This is a list of notable

Turkish Bulgarians Bulgarian Turks ( bg, български турци, bŭlgarski turtsi, tr, Bulgaristan Türkleri) are a Turkish ethnic group from Bulgaria. According to the 2021 census, there were 508,375 Bulgarians of Turkish descent, roughly 8.4% of t ...

who were born in Bulgaria (during the Ottoman or post-Ottoman periods) as well as people of full or partial Turkish Bulgarian origin. In addition to notable Bulgarian citizens of Turkish origin, there are many notable Turkish Bulgarian individuals who either emigrated to, or were born in, Turkey and thus have Turkish citizenship.

Academia and medicine

*, physician * , Turkish researcher and librarian (born in

Razgrad Razgrad ( bg, Разград ) is a city in Northeastern Bulgaria in the valley of the Beli Lom river that falls within the historical and geographical region of Ludogorie (Deliorman). It is an administrative center of Razgrad Province. Etymolo ...

) * Ahmet Cevdet, Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator, and historian * İsmail Fenni Ertuğrul, Turkish philosopher (born in Ottoman

Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

) *, Turkish sociologist, soldier and politician (born in

Momchilgrad Momchilgrad ( bg, Момчилград , , Turkish: Mestanlı); is a town in the very south of Bulgaria, part of Kardzhali Province in the southern part of the Eastern Rhodopes. According to the 2011 census, Momchilgrad is the largest Bulgarian se ...

) *, agronomist *, Turkish child from Bulgaria adopted and Christened by Russian soldiers during the

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 ( tr, 93 Harbi, lit=War of ’93, named for the year 1293 in the Islamic calendar; russian: Русско-турецкая война, Russko-turetskaya voyna, "Russian–Turkish war") was a conflict between th ...

; she became a nurse during World War I *, Turkish architect (born in

Vidin Vidin ( bg, Видин, ; Old Romanian: Diiu) is a port city on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as o ...

) *

Tahsin Özgüç Tahsin Özgüç (1916–2005) was an eminent Turkish field archaeologist. The careers of Tahsin Özgüç and his wife, Nimet Özgüç, began after World War II and lasted for nearly 60 years. He was said to be the doyen of Anatolian archaeology. ...

, Turkish archaeologist * Nesrin Özören, Turkish biologist (born in

Silistra Silistra ( bg, Силистра ; tr, Silistre; ro, Silistra) is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern bank of the lower Danube river, and is also the part of the Romanian border where it stops following the Danube. Sil ...

) * Osman Nuri Peremeci, historian *, writer and journalist *, Turkish pathologist *

İsmail Hakkı Tonguç İsmail Hakkı Tonguç (1893–1960) was a teacher and director for primary education in the Ministry of National Education of Turkey. He is considered to have deeply influenced the education program during the single party era and the Village In ...

, Turkish General Director of Primary Education * Ibrahim Yalamov, historian *, philosopher

Activism

* Nuri Turgut Adalı, activist and writer also a prisoner of the

Belene labour camp The Belene labour camp, also referred to as Belene concentration camp, was part of the network of forced labour camps in Communist Bulgaria. It was located on the Belene Island, between two branches of the Danube river. At the height of Valko Cher ...

Arts and literature

Sabahattin Ali Sabahattin Ali (25 February 1907 – 2 April 1948) was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. Early life He was born in 1907 in Eğridere township (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria) of the Sanjak of Gümülcine (no ...

, Ottoman and Turkish writer, poet, journalist *, Turkish writer (born in

) *, Turkish poet (born in Yabalkovets) *

Ahmet Emin Atasoy Ahmet Emin Atasoy (born 16 May 1944), is a Bulgarian-born Turkish poet, author and interpreter. Graduated from the Department of Turkish Philology at Sofia University. He worked as a literature teacher, art reporter and director of reading hal ...

, Turkish poet, author and interpreter (born in

Targovishte Targovishte ( bg, Търговище, also transliterated ''Tǎrgovište'', , tr, Eski Cuma) is a city in Bulgaria, the administrative and economic capital of Targovishte Province. It is situated at the northern foot of the low mountain of Pr ...

) *, journalist *, theater director *, painter and porcelain artist *, writer *, writer *, Turkish writer (born in

Krumovgrad Krumovgrad ( bg, Крумовград , tr, Koşukavak ) is a town in Kardzhali Province in the south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population is ethnic Turkish people, Tur ...

) *, poet, artist and translator; he set himself on fire in protest against the "

Revival Process The Revival Process or the Process of Rebirth ( bg, Възродителен процес, Vazroditelen protses) refers to a policy of forced assimilation practiced by the socialist Bulgarian government in the 1980s. The policy involved the ethni ...

" *

Kemal Kurt Kemal Kurt (29 October 1947 in Çorlu, Turkey – 21 October 2002 in Berlin, Germany) was an author, translator and photographer. Vita * 1966–72 studies in Turkey and in United States * since 1975 living in Berlin * since 1977 artistic photog ...

