmbH; chairman of Computec Media (2005–09)
Ahmet Güler, entrepreneur
Murat Günak, head of the Volkswagen design department (2004–07)
Remzi Kaplan, entrepreneur
Adil Kaya, CEO of SIGOS
Hasan Kivran, entrepreneur; president and main partner of Türkgücü München
Kadir Nurman, restaurateur
Tijen Onaran, entrepreneur; CEO of "Global Digital Women"
Nina Öger, entrepreneur
Kemal Şahin, entrepreneur and a textile tycoon; founder of Şahinler Holding
Nihat Sorgeç, entrepreneur
Erman Tanyıldız, entrepreneur; founder of the SRH Hochschule Berlin
Saygın Yalçın, entrepreneur
Şakir Yavuz, business executive and philanthropist.
Sevda Doğan, entrepreneur
Avni Yerli, co-founder of Crytek
Cevat Yerli, co-founder of Crytek
Faruk Yerli, co-founder of Crytek
Oğuz Yılmaz (entrepreneur), entrepreneur




Cinema and television

































Numan Acar, actor and film producer
Emine Akbaba, documentary filmmaker
Cem Akin, actor
Fatih Akin, film director, screenwriter and producer
Bülent Akinci, director and script writer
Ben Akkaya, actor
Sinan Akkuş, director, writer and actor
Ozan Aksu, actor
Züli Aladağ, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (Turkish and Kurdish descent)
Buket Alakuş, film director
Sinan Albayrak, actor
Erden Alkan, actor
Can Arduc, actor and model
Erkan Arıkan, TV presenter
Jale Arıkan, film and television actress
Tamer Arslan, actor
Thomas Arslan, film director
Yılmaz Arslan, film director
Aslan Aslan, actor
Öznur Asrav, model for Playboy
Django Asül, actor and comedian
Erdoğan Atalay, actor
Pinar Atalay, television and radio presenter
Mehmet Ateşçi, actor
Akif Aydin, actor
Hatice Ayten, documentary director
Aysun Bademsoy, film director and screenwriter
Sabahat Bademsoy, actress
Tayfun Bademsoy, actor
Almila Bagriacik, actress
Menderes Bağcı, winner of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (season 10)
İlknur Bahadır, actress
Tevfik Başer, film director and screenwriter
İdil Baydar, stand-up-comedian
Tayfun Baydar, actor
Sertan Baykara, broadcast journalist and presenter
Tonguç Baykurt, director and screenwriter
Aslı Bayram, actress and winner of Miss Germany (2005)
Arzu Bazman, actress and model
Serap Berrakkarasu, documentary filmmaker
Funda Bostanlik, actress
Sabia Boulahrouz, dancer and Playboy model
Yasin Boynuince, actor
İlknur Boyraz, actress
Zeynep Bozbay, actress
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, film director and screenwriter
Olgu Caglar, actor
Kerem Can, actor
Yasmin Canli, actress
Özgür Cebe, actor (Turkish, Kurdish, and Armenian origin)
Ava Celik, actress
Aleksan Cetinkaya, actor
Yasemin Cetinkaya, actress (Turkish father and German mother)
Savaş Ceviz, director, screenwriter and film producer
Vildan Cirpan, actress
Özcan Coşar, comedian
Yunus Cumartpay, actor
Ebru Cündübeyoğlu, actress
Bülent Ceylan, comedian (Turkish father and German mother)
Tan Çağlar, comedian, actor, presenter and model
Nevrez Calışkan, entertainer
İlker Çatak, film maker
Serkan Çayoğlu, actor
Fırat Çelik, actor
Fatih Çevikkollu, actor
Bora Dağtekin, screenwriter (Turkish father and German mother)
Ceren Dal, actress
Sophie Dal, actress
Açalya Samyeli Danoğlu, winner of Miss Turkey (2012)
Baki Davrak, actor
Neshe Demir, actress and producer
Yasin Demirel, director and screenwriter
Renan Demirkan, actress
Zejhun Demirov, actor (Turkish Macedonian origin)
İsmail Deniz, actor
Bilhan Derin, director
Seyhan Derin, film maker
Murat Dikenci, actor
Serdar Dogan, filmmaker
Serhat Doğan, comedian
Turgay Doğan, actor
Mustafa Dok, director and film producer
Şebnem Dönmez, actress, TV host, and former model
Şükriye Dönmez, actress
Ercan Durmaz, actor
Serkan Durmus, actor
Hülya Duyar, actress
Senay Duzcu, comedian
Özlem Düvencioğlu, actress and film producer
Nazan Eckes, TV presenter
Eray Eğilmez, actor
Uğur Ekeroğlu, actor
Şiir Eloğlu, actress
Erhan Emre, actor
Gizem Emre, actress
Aybi Era, actress
Selma Ergeç, actress
Emire Erhan-Neubauer, actress
Pinar Erincin, actress
Vedat Erincin, actor
Arzu Ermen, actress
Eyüp Ertan, actor
Orkun Ertener, screenwriter; created the KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst television series
Sahin Eryilmaz, actor
Aylin Esener, actress
Fahriye Evcen, actress
Özay Fecht, actress
Nur Fettahoğlu, actress
Derya Flechtner, voice actress
Verena S. Freytag, director and screenwriter (Turkish father and German mother)
Tuncay Gary, actor
Jasmin Gerat, actress (Turkish father and German mother)
Sadjah Gezza, silent film actress and dancer
Servet Ahmet Golbol, film director and screenwriter
Ayla Gottschlich, film director and screenwriter (Turkish mother and German father)
Demir Gökgöl, actor
Demet Gül, actress
Halil Gülbeyaz, television journalist, documentary filmmaker and writer
Erkan Gündüz, actor, stuntman and director
Orhan Güner, actor
Ozan Güven, actor (Turkish Bulgarian origin)
Ahmet Olgun Han, actor
Lilli Hollunder, actress (Turkish mother and German father)
Lilay Huser, actress
Esra Inal, actress
Kurt Ipekkaya, actor
Volkan Isbert, actor
Yasin Islek, actor
Timur Işık, actor (Turkish father and German mother)
Selman Iyi, actor
Arman İnci, actor
Çetin İpekkaya, actor
Galip İyitanır, documentary film director and film editor
Aylin Kabasakal, actress
İlker Kaleli, actor
Gülcan Kamps, TV presenter
Meltem Kaptan, actress and comedian
Ercan Karaçaylı, actor and director
Özgür Karadeniz, actor
Nefise Karatay, actress, TV presenter, and model
Lale Karci, actress and model
Cüneyt Kaya, director, screenwriter and film producer
Serkan Kaya, actor
Aykut Kayacık, actor
Sibel Kekilli, actress
Berrin Keklikler, winner of Miss Universe Turkey 2013
Serdar Keskin, actor and filmmaker
Döndü Kılıç, director
Canan Kir, actress
Adnan G. Köse, director, screenwriter, actor, playwright and producer
Nursel Köse, actress
Asuman Krause, actress, TV presenter, and model (Turkish mother and German father)
Tunçay Kulaoğlu, filmmaker, journalist and translator
Bülent Kullukcu, director
Mehmet Kurtuluş, actor
Tekin Kurtuluş, actor
Hussi Kutlucan, filmmaker and actor
Mustafa Kuzu (actor), actor
Devrim Lingnau, actress (Turkish father and a German mother)
Kader Loth (actress), reality show actress
Yasemin Mansoor, winner of Miss Germany (1996) (Turkish Iraqi origin)
Can Mansuroglu, filmmaker, journalist and presenter (Turkish father and German mother)
Adnan Maral, actor
Dilek Mayatürk-Yücel, documentary film producer
Maxim Mehmet, actor
Sema Meray, actress
Erdal Merdan, actor
Hasan Ali Mete, actor
Hakan Savaş Mican, filmmaker and playwright
Fatma Mittler-Solak, television presenter
Esin Moralıoğlu, actress and model
Denis Moschitto, actor (Turkish mother and Italian father)
Gandi Mukli, actor (Turkish Syrian origin)
Gökhan Mumcu, actor
Lale Nalbant, film director
Mirza Odabaşı, film director
Baran bo Odar, film and television director and screenwriter (Turkish mother and Russian father)
Orhan Okan, actor
Osman Okkan, film maker
Kenan Ormanlar, actor and film producer (Turkish Macedonian origin)
Eren Önsöz, filmmaker
Özgür Özata, actor
Volkan Özcan, actor
Ercan Özçelik, actor
Oktay Özdemir, actor
Olcay Özdemir, TV presenter
Olgun Özdemir, director and screenwriter
Gülsel Özkan, film director and screenwriter
Rona Özkan, actress
Okan Patirer, actor
Meral Perin, actress
Biene Pilavci, filmmaker and actress
Haluk Piyes, actor
Ayşe Polat, script writer and film director (Turkish and Kurdish origin)
Sevda Polat, actress
Sema Poyraz, actress
Hürdem Riethmüller, actress
Ayse Romey, actress
Engin Sahin, actor
Seren Sahin, film producer and actor
Varol Sahin, actor
Taner Sahintürk, actor
Sinem Sakaoglu, puppet cartoon director (Turkish and American origin)
Ayhan Salar, film director
Erol Sander, actor
Seran Sargur, broadcasting manager of Kanal Avrupa
Özlem Sarıkaya, television journalist and presenter
Deniz Sarsilmaz, actor
Selçuk Sazak, actor
Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer, actress, TV presenter, and model (Turkish mother and German father)
Alev Seker, news anchor and television presenter
Tolga Seker, actor
Nezâ Selbuz, actress
Hakan Serbes, pornographic actor
Murat Seven, actor
Tim Seyfi, actor
Nuri Sezer, actor
Bülent Sharif, actor and model
Ünal Silver, actor
Ömer Simsek, actor
Yeliz Simsek, actress
Nadir Sisman, actor
Candan Six-Sasmaz, TV writer and journalist
Serdar Somuncu, comedian
Fatma Souad, actress and LGBT activist
Sascha Laura Soydan, actress
Deniz Sözbir, film maker (Turkish father and German mother)
Kadir Sözen, film maker
Hilmi Sözer, actor
İsmail Şahin, actor
Sıla Şahin, actress
Suzan Şekerci, film maker
Türkiz Talay, actress
Pinar Tanrikolu, television presenter
Ahmet Taş, filmmaker
Can Taylanlar, actor (Turkish father and German mother)
Serkan Temel, actor
Aylin Tezel, actress and dancer
Tamer Tıraşoğlu, actor
Murat Topal, comedian (Turkish father and German mother)
Beren Tuna, actress
Süleyman-Mikail Tufan, actor
Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, actress, model, and winner of Miss Turkey (2008) (Turkish father and German mother)
Su Turhan, director and screenwriter
Nicolas Fethi Türksever, actor
Cem Sultan Ungan, actor
Tito Uysal, actor
Meryem Uzerli, actress (Turkish father and German mother)
Eralp Uzun, actor
Timur Ülker, actor
Murat Ünal, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor and actor
Tuna Ünal, actor
Birol Ünel, actor
İdil Üner, actress
Süheyla Ünlü, actress
Selma Üsük, TV and radio presenter
Funda Vanroy, TV presenter and actress
Marcus Vetter, documentary filmmaker (Turkish father and German mother)
Kaya Yanar, comedian
Lale Yanık, actress
Mennan Yapo, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
Osan Yaran, comedian
Fahri Yardım, actor
Erol Yesilkaya, screenwriter
Özgür Yıldırım, film director
Murat Yılmaz, actor
Mehmet Yilmaz (actor), actor
Burak Yiğit, actor
Tamer Yiğit (actor, 1974), actor
Mürtüz Yolcu, actor
Ismail Zagros, actor
Haydar Zorlu, actor