, Turkish-born German author, translator and photographer ( Turkish Bulgarian origin) *, poet *, Turkish writer (born in Ottoman Bulgaria) *

Ertuğrul Özkök Ertuğrul Özkök (born 8 April 1947) is a Turkish journalist and a daily columnist. Between 1990 and 2010, he was the editor-in-chief for ''Hürriyet'', a daily newspaper published in Turkish in Turkey and some European countries. Özkök is k ...

, Turkish journalist and a daily columnist (Turkish Bulgarian parents from

Kardzhali Kardzhali ( bg, Кърджали , ''Kărdžali''; tr, Kırcaali; gr, Κάρτζαλι, ''Kártzali''), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Provi ...

) *

Sevda Shishmanova Sevda Shishmanova (born June 2 1962 in Razgrad) is a Bulgarian producer, director and journalist of Bulgarian Turkish origin. Education Shishmanova studied Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University and documentary film directing at Krastyo Saraf ...

, producer, director and journalist *, Turkish writer and poet (born in

) *, writer *, writer *, writer *, Turkish writer (born in

Shumen Shumen ( bg, Шумен, also romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the tenth largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province. Etymology The city was first mentioned as ''Šimeonis'' in 1153 by t ...

) *, journalist

Aviation

Nezihe Viranyalı Nezihe Viranyalı (1925 – 22 December 2004) was one of the first Turkish female aviators. She was trained by Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey's first female pilot. Biography Born in Vidin, Bulgaria of Turkish descent, she immigrated to Turkey as she w ...

, one of the first Turkish female aviators (born in

)

Cinema and television

*, Turkish actor (paternally of Turkish Bulgarian origin) *

Gülsim Ali Gülsim İlhan Ali (born 18 February 1995) is a Turkish television actress and model. She is best known for many historical roles such as Aslıhan Hatun in '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' and family comedies Gönül Dağı, ''Hanım Köylü''. Life and ...

, Turkish actress and model (born in

Ruse Ruse may refer to: Places *Ruse, Bulgaria, a major city of Bulgaria **Ruse Municipality ** Ruse Province ** 19th MMC – Ruse, a constituency *Ruše, a town and municipality in north-eastern Slovenia * Ruše, Žalec, a small settlement in east-ce ...

) *, actor *

Zahari Baharov Zahari Emilov Baharov ( bg, Захари Емилов Бахаров; born August 12, 1980) is a Bulgarian actor, best known for portraying the roles of Moth in '' Zift'' (2008), Ivo Andonov in the BNT series ''Undercover'' (2011–2016), and Lo ...

, actor *

Alina Boz Alina Boz (; born 14 June 1998) is a Russian-born Turkish actress. She is best known for her series ''Elimi Bırakma'' and '' Maraşlı'', and the Netflix series '' Aşk 101.'' She gained recognition for her work as Eda in the Netflix series Lov ...

, Russian-born actress (Turkish Bulgarian father) * İbrahim Büyükak, Turkish actor (Turkish Bulgarian parents) *

Cengiz Coşkun Cengiz Coşkun (born 29 April 1982) is a Turkish television and film actor. He is best known for his role as Turgut Alp in the TV show '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul''. Early life Coşkun was born on 29 April 1982 in Istanbul. His mother is a housewi ...

, Turkish actor (Turkish Bulgarian parents) *, actor * Fahradin Fahradinov, actor *

Cansu Dere Cansu Dere (born 14 October 1980, Ankara) is a Turkish actress, model and former Miss Turkey. Biography Her mother is originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, while her father is originally from the Bulgaria. She completed her primary and seconda ...

, Turkish actress (Turkish Bulgarian parents) * İlhan Şen, actor (born in

) *, actor *, Turkish actor (born in

) * Tardu Flordun, Turkish actor (Turkish Bulgarian father) *

Ozan Güven Ozan Muharrem Güven (born 19 May 1975) is a Turkish film, TV series and theatre actor. he is best known for playing the role of Rüstem Pasha in the historical television series ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl''. Biography His family is of Turkish origin ...

, German-born actor ( Turkish Bulgarian origin) *

İsmail Hacıoğlu İsmail Hacıoğlu (born 30 November 1985) is a Turkish actor and son of former Fenerbahçe player Mehmet Hacıoğlu. Career His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Bulgaria. He started acting by playing in a play when he w ...

, Turkish actor *, actress * Bade İşçil, Turkish actress (partial Turkish Bulgarian origin) * Yuksel Kadriev, bTV news anchor *

Hulusi Kentmen Hulusi Kentmen (20 January 1912 – 20 December 1993) was a Turkish actor. He was born in Tarnovo, Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe ...

, Turkish actor (born in

) *

Hülya Koçyiğit Hülya Koçyiğit (born 12 December 1947) is a Turkish actress. A prominent female lead in the Turkish cinema, she received numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Altogether, she has ...

, Turkish actress (Turkish Bulgarian parents) *

Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan (born 22 April 1965) is a Turkish actor. Kuşkan grew up in İstinye with his parents and four sisters. His father was of Albanian origin. When he was 13, his father died and he moved to Tokat. After three years, he returned to İ ...

, Turkish actor (Turkish Bulgarian mother) *, TV presenter *

Şaziye Moral Şaziye Moral (1903 – 9 April 1985) was a Turkish female stage and film actress and voice actress. She was the second Muslim stage actress in Turkey. Early years Şaziye Moral was born to ethnic Turkish parents in Kardzali, Bulgaria in 1903. H ...

, Turkish female stage and film actress (born in

) *

Demet Özdemir Demet Özdemir Koç (born 26 February 1993) is a Turkish actress and former dancer. Personal life Demet Özdemir was born on 26 February 1992 as the youngest of three children. She moved to Istanbul with her mother and siblings after her parent ...

, Turkish actress, (Turkish Bulgarian origin) * Yavuz Selekman, Turkish actor and Olympic wrestler (Turkish Bulgarian origin) *

Gülhan Şen Gülhan Şen (born July 16, 1978) is a Turkish television presenter, producer, and speaker. Biography Gülhan Şen was born in Shumen, Bulgaria and completed primary school there. In 1985, her name changed to ''Galina Hristova Mihaylova'' du ...

, Turkish television presenter (born in

) *, screenwriter * Tuğba Melis Türk, Turkish actress and model; winner of

Best Model of Turkey Best Model of Turkey is a female or male beauty competition. From 1988 to 1993, only Turkey's best female model was chosen in the competition. Since 1993, male models are also included. There were two exceptions: in 2004 when in addition to a mal ...

(2011) (born in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

) *

Tuvana Türkay Tuvana Türkay (born 3 October 1990) is a Turkish actress. Early life Türkay was born on 3 October 1990 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey. She studied at Beykent University Beykent University () is a foundation university in Istanbul, Turkey, ...

, Turkish actress (Turkish Bulgarian father) *

Çağatay Ulusoy Çağatay Ulusoy (; born 23 September 1990) is a Turkish actor and model who started his acting career in the TV series ''Adını Feriha Koydum'' (2011–2012) as Emir Sarrafoğlu. Since then, he has had further lead roles in '' Medcezir'' (201 ...

, Turkish actor (Turkish Bulgarian father) *

Şoray Uzun Şoray Uzun (born 9 June 1967) is a Turkish comedian, writer and television host. He has been the host of the popular game show '' Cevap Soruda'' on TRT 1 in 2013 and of 7 de 7, the Turkish version of '' Quizz or Buzz'' on ATV in 2014. He is m ...

, Turkish comedian, writer and television host (born in

) *, Turkish actress (born in

) * Hakan Yildiz, actor *

Alican Yücesoy Alican Yücesoy (born 22 October 1982) is a Turkish actor, screenwriter and director. He is best known for films, theatre plays. On television, he is best known for surreal series '':tr:Şubat (dizi), Şubat'', and drama series such as ''Kördü� ...

, Turkish actor (Turkish Bulgarian mother)

Design

Günay Erdem Günay Erdem (born 18 April 1978) is a Turkish Architect (graduated) and self-taught landscape architect. Günay Erdem together with his brother Sunay Erdem leads architectural and urban design practice Erdem Architects which they founded in 1 ...

, Turkish architect (born in

) * Sunay Erdem, Turkish architect (born in

)

Food

Silvena Rowe Silvena Rowe (née Lauta, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian chef, food writer, television personality and restaurateur. Biography Rowe was born in Plovdiv to a Bulgarian mother and a Turkish father. Rowe's father, who was a newspaper ed ...

, British celebrity chef and food writer ( Turkish Bulgarian father)

Military

* Nihat Anılmış, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army (born in

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

) * Ahmet Nuri Diriker, Turkish Brigadier General who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign (born in

) *, participant in the communist resistance movement during World War II *

Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807–1883), also known as Çırpanlı Abdi Pasha or Abdul Kerim Pasha, son of Ahmed Ağa, was an Ottoman military commander, born in Chirpan, Ottoman Bulgaria. Career He graduated from the military academy in Const ...

, Ottoman military commander (born in

Chirpan Chirpan ( bg, Чирпан, ) is a town on the Tekirska River in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality. As of 2021, the town had a population of 13,391 down from ...

) * Mehmet Hayri Tarhan, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army (born in

Malko Tarnovo Malko Tarnovo ( bg, Малко Търново , "Little Tarnovo"; as opposed to Veliko Tarnovo) is a town in Burgas Province, southeastern Bulgaria, 5 km from the Turkish border. It is the only town in the interior of the Bulgarian Strandzha ...