Fashion


Tanju Babacan, fashion designer
Yüksel D., fashion designer




Food



Marco Akuzun, Michelin star chef (Turkish father and German mother)
Mehmet Aygün, restaurateur
Ali Güngörmüşn, Michelin star chef
Attila Hildmann, celebrity chef
Ali Riza Kaya, restaurateur and author of cookbooks on Turkish cuisine
Sally Özcan, runs Germany's most successful YouTube channel on cooking and baking
Edip Sigl, celebrity chef




Law



Ahmet Alagün, the first Berliner with Turkish roots to serve as a judge at the Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin
Tuğrul Ansay, legal scholar
Aysun Cenk, lawyer
Mehmet Daimagüler, lawyer and politician
Kazim Görgülü, father who fought for the right of access to his son after the German mother unilaterally released him for adoption after giving birth without Görgülü's knowledge; the case reached the European Court of Human Rights
Derman Kanal, lawyer and entrepreneur
Murat Kayman, lawyer and legal advisor to the DITIB Federal Association (2014–17)
Müjgan Perçin, lawyer and federal manager of the German Fire Brigade Association
Sinan Selen, lawyer; Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (2019–present)
Nurhan Soykan, lawyer and general secretary of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD)
Erkut Sogut, lawyer and sports agent




Military


Beutetürken, Ottoman prisoners of war
Karl Boy-Ed, naval attaché to the German embassy in Washington during World War I (Turkish father and German mother)
Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, Saxon Field Marshal (Ottoman Turkish mother and Polish father)




Music
























Aziza A., rapper
Meltem Acikgöz, DSDS Finalist 2014
Aydo Abay, singer and songwriter
Sermet Agartan, music producer, composer, and songwriter
Alper Ağa, rapper
Kazim Akboga, singer, songwriter, composer, and DJ
Tansel Akzeybek, operatic tenor
Ali471, rapper
Ano (rapper), rapper
Apache 207, rapper
Bülent Aris, music producer
C Arma, R&B singer
Ali N. Askin, composer, arranger, and music producer
Aylin Aslım, singer and songwriter
Ateed, singer (Turkish Western Thracian mother and Iranian father)
Automatikk, rap duo
Aynur Aydın, singer and songwriter
Gülhan Aydın, rock and electronic musician
Ayliva, musician
Azra, rapper
Boe B, rapper
Bacapon, rapper
Emine Bahar, musician (Turkish mother and a Kurdish father)
Volkan Baydar, singer and composer
KD Beatz, hip-hop producer (Turkish and Algerian origin)
Bernd Begemann, singer, guitarist and entertainer (Turkish father and German mother)
Bektas, rapper
BRKN (Turkish, Armenian and Kurdish origin)
Capo, rapper (Turkish mother and Kurdish father)
Caput, rapper
Selcuk Cara, opera singer
Cartel, rap group
Summer Cem, rapper
Özlem Cetin, singer and songwriter
Chefket, rapper and singer
Aylin Coşkun, singer
Murat Coşkun, musicologist
Credibil, rapper
Işın Çakmakcıoğlu, violinist and a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Turkish German origin)
Kazım Çalışgan, musician; part of the Çalışgan & Heuser duo
Burak Çebi, pianist
Esra Dalfidan, jazz singer
Elif Demirezer, pop singer
Atiye Deniz, singer
Derdiyoklar, folk group
Parah Dice, DJ and record producer
Kemal Dinç, folk artist
Doğuş (singer), singer
Güler Duman, singer, songwriter, and composer
Erci E, rapper
Akın Eldes, guitarist
Emre Elivar, concert pianist
Ercandize, rapper
Erci E, musician, producer and radio host
Simone Eriksrud, musician, singer and composer (Turkish father and a German mother)
Abdullah Eryilmaz, songwriter and bookseller
Len Faki, DJ and music producer
Eko Fresh, rapper (Turkish father and Kurdish mother)
Islamic Force, Oriental hip hop group
DJ Mahmut & Murat G., hip-hop duo
G-Hot, rapper
Laia Genc, jazz pianist (Turkish father and German mother)
Duygu Goenel, DSDS Finalist 2017
Mert Gökmen, R&B singer
Gringo (rapper), rapper
Alpa Gun, rapper
Erkan Gümüşsuyu, singer
Betin Güneş, composer, conductor and pianist of classical music
Murat Güngör, music producer
Ali Güven (musician), musician
Haftbefehl, rapper (Turkish mother and Kurdish father)
Killa Hakan, rapper
Hava, rapper (Turkish father and Bosnian mother)
Nedim Hazar, musician and composer
Bass Sultan Hengzt, rapper (Turkish mother and Italian father)
Turgay Hilmi, French horn player (Turkish Cypriot origin)
Isar (rapper), rapper
İpek İpekçioğlu, DJ
Jazn, rapper
Jiggo, rapper (Turkish father and Spanish mother)
Hasan.K, rapper
Sady K, singer
Gültekin Kaan, musician and singer
Kemelion, musician and singer-songwriter
Hülya Kandemir, songwriter and folk singer
Kader Kesek, musician, songwriter, lyricist, director and music producer
Karakan, rap group
Timur Karakuş, lead singer of the rock band Schöngeist
Martin Kesici, singer and songwriter (Turkish father and German mother)
Asli Kilic, pianist
Bahar Kizil, singer
Kobra (Band), rock group
Deniz Koyu, disc jockey and electronic dance music producer
Kex Kuhl, rapper
Alev Lenz, record producer, singer/songwriter and composer (Turkish mother and German father)
Limanja, music band
Lot (musician), musician
Maestro (musician), rapper
Microphone Mafia, rap group (Turkish and Italian members)
Massaka, rapper
Mel (musician), singer, rapper and songwriter
Melendiz (musician), musician
Mero, rapper
Sero El Mero, rapper
Mert, rapper
Metrickz, rapper (Turkish father and German mother)
MOK, rapper
Sema Moritz, singer
Muhabbet, singer
Ozan Musluoğlu, member of Athena
Engin Nurşani, folk musician
Omero (rapper), rapper and songwriter
Can Oral, DJ (Turkish father and a Finnish mother)
Cem Oral, musician (Turkish father and Finnish mother)
Nilüfer Örer, pop singer
Özlem Özdil, singer and saz player
Engin Öztürk, musician
Hande Özyürek,
Da Crime Posse, Oriental hip-hop group
Playboy 51, singer and rapper
Prodycem, producer and rapper
DJ Quicksilver, DJ and music producer
Remoe, singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
Rafet el Roman, singer
Freddy Sahin-Scholl, singer and composer (Turkish-German mother)
DJ Sakin, trance music producer
Kool Savas, (Turkish father and German mother)
Samira Saygili, singer and composer
Sevtap Sonu, folk musician
Benyamin Sönmez, classical cellist
Pamela Spence, singer (Turkish mother and American father)
Muhammed Suiçmez, member of Necrophagist
Defne Şahin, jazz musician
Reyhan Şahin, rapper, linguist and former radio host
Sürpriz, pop group; represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Mousse T., DJ and record producer
Volkan T., rapper, hip-hop musician and producer
Tachiles, singer, rapper, and hip-hop musician
Rüya Taner, pianist (Turkish Cypriot origin)
Grup Tekkan, band
Tarkan Tevetoğlu, singer and songwriter
Sultan Tunc, rapper
Şah Turna, folk poet
DJ Tuneruno, music producer and DJ
Metin Türköz, songwriter
Ufo361, rapper
Tamer Ülker, former member of Jamatami; pop singer, dancer, choreographer and model
Grup Ünlü, rock band
Kenan Williams, pop singer
Ufuk Yıldırım, pop singer
İsmail YK, pop singer
Meriç Yurdatapan, jazz singer
Ünal Yüksel, music producer and managing director of the music label Plak Music
Orhan Osman, musician and bouzouki artist (Western Thrace Turk origin)