) * Ömer Fahreddin Türkkan, Turkish career officer who was the commander of the Ottoman Army and governor of

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

from 1916 to 1919 (born in

)

Music

*, singer * Reyhan Angelova, singer *, singer *

Ciguli Ciguli (1957 – 31 October 2014) (born ''Angel Jordanov Kapsov''; bg, Ангел Йорданов Капсов) was a Bulgarian Chalga (pop-folk) singer and accordionist of Turkish-Romani descent, who became popular in Turkey. His real name wa ...

, Turkish musician (born in

Haskovo Haskovo ( bg, Хасково ) is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional Develo ...

) *, singer and songwriter *

Fiki Fikret Tuncher Fikret ( bg, Фикрет Тунчер Фикрет, tr, Fikret Tunçer Fikret; born 3 March 1995) is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer of Turkish descent. He is the son of singer Toni Storaro. Biography Fiki was born in Shumen, ...

, pop-folk singer *, Turkish singer (born in Bulgaria) *, drummer, jazz artist, producer, and songwriter *

Yıldız İbrahimova Yıldız İbrahimova ( bg, Йълдъз Ибрахимова, Yaldaz Ibrahimova, tr, Yıldız İbrahimova; born 1952 in Silistra) is a Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry. Besides jazz, she has also recorded Bulgarian, Turkish, Gypsy and Russ ...

, jazz musician and folk singer * Hasan Ignatov, pianist (Turkish Bulgarian mother) * Ibrahim Ignatov, pianist (Turkish Bulgarian mother) *, member of the Bulgarian rock band

Wickeda Wickeda ( bg, Уикеда ) were a Bulgarian rock band. They were quite popular in Bulgaria, and occasionally topped the charts. Their style comprised punk, ska, reggae, funk and some traditional Bulgarian folk music elements. The witty lyrics ...

*, singer *, folk musician * Hikmet Mehmedov, choreographer *, conductor *, singer *, Turkish jazz musician, pianist , saxophonist and composer (Turkish Bulgarian father) *, singer *

Toni Storaro Toni Storaro ( bg, Тони Стораро; born Tuncher Fikret Ali, bg, Тунчер Фикрет Али, tr, Tunçer Fikret Ali; on 2 August 1976)Suzanitta,

chalga Chalga (; often referred to as pop-folk, short for "popular folk" or ethno-pop, short for "ethnic pop") is a Bulgarian music genre. Chalga or pop-folk is essentially a folk-inspired dance music genre, with a blend of Bulgarian music (Bulgarian ...

singer *

Derya Uluğ Derya Uluğ (born 21 February 1986) is a Turkish singer. Uluğ was born in İzmir in 1986 as one of four siblings and was raised there. She is of Greek Turkish and Albanian origin.Derya Uluğ kimdir? Kaç yaşındadır? Nerelidir?' bei haber7.c ...

, Turkish actress (partial Turkish Bulgarian origin)

Politics

Hassan Ademov Hassan Ahmed Ademov ( bg, Хасан Ахмед Адемов; born 24 January 1953) is a Bulgarian politician of Turkish-Bulgarian origin. He was born in Isperih, Bulgaria. Until 6 August 2014, he was a Minister of Labor and Social Policy in t ...

, member of the

DPS DPS may refer to: Schools United States * Dalton Public Schools, the public school district in Dalton, Georgia * Dearborn Public Schools, the public school district in Dearborn, Michigan * Decatur Public Schools District 61, the public school sys ...

party *, Mayor of Dulovo municipality *, member of the

Nedzhmi Ali Nedzhmi Ali ( bg, Неджми Али; born 16 July 1972 in Dzhebel, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian politician of Bulgarian-Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, part of t ...

, member of the

party and an elected

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

*, member of the

; Mayor of Antonovo municipality *

Atidzhe Alieva-Veli Atidzhe Alieva-Veli ( bg, Атидже Алиева-Вели) (born 1981) is a Bulgarian politician of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Early life and education Alieva- ...

, member of the

party and an elected

(2019–present) *, member of the

; Mayor of Sitovo municipality *, member of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP); Deputy Prime Minister in 1989-1990 *,member of the

*, Mayor of the Municipality of Kardzhali since 2003, municipal leader of the

in Kardzhali *

Celâl Bayar Mahmud Celâleddin "Celâl" Bayar (16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986) was a Turkish economist and politician who was the third President of Turkey from 1950 to 1960; previously he was Prime Minister of Turkey from 1937 to 1939. Bayar began his c ...

, 3rd

Prime Minister of Turkey The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı'') was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Grand National Assembly of ...

(1937–39) and 3rd

President of Turkey The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey. The president directs the executive branch of the government of Tu ...

(1950–60) (Turkish Bulgarian father from Lom

Ottoman Bulgaria The history of Ottoman Bulgaria spans nearly 500 years, from the conquest by the Ottoman Empire of the smaller kingdoms emerging from the disintegrating Second Bulgarian Empire in the late 14th century, to the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. As ...

) *, member of the

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish philosopher, poet, politician of liberal signature and a community leader (for some members among the ...

, Ottoman and Turkish philosopher, poet and politician *, mayor of

Glavinitsa Municipality Glavinitsa Municipality ( bg, Община Главиница) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobrudzh ...

*, member of the

; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–08); Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports (2003–05) *, member of the

*, former member of the

; Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (2001–05) *, member of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) *

Ali Dinçer Ali Dinçer (1945 – 18 April 2007) was a Turkish mechanical engineer, politician, former Mayor of Ankara and former government minister. Ali Dinçer was born in Razgrad, Bulgaria to a family of Turkish ancestry in 1945. While he was four ye ...

, Turkish politician; former Mayor of Ankara (1977–80) and

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In o ...

(1995-96) (born in

) *

Ahmed Dogan Ahmed Demir Dogan ( bg, Ахмед Демир Доган; born 29 March 1954), born Ahmed Ismailov Ahmedov (), is a Bulgarian oligarch and politician of Turkish ethnicity. He was chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) from 1990 t ...

, chairman of the

Movement for Rights and Freedoms The Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( bg, Движение за права и свободи ''Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi'', ДПС, DPS; tr, Hak ve Özgürlükler Hareketi, HÖH) is a centrist political party in Bulgaria with a support base ...

party (1990-2013) *, member of the

*, politician *, Trade Minister of Turkey (1947–48) *, member of the

*, member of the

*, member of the EPP; Mayor of Glavinitsa municipality *, member of the

*, Mayor of

Loznitsa Loznitsa ( bg, Лозница, ; also transliterated ''Loznica'' or ''Loznitza''; tr, Kubadın) is a small town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Razgrad Province, located in the geographic region of Ludogorie. It is the administrative centre o ...

Tunalı Hilmi Abdullah Hilmi Tunalı (28 August 187126 July 1928) was a Turkish politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies, and later member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey during the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd terms. He was a politician and statesman who ...

, Ottoman and Turkish politician (born in Ottoman

) *

Filiz Husmenova Filiz Hyusmenova ( bg, Филиз Хюсменова; born 10 June 1966 in Silistra, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian politician of Bulgarian-Turkish descent who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 until 2019. She is a member of ...

, member of the

party and an elected

(2007-2019) *, regional Governor of Razgrad *, member of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party *, member of the

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

, 1st

(1923–24; 1925–37; 1961–65) and 2nd

(1938-1950) (Turkish Bulgarian mother from

) *, former member of the

*, chairman of the

People's Party Freedom and Dignity People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Altenr ...

(VVD) *, member of the

* Nihat Kabil, former Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Bulgaria (2005–08) *, member of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) *

Mustafa Karadaya Mustafa Sali Karadayi ( bg, Мустафа Сали Карадайъ, tr, Mustafa Sali Karadayı; born 8 May 1970 in Borino, Bulgaria) is a Turkish-Bulgarian politician and current Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF). Pers ...

, chairman of the

*, member of the

Metin Kazak Metin Kazak ( bg, Метин Казак; born 29 July 1972) is a Turks in Bulgaria, Bulgarian-Turkish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Biography Kazak is a member of Movement for Rights and Freedoms. He was first elec ...

, member of the

party and an elected

(2007–14) * Tchetin Kazak, member of the

party and an elected

(2007–present) * Ilhan Kyuchyuk, President of the Youth

since 2005; elected

(2014-present) *, member of the

Lyutvi Mestan Lyutvi Ahmed Mestan ( bg, Лютви Ахмед Местан, tr, Lütfi Ahmet Mestan) (born 24 December 1960) is a Bulgarian politician of Turkish-Bulgarian origin. He was chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms from January 2013 to 2 ...

, founder of the Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance *, member of the

; former Chairwoman of the State Agency for Child Protection (2001–09) *, member of the

*, member of the

*, deputy chairman of the

Vezhdi Rashidov Vezhdi Letif Rashidov ( bg, Вежди Летиф Рашидов, tr, Vecdi Latif Raşidoğlu; born 14 December 1951) is a Bulgarian duffer sculptor, GERB politician and was a Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (2009–2013; 2014–2017) who is the ...

, member of the

GERB GERB ( bg, ГЕРБ, translation=coat of arms, acronym for Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) is a conservative, populist political party which was the ruling party of Bulgaria between 2009 and 2021. History GERB is headed by for ...

party and the former Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (2009–13) *, member of the

; Mayor of Opaka municipality *, member of the

; Mayor of Omurtag municipality *, member of the

*, member of the

; Mayor of Dulovo municipality *, former member of the

*, member of the

Emel Etem Toshkova Emel Etem Toshkova ( bg, Емел Етем Тошкова) (born 4 March 1958) is a Bulgarian politician of Turkish descent with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), the main Turkish party in Bulgaria. She is the ex-Deputy Prime Ministe ...