Politics

















Kazım Abacı, member of the SPD
Mehmet Sirri Acar, member of the SPD
Lale Akgün, member of the SPD
Turgut Altuğ, member of the Greens
Celal Altun, former General Secretary of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland
Selin Arikoglu, member of the Greens
Bülent Arslan, member of the CDU
Ayse Asar, member of the Greens
Canan Atilgan, political scientist; works for the CDU's Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Nezahat Baradari, member of the SPD
Volkan Baran, member of the SPD
Ali Baş, member of the Greens
Danyal Bayaz, member of the Greens (Turkish father and German mother)
İkbal Berber, member of the SPD
Cem Berk, member of the SPD
Yaşar Bilgin, member of the CDU; doctor
Aziz Bozkurt, member of the SPD
Cemal Bozoğlu, member of the Greens
Gönül Bredehorst, member of the SPD
Ayla Cataltepe, member of the Greens
Ozan Ceyhun, former member of the Greens and the SPD; MEP (2000–04); Turkish ambassador to Austria (2020–present)
Ezhar Cezairli, member of the CDU
Derya Çağlar, member of the SPD
Murat Çakır, former press spokesman and board member of the WASG
Selmin Çalışkan, director for Institutional Relations in the Berlin office of the Open Society Foundations
Bülent Çiftlik, member of the SPD
Sevim Çelebi-Gottschlich, member of the Greens; the first MP of Turkish origin in a German parliament
Deniz Çelik (politician), member of the Left; Vice President of the Hamburg Parliament
Safter Çinar, chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland (2014–present)
Mehmet Daimagüler, former member of the FDP; lawyer
Ekin Deligöz, member of the Greens
Hakan Demir (politician), member of the SPD
Emine Demirbüken-Wegner, member of the CDU
Filiz Demirel, member of the Greens
Sina Aylin Demirhan, member of the Greens
Sülmez Doğan, member of the Greens
Mahmut Erdem, member of the Greens
Nese Erikli, member of the Greens
Mustafa Erkan, former member of the SPD and current member of the AKP
Engin Eroglu, Chairman of the Free Voters Hesse and the vice-chairman of Free Voters; MEP (2019–present)
Ismail Ertug, member of the SPD; MEP (2009–present)
Zübeyde Feldmann, First Lady of Frankfurt; married to Peter Feldmann who is the Mayor of Frankfurt-am-Main
Cemile Giousouf, member of the CDU (Turkish Western Thracian origin)
Murat Gözay, member of the Greens; deputy chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde Hamburg und Umgebung (TGH)
Nebahat Güçlü, former member of the Greens and current member of the SPD
Serap Güler, member of the CDU
Lena Saniye Güngör, member of the Left
Mustafa Güngör (politician), member of the SPD
Sanem Güngör, member of the SPD
Aydin Gürlevik, member of the SPD
Ates Gürpinar, deputy chairmen of the Left (Turkish father and German mother)
Metin Hakverdi, member of the SPD
Derviş Hızarcı, anti-discrimination officer of the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family
Timur Husein, member of the CDU (Turkish Macedonian father and Croatian mother)
Uğur Işılak, member of the AKP
Ahmet İyidirli, member of the SPD
Dilek Kalayci, member of the SPD
Macit Karaahmetoǧlu, member of the SPD
Kadriye Karcı, member of the Left
Metin Kaya, member of the Left
Zülfiye Kaykin, member of the SPD
Tayfun Keltek, member of the SPD
Hakkı Keskin, member of the Left; former chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland (1995–2005)
Gül Keskinler, member of the CDU
Akif Çağatay Kılıç, member of the AKP
Memet Kılıç, member of the Greens
Cansel Kızıltepe, member of the SPD
Alptekin Kirci, member of the SPD (Turkish father and German mother)
Kenan Kolat, member of the SPD; former chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland (2005–14)
Elvan Korkmaz, member of the SPD
Aylin Kotil, member of the CHP (Turkish father and German mother)
Deniz Kurku, member of the SPD
Serpil Midyatli, member of the SPD
Özcan Mutlu, member of the Greens
Belit Onay, member of the Greens; Mayor of Hanover (2019–present)
Leyla Onur, member of the SPD; MEP (1989–94)
Arif Babür Ordu, former member of the FDP; doctor
Taşkın Oymacı, former migrant advisor
Vural Öger, member of the SPD; MEP (2004–09)
Baris Önes, member of the SPD
Bilkay Öney, member of the SPD
Ertekin Özcan, former chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland (1994–95)
Timur Özcan, member of the SPD; Mayor of Walzbachtal (2019–present)
Turhal Özdal, member of the Greens
Cem Özdemir, member of the Greens (Turkish mother and Circassian father)
Mahmut Özdemir, member of the SPD
Hasan Özen, member of the SPD; awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1994
Handan Özgüven, member of the SPD
İlkin Özışık, member of the SPD
Aygül Özkan, member of the CDU
Erol Özkaraca, member of the SPD
Aydan Özoğuz, member of the SPD
Mustafa Kemal Öztürk, member of the Greens
Patrick Öztürk, member of the SPD
Ziya Pir, member of the HDP
Filiz Polat, member of the Greens
Yanki Pürsün, member of the FDP
Ülker Radziwill, member of the SPD
Melis Sekmen, member of the Greens
Emin Sükrü Senkal, member of the SPD
Ali Şimşek, member of the SPD
Gökay Sofuoglu, member of the SPD; chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland (2014–present)
Saadet Sönmez, member of the Left
Azize Tank, member of the Left
Arif Taşdelen, member of the SPD
Ismail Tipi, member of the CDU
Tayfun Tok, member of the Greens
Fatoş Topaç, member of the Greens
Serkan Tören, member of the FDP
Eyfer Tunc, former member of the SPD and current member of the CDU
Derya Türk-Nachbaur, member of the SPD
Yusuf Uzundag, member of the Greens
Arif Ünal, member of the Greens
Özlem Ünsal, member of the SPD
Bülend Ürük, spokesman of the ruling CDU/CSU group in the German Bundestag
Oğuzhan Yazıcı, member of the CDU
Mustafa Yeneroğlu, member of the DEVA
Haluk Yildiz, chairman of the Turkish-founded political party BIG
Güngör Yilmaz, member of the SPD
Gülistan Yüksel, member of the SPD
Fatih Zingal, former member of the SPD; deputy chairman of the UID (2013–15)