, member of the

party; former deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2005–09) *

Ahmet Fikri Tüzer Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (1878, Şumnu, Ottoman Empire, today Shumen in Bulgaria – 16 August 1942, Ankara) was a Turkish politician, who was a member of the Republican People's Party and the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey ...

, Turkish politician;

(1942) (born in

) *, member of the

Religion

Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan, (1888 – 16 September 1959), was a 20th-century Islamic scholar born in the small Ottoman village of Ferhatlar, also known aVaratlarand today Delchevo in the Razgrad Province, Bulgaria. Süleyman later became ...

, Islamic theologist

Sports

Ismail Abilov Ismail Abilov-Nizamoğlu ( bg, Исмаил Абилов, born 9 June 1951 in Lopushna, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion. He became Olympic champion in 1980 in the freestyle middleweight class.

, Olympic wrestler * Emin Ahmed, football player *, Turkish wrestler (born in Ottoman

Ludogorie The Ludogorie ( bg, Лудогорие, usually used with a definite article, Лудогорието, ''Ludogorieto'') or Deliorman (''Делиорман'', tr, Deli Orman, lit=mad forest and Bulgarian: lud - "mad", "crazy" and gora - "forest"), ...

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Lyutvi Ahmedov Lyutvi Ahmedov (10 April 1930 – 1997) was a Bulgarian wrestler who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an intern ...

, Olympic wrestler *

Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (born 1980 in Bulgaria) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 77 kg division. He started weightlifting in İzmir, where he is a member of the weightlifting team of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. ...

, Turkish Olympic weightlifter * Samet Ashimov, football player * Beysim Beysim, football player * Şenol Can, Turkish football player and manager of

Fatih Karagümrük S.K. Fatih Karagümrük Spor Kulübü, also called Karagümrük, is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of the Fatih district in Istanbul. They currently play in the Süper Lig, the top t ...

(born in

) * Şevket Candar, Turkish football player (born in

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Ekrem Celil Ekrem Celil (born February 20, 1980 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish European champion weightlifter competing in the –69 kg and –77 kg divisions. Born in Bulgaria of Turkish descent, he started to perform weightliftin ...

, Turkish European champion weightlifter (born in

) * Said Chifudov, wrestler * Beyhan Çalışkan, Turkish football player (born in

) * Ali Ahmet Çapraz, wrestler * Mecnur Çolak, Turkish football player (born in

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Demir Demirev Demir Demirev ( bg, Демир Демирев, born 31 August 1984) is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He is of Turkish ethnicity. He participated in the men's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, ...

, weightlifter *

Basri Dirimlili Basri Dirimlili (7 June 1929 – 14 September 1997), nicknamed Mehmetcik Basri, was a Turkish football player. Career Born in Dârstor, Romania (now Silistra, Bulgaria), Dirimlili began playing football for Eskişehir Demirspor. He transferre ...

, Turkish football player (born in

) * Aksel Gürcan Demirtaş, Turkish sprinter (born in

Varna Varna may refer to: Places Europe *Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria **Varna Province **Varna Municipality ** Gulf of Varna **Lake Varna **Varna Necropolis *Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy *Varniai, a city in Lithuania * Varna (Šaba ...

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Osman Duraliev Osman Duraliev ( bg, Осман Дуралиев, 15 January 1939 – 25 April 2011) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler with Turkish origin. Between 1967 and 1972 he won ten silver medals at major international competitions, including the 1968 ...

, Olymipic wrestler *, Turkish football player (born in

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Mehmed Fikretov Mehmed Fikretov (Bulgarian: Мехмед Фикретов; born ) is a retired Bulgarian male weightlifter, most recently competing in the 69 kg division at the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships. Career Fikretov was among 11 athletes on ...

, weightlifter * Ekrem Genç, football player * Zekeriya Güçlü, wrestler * Fedail Güler, Turkish World Champion weightlifter (born in Bulgaria) *

Sibel Güler Sibel Güler Sağır (born September 28, 1984, in Bulgaria) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She is a four-time medalist and two-time defending champion at the European Taekwondo Championships since 2004. She also claimed the middleweight div ...

, Turkish taekwondo practitioner (born in Bulgaria) * Gürhan Gürsoy, football player *

Mehmet Hacıoğlu Mehmet Hacıoğlu (born 28 November 1959 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Turkish coach of Turkey national under-18 football team, Fenerbahçe PAF and former soccer player. He started his professional football managing career with Erzurumspor and also ...

, Turkish football player and coach (born in

) * Nurullah Hasan, Ottoman wrestler (born in

) *

Ahmed Hikmet Ahmed Hikmet ( bg, Ахмед Хикмет; born 5 October 1984) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive ...

, football player * Soner Hyusein, football player * Hergeleci Ibrahim, Turkish oil wrestler (born in Ezerche) * Murad Ibrahim, football player * Said Ibraimov, football player and coach of

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They ...

Ismail Isa Ismail Isa Mustafa ( bg, Исмаил Иса Мустафа; born 26 June 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cherno More Varna. Career Born in Targovishte, Isa started playing football at PFC Svetkavitsa's y ...

, football player * Hasan Isaev, Olympic wrestler *

Yusuf İsmail Yusuf İsmail (1857 – July 4, 1898), also known as Youssouf Ishmaelo, was a Turkish professional wrestler who competed in Europe and the United States as Yusuf Ismail the Terrible Turk during the 1890s. During his lifetime, native Turks knew h ...

, Ottoman wrestler (born in

) * Arhan Isuf, football player *, Ottoman wrestler * Eray Karadayi, football player * Birsent Karagaren, football player who plays for the

Bulgaria national football team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international Association football, football and is administere ...

* Alper Kasapoğlu, Turkish Olympic athlete (born in

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Myumyun Kashmer Myumyun Kashmer ( bg, Мюмюн Кашмер; born 20 January 1962), also known under his Bulgarian passport name Milan Kashmerov, is a former Bulgarian footballer of Turkish descent, who played as a forward. Honours Club ;Lokomotiv Sofia * B ...

, football player *, Turkish football player (born in

) *, Turkish football player (born in

) *

Dzhihat Kyamil Dzhihat Kyamil ( bg, Джихат Кямил, tr, Cihat Kyamil; born 4 August 1989) is a Bulgarian footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a midfielder for Pavlikeni. Career Dzihat made his competitive debut for CSKA Sofia in the last match ...

, football player * Kızılcıklı Mahmut, Turkish wrestler (born in

) * Teynur Marem, football player * Husein Mehmedov, Olympic wrestler *

Bahar Mert Bahar Mert Üçoklar (born 13 December 1975 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a retired Turkish volleyball player. She is 180 cm and plays as setter. She plays for Türk Telekom Ankara. She has been on the team since 2007 and wears the number 1. ...

, Turkish volleyball player (born in

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Mesut Mert Mesut Mert (born 18 March 1978) is a Bulgarian-born Canadian football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for HFX Wanderers and as head coach of the Saint Mary's University men's soccer team. Playing career Mert made his U ...

, Canadian football coach *

Said Mustafov Said Mustafov ( bg, Саид Мустафов; born 13 March 1933) is a Bulgarian former wrestler who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968) ...

, Olympic wrestler *

Halil Mutlu Halil Mutlu (born Halil Aliev () on 14 July 1973 in Postnik, Bulgaria) is a former professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championship titles. Mutlu is one of the five weightlifters who has achieved three consecutive ...

, Turkish Olympic weightlifter (born in (

) * Tezdzhan Naimova, sprinter *

Emin Nouri Emin Nouri ( bg, Емин Нури, tr, Emin Nuri; born 22 July 1985) is a former professional footballer. He was born in Bulgaria and represented Sweden as a youth. He then represented Azerbaijan at senior level. Career Nouri was born in Ka ...

, Swedish and Azerbaijani football player (born in

) * Filiz Osmanodja, German-born chess player (Turkish Bulgarian parents) * Gülümser Öney, Turkish chess player (born in

Pleven Pleven ( bg, Плèвен ) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality. It is the biggest ...

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Nesim Özgür Nesim Özgür or Nesim Neshadov ( bg, Несим Нешадов) (born 8 June 1973) is a former Turkish-Bulgarian footballer. He played for the Süper Lig clubs İstanbulspor, Trabzonspor, Malatyaspor and Bursaspor. He also played for Litex Love ...

, football player *

Semavi Özgür Semavi Özgür (born 15 February 1982) is a Turkish former football player. References 1982 births Living people Turkish footballers Association football midfielders Association football defenders MKE Ankaragücü footballers Manisas ...

, Turkish football player (born in Bulgaria) * Yılmaz Özlem, Turkish football player (born in Bulgaria) * Neriman Özsoy, Turkish volleyball player (born in

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Erdoğan Partener Erdoğan Partener (5 March 1929 – 13 November 1995) was a Turkish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References

1929 births 1995 deaths Turkish men's basketball players Olympic ba ...

, Turkish Olympic basketball player (born in

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Cahit Paşa Cahit Paşa (born August 25, 1973 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish retired midfielder. in Turkish Super Liga. He also played for Bornovaspor, Kuşadasıspor, Efesspor, Kartalspor, Konyaspor, Karşıyaka S.K., Aksarayspor, Siirtspor, Yalo ...

, Turkish football player (born in

) *, Turkish wrestler (born in Ottoman

) *, Ottoman wrestler (born in

) *

Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan (1864 in Bukurovo village near Tırnova – April 11, 1939 in Kurtdere village near Balıkesir) was a wrestler. He lived most of his life in the village of Kurtdere, 40 km from Balıkesir. He stood 6'5 (196& ...