Religion






Bekir Alboğa, scholar of Islam; chairman of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (2012–17)
Murat Aslanoğlu, former chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Christian-Islamic Dialogue (2003–08)
Johannes Avetaranian, was originally a mullah in Turkey who converted from Islam to Christianity,
Seyran Ateş, lawyer and feminist; founder of the Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque (Turkish mother and Kurdish father)
Mustafa Cimşit, religious scholar, imam, and co-founder and managing director of the Maimonides Jewish-Muslim educational institute
Mehmet Sabri Erbakan, chairman of the Islamic Community Millî Görüş (2001–02)
Mesud Gülbahar, chairman of HASENE International (2012–present)
Mustafa Özcan Güneşdoğdu, Qur'an reciter
Eren Güvercin, co-founder of the Alhambra Society
Antuan Ilgit, Catholic Jesuit priest (converted from Sunni Islam)
Ercan Karakoyun, chairman of the Dialogue and Education Foundation; co-founder of the House of One - one of the world's first houses of prayer for Islam, Christianity and Judaism
Burhan Kesici, chairman of the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany
Ali Kızılkaya, former chairman of the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany
Ayten Kiliçarslan, executive chairwoman and project manager of the "Sozialdienst muslimischer Frauen" (SmF e.V.)
Erol Pürlü, scholar of Islam and imam; former spokesman of the Coordination Council of Muslims in Germany
Kazım Türkmen, chairman of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs
Celal Tüter, chairman of the Islamic Community Millî Görüş (2005–13)
Mehmet Yıldırım (DITIB), former chairman of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB)
Emel Zeynelabidin, activist in interreligious dialogue
Bülent Uçar, Islamic scholar




Royalty


Deniz Kaya, Princess of Bavaria (married to Prince Leopold of Bavaria's youngest son Prince Konstantin Eugen Alexander Max-Emanuel Maria Ludwig Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria)
Hande Macit, House of Mecklenburg
Sema Meray, married to Hubertus, Prinz von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Alexander Prinz von Sachsen, Head of the Royal House of Saxony (disputed)
Ra'ad bin Zeid, Head of the Royal Houses of Iraq and Syria (Turkish mother)
Alexandra Zhukovskaya, daughter of Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky and Countess of the Russian Empire (half Turkish and half Russian father and German mother)