, Ottoman and Turkish wrestler (born in Bukurovo) *, football player * Ismet Ramadan, football player * Bekir Rasim, football player *

Shener Remzi Shener Hyusein Remzi ( bg, Шенер Ремзи; born 18 August 1976) is a Bulgarian footballer of Turkish descent, who currently plays for FC Kubrat as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midf ...

, football player * Ruzhdi Ruzhdi, Paralympian track and field athlete *

Erol Sabanov Erol Sabanov (born 16 May 1974) is a German former footballer of Turkish Bulgarian origin who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the assistant manager and goalkeeper coach of Stuttgarter Kickers. Career Of Turkish descent, Sabanov began hi ...

, German-born football player (Turkish Bulgarian parents) *

Ayan Sadakov Ayan Faikov Sadakov ( bg, Аян Фаиков Садъков) (26 September 1961 – 1 July 2017) was a Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Club career Sadakov began his club career ...

, former football player * Çetin Sadula, football player *

Nezir Sağır Nezir Sağır (born October 19, 1983 in Isperih, Bulgaria) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the –85 kg division. The tall athlete at is a member of Ankara Demir Spor, where he is coached by Osman Nuri Vural. Early years He wa ...

Turkish Olympic weightlifter (born in

Isperih Isperih ( bg, Исперих ; tr, Kemallar) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Razgrad Province, situated in the central part of the Ludogorie region. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Isperih Municipality. As of December ...

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Taner Sağır Taner Sağır (born 13 March 1985 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish world and Olympic weightlifting champion. Coming into Athens as holder of all the junior world records at the age of only 19, he broke the Olympic records in the category &nda ...

, Turkish World and Olympic weightlifting champion (born in

) * Dormushali Safet Saidhodzha, football player * Salim Salimov, Olympic boxer * Edis Seliminski, football player *

Nermedin Selimov Nermedin Selimov ( bg, Нермедин Селимов; born 3 January 1954) is a Bulgarian former wrestler who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and ...

, Olympic wrestler *

Yakup Sertkaya Yakup Sertkaya (born 23 September 1978) is a former Turkish professional footballer. He started his career with Altay S.K. and then he also played for Bursaspor and Moldovan side FC Costuleni FC Costuleni was a Moldovan football club based ...

, Turkish football player (born in

) *

Shaban Shefket Shaban Shefket ( bg, Шабан Шефкет) is a former Bulgarian footballer of Bulgarian-Turkish descent. He played for PFC Shumen 2010 in the 1990s when the club achieved promotion to the A PFG. He has also represented amateur side "Три� ...

, football player *

İlyas Şükrüoğlu İlyas Şükrüoğlu (born 1966) is a Turkish Olympic wrestler competing in the light flyweight (-48 kg) division. He holds two European silver medals and one gold medal at the Mediterranean Games. He was born as an ethnic Turk in Bulgaria, and ...

, Turkish Olympic wrestler (born in

) *

Naim Süleymanoğlu Naim Süleymanoğlu ( bg, Наим Сюлейманоглу; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Bulgarian-born Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist ...

, Turkish World and Olympic weightlifter (born in Ptichar) * Aysel Taş, Turkish javelin thrower (born in Bulgaria) *

Serafim Todorov Serafim Simeonov Todorov ( bg, Серафим Симеонов Тодоров; born 6 July 1969) is a former Bulgarian Olympic amateur boxer. He won three consecutive gold medals at both the World and European Championships, and silver at the 199 ...

, Turkish boxer (born in

Peshtera Peshtera ( bg, Пещера , sometimes transliterated as ''Peštera''; rup, Peshtera) is a town in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province near the towns of Batak and Bratsigovo. The town is the third ...

) * Ertan Tombak, football player * Zehra Topel, Turkish chess player (born in

) *, Turkish football player (born in

) *

Gursel Veli Gursel Veli ( bg, Гюрсел Вели tr, Veli Gürsel) (born 8 August 1982) is a Bulgarian people, Bulgarian football player of Turks in Bulgaria, Turkish origin, currently playing for F.C. Vereya, Vereya as a midfielder. Veli is an offensive ...

, football player * Aykut Yanukov, football player * Dzuneit Yashar, football player *

Nevriye Yılmaz Nevriye Yılmaz (; born 16 June 1980) is a Turkish retired basketball player. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria in a Turkish family, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old. In 1997, she won the World High School B ...

, Turkish basketball player (born in

) * Yuksel Yumerov, football player * Oktay Yusein, football player * Serkan Yusein, football player *

Taybe Yusein Taybe Mustafa Yusein ( bg, Тайбе Юсеин Мустафа; born 4 May 1991 in Kubrat) is a Bulgarian wrestler. She competes in 59 kg division and has won a total of six World championship medals and eight European championship medals. ...

, wrestler * Nejdet Zalev, Olympic wrestler

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* Türkan Feyzullah, 18-month-old baby shot by Bulgarian troops during an anti-Bulgarisation protest

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