Sports

































































Abdulkadir Kalender, karate master
Enes Acarbay, football player
Tunay Açar, football player
Murat Adigüzel, football player
Berkan Afşarlı, football player
Dilan Ağgül, football player
Mahir Agva, basketball player
Elter Akay, volleyball trainer
Kaan Akça, football player
Murat Akça, football player
Alper Akçam, football player
Sinan Akdag, ice hockey defenceman
Onur Akdoğan, football player
Aykut Akgün, football player
Mehmet Akgün, football player
Bilal Akgüvercin, football player
Serhat Akın, football player
Atakan Akkaynak, football player
İsmet Akpınar, basketball player
Taşkın Aksoy, football manager and former football player
Orhan Aktaş, football player
Birkan Akyol, boxer
Fahri Akyol, football player
Ufuk Akyol, football player
Erhan Albayrak, football manager and former football player
Uğur Albayrak, football player
Berkan Algan, football player
Selçuk Alibaz, football player
Deniz Almas, sprinter (Turkish father and German mother)
Ünal Alpuğan, football player
Salih Altın, football player
Volkan Altın, football player
Koray Altınay, football player
Tevfik Altındağ, football player
Halil Altıntop, football player
Hamit Altıntop, football player
Burak Altıparmak, football player
Drahşan Arda, world's first female football referee
Ünsal Arik, boxer
Furkan Ars, futsal player
Ahmet Arslan, football player
Ensar Arslan, football player
Firat Arslan, boxer
Tolgay Arslan, football player
Volkan Arslan, football coach and former football player
Jyhan Artut, darts player
Hakan Aslantaş, football player
Serkan Atak, football player
Ismail Atalan, football manager
Ümit Atalay, football player
Mahmut Ataman, basketball coach
Barış Atik, football player
Osman Atılgan, football player
Engin Atsür, basketball player (Turkish father and a German mother)
Kerim Avcı, football player
Deniz Aycicek, football player
Levent Ayçiçek, football player (Turkish father and a German mother)
İbrahim Aydemir, football player
Selim Aydemir, football player
Semih Aydilek, football player
Anıl Aydın, football player
Erhan Aydın, football player
Mehmet Can Aydin, football player
Metin Aydın (swimmer), swimmer
Okan Aydın, football player
Oğuzhan Aydoğan, football player
Taylan Aydoğan, football player
Ercan Aydogmus, football player
Necat Aygün, football player
Şahin Aygüneş, football player
Kaan Ayhan, football player
Onur Ayık, football player
Deniz Aytekin, football referee
Can Ayvazoğlu, volleyball player
Bilal Aziz, football player (Turkish Lebanese origin)
Muzaffer Bacak, karateka
Sezer Badur, football player
Yohannes Bahçecioğlu, football player
Feride Bakır, football player
Sinan Bakış, football player
Alper Balaban, football player
Orkan Balkan, football player
Hakan Balta, football player
Deniz Barış, football player
Hakan Barış, football player
Barbaros Barut, football player
Atif Bashir, football player (Turkish German mother)
Barış Başdaş, football player
Seydihan Başlantı, football player
Muhittin Baştürk, football player
Yıldıray Baştürk, football player
Malik Batmaz, football player
Fatih Baydemir, football player
Ensar Baykan, football player
Mithat Bayrak, Olympic wrestler
Durmuş Bayram, football player
Engin Baytar, football player
Efkan Bekiroğlu, football player
Abdulkadir Beyazıt, football player
Ferhat Bıkmaz, football player
Oğuzhan Bıyık, football player
Ali Bilgin, football player
Burak Bilgin, football player
Serdar Bingöl, football player
Atilla Birlik, football player
Murat Bosporus, wrestler
Can Bozdoğan, football player
Gökhan Bozkaya, football player
Mehmet Boztepe, football player
İsmail Budak, football player
Pınar Budak, taekwondoin
Ufuk Budak, football player
Erol Bulut, football player
Muhammed Bulut, football player
Onur Bulut, football player
İrfan Buz, football manager and former football player
Kerem Bülbül, football player
Marvin Sinan Büyüksakarya, football player
Emre Can, football player
Görkem Can, football player
Müslüm Can, football player
Ahmet Canbaz, football player
Fatih Candan, football player
Mehmet Cankurt, pool player
Erdem Canpolat, football player
Onur Capin, football player
Ahmet Cebe, football player
Gülhiye Cengiz, football player
Hakan Cengiz, football coach and former football player
Serkan Cetin, bodybuilder
Ali Ceylan, football player
Erol Ceylan, boxer
Ismail Cilingir, kickboxer
Tolcay Ciğerci, football player
Tolga Ciğerci, football player
Daniyel Cimen, football manager and football player
Hülya Cin, football player
Can Coşkun, football player
Ecem Cumert, football player
Ahmet Çakıcı, wrestler
Hamza Çakır, football player
Hakan Çalhanoğlu, football player
Kerim Çalhanoğlu, football player
Muhammed Çalhanoğlu, football player
Serkan Çalık, football player
Taşkın Çalış, football player
Gökhan Çalışal, football player
Kaan Çaliskaner, football player
Nizamettin Çalışkan, football player
Halet Çambel, fencer; the first Muslim woman to compete in the Olympic Games
Tarık Çamdal, football player
Ali Çamdalı, football player
Burak Çamoğlu, football player
Haydar Çekırdek, football player
Volkan Çekirdek, football player
Ekin Çelebi, football player
Erdal Çelik, football player
Haşim Çelik, taekwondo practitioner
Mete Çelik, football player
Musa Çelik, football player
Neco Çelik, football player
Okan Aydın
Serdal Çelebi, football player; he was the first blind footballer to score the goal of the month in August 2018
Süleyman Çelikyurt, football player
Onur Çenik, football player
Ferhat Çerçi, football player
Aydın Çetin, football player
Berk Çetin, football player
Şahverdi Çetin, football player
Musa Çiçek, taekwondo athlete
Hikmet Çiftçi, football player
Orkan Çınar, football player
Şamil Çinaz, football player
Yusuf Çoban, football player
Bilal Çubukçu, football player
Berkay Dabanlı, football player
Ümit Davala, assistant manager of Galatasaray S.K. and former football player
Fatih Dayik, e-athlete
Gülşen Degener, carom billiards player
Ercan Demir, bodybuilder
Ersin Demir, football coach and former football player
Mete Kaan Demir, football player
Levent Demiray, football player
Kerem Demirbay, football player
Sezai Demircan, football player
Oğuzhan Demirci, football player
Mithat Demirel, basketball player
Yeşim Demirel, football player
Ünal Demirkıran, football player
Uğur Demirkol, football player
Ahmet Dereli, football player
Okan Derici, football player
Volkan Dikmen, football player
Cem Dinç, basketball player
Eren Dinkçi, football player
Selin Dişli, football player
Abdullah Doğan, football player
Deniz Doğan, football player
Hüzeyfe Doğan, football player
İshak Doğan, football player
Muhammed Ali Doğan, football player
Mustafa Doğan, football player
Pakize Gözde Dökel, football player
Sara Doorsoun, football player (Turkish mother and Iranian father)
Murat Doymus, football player
Taylan Duman, football player
Uğur Dündar (footballer), football player
Burcu Düner, football player
Fatih Duran, football player
İlkay Durmuş, football player
Ahmet Dursun, football player
Serdar Dursun, football player
Kasim Edebali, American football player (Turkish German mother and African American father)
Cem Efe, football manager and former football player
Hasan Egilmez, football manager
Volkan Eğri, football player
Yasin Ehliz, ice hockey player
Mehmet Ekici, football player
Volkan Ekici, football player
Baris Ekincier, football player
Ahmet Engin, football player
Ekrem Engin, football player
Tuğrul Erat, football player
Aykut Erçetin, football player
Alparslan Erdem, football player
Hakan Erdem, futsal player
Lena Erdil, windsurfer (Turkish father and German mother)
Okan Erdoğan, football player
Ömer Erdoğan, football player
Ümit Ergirdi, football player
Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk, football player
Sertan Eser, football player
Pierre Esser, football player
Muhsin Ertuğral, football manager
Erkan Eyibil, football player
Malik Fathi, football player (Turkish father and German mother)
Cem Felek, football player
Engin Fırat, football manager
Serkan Fırat, football player
Benjamin Fuchs, football player (Turkish mother and Austrian father)
Aytürk Geçim, futsal and football player
Emrehan Gedikli, football player
Turgay Gemicibasi, football player
Koray Gençerler, football referee
Ayhan Gezen, football player
Serkan Göcer, football player
Ali Gökdemir, football player
Berkant Göktan, football player
Turgay Gölbaşı, football player
Anil Gözütok, football player
Lukas Gottwalt, football player
Sergio Gucciardo, football player (Turkish father and Italian mother)
Dilaver Güçlü, football player
Faruk Gül, football player
Gökhan Gül, football player
Kaan Gül, football player
Bilal Gülden, football player
Rabia Gülec, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
Tahir Güleç, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
Semih Güler, football player
Andaç Güleryüz, football player
Ceyhun Gülselam, football player
Neşat Gülünoğlu, football player
Sinan Gümüş, football player
Gökhan Gümüşsu, football player
İlkay Gündoğan, football player
Selim Gündüz, football player
Berkant Güner, football player
Çetin Güner, football player
Ali Güneş, football player
Serdar Güneş, football player
Umut Güneş, football player
Şaban Genişyürek, football player
Mustafa Güngör, rugby player
Koray Günter, football player
Emre Güral, football player
Özhan Gürel, basketball coach
Ahmet Gürleyen, football player
Cenk Güvenç, football player
Günay Güvenç, football player
Sercan Güvenışık, football player
Göksu Hasancik, football player
Deniz Harbertde, football player
Tayfur Havutçu, football player
Özer Hurmacı, football player
Fatma Işık, football player
Cem Islamoglu, football player
Şenol İbişi, football player
Adnan İlgin, football player
Uğur İnceman, football player
Cenk İşler, football player
Deniz Kadah, football player
Cagatay Kader, football player
Hasan Ali Kaldırım, football player
Engin Kalender, football player
Fuat Kalkan, football player
Gurbet Kalkan, football player
Murat Kalkan, football player
Ömer Faruk Kalmış, football player
Özge Kanbay, football player
Kudret Kanoğlu, football player
Burak Kaplan, football player
Sinan Kaplan, football player
Cihan Kaptan, football player
Fatma Kara, football player
Mehmet Kara, football player
Arzu Karabulut, football player
Aydın Karabulut, football player
Cem Karaca, football player
Çengiz Karaça, carambola player
Bora Karadag, football player
Timur Karagülmez, football player
Kenan Karaman, football player
Burak Karan, football player (Turkish Syrian origin)
Ümit Karan, football manager and former football player
Arif Karaoğlan, football player
Atakan Karazor, football player
Özgür Kart, football player
Sinan Karweina, football player
Yusuf Kasal, football player
Fatih Kaya, football player
Güngör Kaya, football player
Hasan Kaya, football player
Hülya Kaya, football player
Saffet Kaya, football player
Nurettin Kayaoğlu, football player
Hasret Kayikçi, football player
Burhanettin Kaymak, football player
Oğuzhan Kefkir, football player
Umut Kekıllı, football player
Avni Kertmen, badminton
Erdal Keser, football player
Polat Keser, football player
Serdar Kesimal, football player
Fuat Kılıç, football manager and former football player
Erdal Kılıçaslan, football player
Fatih Kıran, football player
Ferhat Kıskanç, football player
Menduh Kızılkula, wrestler
Lucky Kid, wrestler
Muhammed Kiprit, football player
Abdul Kizmaz, football player
Bertul Kocabaş, football player
Kenan Kocak, football player
Yasin Kocatepe, football player
Cengiz Koç, heavyweight boxer
Filiz Koç, football player
Süleyman Koç, football player
Celaleddin Koçak, football player
Guido Koçer, football player
Umut Koçin, football player
Özkan Koçtürk, football player
Çağla Korkmaz, football player
Serhat Koruk, football player
Tayfun Korkut, football player
Timur Kosovalı, football player
Serhat Kot, football player
Bahattin Köse, football player
Tevfik Köse, football player
Pekin Köşnek, football player
Cüneyt Köz, football player
Oktay Kuday, football player
Ahmet Kulabas, football player
Burakcan Kunt, football player
Mehmet Kurt, football player
Okan Kurt, football player
Sinan Kurt (1995), football player
Sinan Kurt (born 1996), football player
Ahmet Kuru, football player
Büşra Kuru, football player
Taygun Kuru, football player
Ahmed Kutucu, football player
Abdurrahman Kuyucu, football player
Mert Kuyucu, football player
Mustafa Kuzu, football player
Enes Küç, football player
Gökhan Lekesiz, football player
Yunus Mallı, football player
İlhan Mansız, football player
Sümeyye Manz, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
Erkan Martin, football player
Ersen Martin, football player
Cemil Mengi, football player
Levent Mercan, football player
Patrick Mölzl, football player (Turkish father and German mother)
Emre Nefiz, football player
Ünal Noyan, football player
Faruk Namdar, football player
Ali Odabas, football player
Barış Odabaş, football player
Muhayer Oktay, football player
Volkan Okumak, football player
Samed Onur, football player
Mahir Oral, boxer
Selin Oruz, field hockey player
Timur Oruz, field hockey player
Filiz Osmanodja, chess player (Turkish Bulgarian origin)
Yasin Ozan, football player
Erhan Önal, football player
Barış Örücü, football player
Noyan Öz, football player
Barış Özbek, football player
Ufuk Özbek, football player
Metin Özbey, glider pilot
Selahattin Özbir, football player
Berkay Özcan, football player
Salih Özcan, football player
Furkan Özçal, football player
Özgür Özdemir, football player
Gökalp Özekler, boxer
Hicran Özen, basketball player
Ahmet Öner, boxer
Aykut Özer, football player
Deniz Özer, football player
Abdulkadir Özgen, football player
Timur Özgöz, football player
Mesut Özil, football player
Can Özkan, football player
Mustafa Özkan, football player
Cihan Özkara, football player
Yasin Öztekin, football player
Levin Öztunalı, football player (Turkish father and German mother)
Aykut Öztürk, football player
Emre Öztürk, football player
Erdal Öztürk, football player
Erkan Öztürk, football player
Kurtulus Öztürk, football player
Sezer Öztürk, football player
Tanju Öztürk, football player
Teoman Öztürk, basketball player
Ali Pala, football player
Mustafa Parmak, football player
Melike Pekel, football player
Tayfun Pektürk, football player
Deniz Pero, football player
İris Rosenberger, Olympic swimmer (Turkish mother and German father)
Jasmin Rosenberger, swimmer (Turkish mother and German father)
Kemal Rüzgar, football player
Erol Sabanov, football player (Turkish Bulgarian origin)
Ahmet Sağlam, football player
Görkem Sağlam, football player
Murat Sağlam, football player
Mahir Sağlık, football player
Furkan Sağman, football player
Murat Salar, football manager and former football player
Nazım Sangaré, football player (Turkish mother and Guinean father)
Sercan Sararer, football player
Sedal Sardan, basketball player
Adem Sarı, football player
Halil Savran, football player
Tekin Sazlog, football player
Caner Schmitt, football player
Lucas Scholl, football player (Turkish German father and German mother)
Mehmet Scholl, football player (Turkish father and German mother)
Fikriye Selen, boxer
Can Serdar, football player
Suat Serdar, football player
Mehmet Sin, football player
Yusuf Soysal, football player
Rahman Soyudoğru, football player
Kubilay Sönmez, football player
Muhammet Sözer, futsal and football player
Fırat Suçsuz, football player
Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu, football player
Aytaç Sulu, football player
Abdullah Elyasa Süme, football player
Asiye Özlem Şahin, boxer
Hülya Şahin, boxer
Kenan Şahin, football player
Nuri Şahin, football player
Olcay Şahan, football player
Selçuk Şahin, football player
Sinan Şamil Sam, heavyweight boxer
Busem Şeker, football player
Eren Şen, football player
Utku Şen, football player
Ömer Şişmanoğlu, football player
Turgay Tapu, football player
Varol Tasar, football player
Serdar Tasci, football player
Deniz Taskesen, football player
Şebnem Taşkan, football player
Berkan Taz, football player
Servet Tazegül, taekwondo
Selim Teber, football player
Sinan Tekerci, football player
Ali Tekintamgaç, poker player
Timur Temeltaş, football player
Ogün Temizkanoğlu, football player
Mahmut Temür, football player
Erkan Teper, boxer
Uğur Tezel, football player
Esra Sibel Tezkan, football player
Ömer Tokaç, football player
Deran Toksöz, football player
Ömer Toprak, football player
Türker Toptaş, football player
Azad Toptik, football player
Tunay Torun, football player
Alaattin Tosun, football player
Cenk Tosun, football player
Murat Tosun, football player
Muzaffer Tosun, boxer
Ünal Tosun, football player
Tufan Tosunoğlu, football player
Pinar Touba, amateur boxer
Gökhan Töre, football player
Enes Tubluk, football player
Ayhan Tumani, football player
Mehmet Zeki Tunç, football player
Levent Tuncat, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
Firat Tuncer, football player
Emre Turan, football player
Olcay Turhan, football player
Ebru Tüfenk, karateka
Dilara Türk, football player
Suat Türker, football player
Haluk Türkeri, football player
Cem Türkmen, football player
Burak Uça, football player
Duygu Ulusoy, Olympic skier
Deniz Undav, football player
Dilara Uralp, Olympic sailor
Oktay Urkal, Olympic boxer
Meryem Uslu, kickboxer
Soner Uysal, football manager and former football player
Tugay Uzan, football player
Ömer Uzun, football player
Turgay Uzun, boxer
Ebru Uzungüney, football player
Ferhat Ülker, football player
Hasan Ülker, football player
Tolga Ünlü, football player
Volkan Ünlü, football player
Onur Ünlüçifçi, football player
Bahtiyar Can Vanlı, football manager
Deniz Vural, football player
Cansu Yağ, football player
Eser Yağmur, football player
Güven Yalçın, football player
Robin Yalçın, football player
Taner Yalçın, football player
Meryem Yamak, football player
Volkan Yaman, football player
Aycan Yanaç, football player
Viola Yanik, wrestler (Turkish father and German mother)
Timur Yanyali, football player
Serhat Yapıcı, football player
Aylin Yaren, football player
Cihan Yasarlar, e-athlete
Mithat Yavaş, football player
Ferhat Yazgan, football player
Zafer Yelen, football player
Müslüm Yelken, football player
Gülnur Yerlisu, taekwondo practitioner
Tennur Yerlisu, taekwondo practitioner
Samed Yeşil, football player
Youssef Yeşilmen, football player
Erdoğan Yeşilyurt, football player
Atilla Yildirim, football player
Aygün Yıldırım, football player
Berkan Yıldırım, football player
Murat Yıldırım (boxer), boxer
Özkan Yıldırım, football player
Ramazan Yıldırım, football player
Cihan Yıldız, football player
Fuat Yıldız, Olympic wrestler
Hakkı Yıldız, football player
Rıfat Yıldız, Olympic wrestler
Deniz Yılmaz, football player
Fatih Yılmaz, football player
Mahmut Yılmaz, football player
Mert Yılmaz, football player
Murat Yılmaz (footballer, born 1988), football player
Ozan Yılmaz, football player
Sefa Yılmaz, football player
Uğur Yılmaz, football player
Yasin Yılmaz, football player
Yusuf Yılmaz, football player
Sertan Yiğenoğlu, football player
Berkay Yilmaz, futsal player
Mehmet Yozgatlı, football player
Ersin Zehir, football player
Serhan Zengin, football player
Furkan Zorba, football player




Victims of crime



Ramazan Avcı, regarded as one of the first known victims of right-wing extremist violence in the Federal Republic of Germany
Tuğçe Albayrak, victim murdered in Offenbach am Main after intervening on behalf of two young women who were being harassed by a man
Burak Bektaş, believed to have been shot by a right-wing extremist
Sevda Dağ, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting
Hüseyin Dayıcık, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting (Turkish Western Thracian origin)
Diren Dede, an exchange student in the United States who was shot dead in Missoula, Montana
Mustafa Demiral, 56-year-old man attacked by two neo-Nazis; his death led to demonstrations against right-wing extremism
Mete Ekşi, 19-year-old student attacked by three neo-Nazi German brothers; Ekşi's funeral in November, 1991, was attended by 5,000 people
Hilal Ercan, missing 10-year-old girl in 1999 which triggered the largest search operation in Hamburg since the Second World War
Satır family, seven people died and another 23 were injured from the Duisburg arson attack in 1984.
Susanna Feldmann, a 14-year-old girl who was raped and killed in 2018 in Wiesbaden by an asylum seeker from Iraqi Kurdistan (her father was Turkish and her mother was Jewish-Russian)
Mevlüde Genç, German ambassador for peace who lost two daughters, two granddaughters and a niece in the 1993 Solingen arson attack
Habil Kılıç, victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU)
Selçuk Kiliç, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting
Can Leyla, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting
Abdurrahim Özüdoğru, victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU)
Enver Şimşek, victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU)
Süleyman Taşköprü, victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU)
Kürşat Timuroğlu, victim of a murder by the PKK terrorist group
İsmail Yaşar, victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU)
Halit Yozgat, victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU)




"Wall victims" (Maueropfer) at the Berlin Wall



Cengaver Katrancı, an 8-year-old boy who drowned in the river Spree in 1972; West Berlin fire department could not intervene after they unsuccessfully attempted to obtain permission for the entry into the river. An East German fireboat and a tanker were present but did not take the rescue operation.
Çetin Mert, a 5-year-old boy drowned in the river Spree in 1975; West Berlin police and fire brigade were not allowed to intervene because of the state border running along the bank. Çetin received no help from East Berlin either.




Others



Safiye Ali, was a Turkish physician. She was the second female doctor in the Republic of Turkey
Necati Arabaci, crime boss
36 Boys, criminal gang active from 1987 to the mid-1990s
Fethiye Çakıl, awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007 for her commitment to the integration of Turkish women and her commitment to the German Red Cross
Bahtiyar Duysak, Twitter employee who deactivated Donald Trump's account on November 2, 2017
Semra Ertan, set herself on fire in protest against racism, specifically, against the treatment of Turks in Germany
MontanaBlack, largest German gaming live streamer on Twitch (Turkish mother and German father)
Emrah Tekin, YouTuber




See also


Turks in Germany
List of German locations named after people and places of Turkish origin
Türkenstraße ("Turks Street")
List of Germans




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Perang Dunia I
• List of Turkish Germans
• Turks in Germany
• List of Germans
• List of ambassadors of Germany to Turkey
• List of Turkish desserts
• List of Turkish Americans
• Germany–Turkey relations
• List of German-Turkish authors
• Islam in Germany
• List of Turkish people