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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
citizens of full or partial Turkish ancestry.


Academia

*, professor at Bilkent University *
Uğur Ümit Üngör Uğur Ümit Üngör (born 1980) is a Turkish scholar of genocide and mass violence. Career Üngör, who was born in Turkey and raised in Enschede in the Netherlands, earned a doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in 2009,Aram Arkun"Prolific ...
, scholar of genocide studies


Activism

*, ambassador of the Dutch Autism Association *, feminist


Arts and literature

*, writer *, journalist *
Sevtap Baycılı Sevtap Baycılı is a Dutch writer of Turkish extraction. Born in Istanbul in 1968, she studied philosophy in Turkey, earning the nickname "Miss Wittgenstein". She settled in the Netherlands in 1991. Her first novel, ''De Markov-keten'' ("The Ma ...
, novelist * Sedat Çakır, writer * Altan Erdogan, former editor of the
Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
weekly
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Nieuwe Revu The ''Nieuwe Revu'' is a weekly general interest magazine from the Netherlands, published on Wednesdays and written in Dutch. History and profile In the 1970s the magazine was explicitly left-winged and focused on sport, sex, sensation and socia ...
'' * :nl:Özkan Gölpinar, publicist for ''
Trouw ''Trouw'' (; ) is a Dutch daily newspaper appearing in compact size. It was founded in 1943 as an orthodox Protestant underground newspaper during World War II. Since 2009, it has been owned by DPG Media (known as De Persgroep until 2019). ''Tr ...
'', ''
De Groene Amsterdammer ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam and distributed throughout the Netherlands. It is conventionally considered to be one of the four major weeklies, alongside ''HP/De Tijd'', ''Vrij Neder ...
'' and ''Contrast'' *
Halil Gür Halil Gür (born 14 February 1951, in Karakese) is a Turkish-born Dutch writer who made his debut with his novel 'Crazy Mustafa and other stories' in 1984. He was the pioneer of a large group of Dutch writers from non-western cultures. The fa ...
, novelist *
Hatice Guleryuz Hatice (also Hadice, Hatçe) is an Arabic-origin Turkish feminine given name and Turkish variant of Khadija (wife of Muhammad). It means trustworthy, respected, and early born baby girl. People Notable people with that name include: Ottoman peri ...
, contemporary artist * Mehmet Refii Kileci, artist *
Ahmet Ögüt Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...
, conceptual artist *, journalist and editor-in-chief of ''SEN Magazine'' *, journalist *
Ebru Umar Ebru Umar (; ; born 20 May 1970) is a Dutch columnist of Turkish descent. Under the influence of Theo van Gogh, she gave up a career in management and became a columnist, first for van Gogh's website and, after he was assassinated, as his success ...
, columnist * Sadık Yemni, science fiction author


Business

*, businesswoman *
Nedim Imac Nedim Imaç (born 1966 in The Hague - died February 17, 2007, in Amsterdam) was a Turkish-Dutch businessman and sports executive. He was the former chairman of the Amsterdam football club Türkiyemspor and a prominent face of the Turkish communit ...
, businessman and former chairman of the Amsterdam football club Türkiyemspor *
Erdinç Saçan Erdinç Saçan (born 12 May 1979) is a Dutch internet entrepreneur, website administrator, columnist and politician for the PvdA. Saçan was born in 's-Hertogenbosch. After studying management and data processing at the Fontys college, he establi ...
, internet entrepreneur


Cinema and television

*
Azra Akın Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on December 7, 2002. Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Netherlands, to Turkish parents. Her father (Nazım ...
, actress, singer and winner of
Miss Turkey Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational. History Miss Turk ...
2002 and
Miss World 2002 Miss World 2002, the 52nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 7 December 2002 at the Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom. It was initially intended to be staged in Abuja, but due to religious riots in the nearby city of Kadun ...
*, actress and winner of
Miss Nederland Miss Nederland is a national Beauty pageant in the Netherlands. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. History Former pageant From 1929 to 1931, the Netherlands held a national pageant in Amsterdam fo ...
2008 *
Evrim Akyigit Evrim Akyigit (born January 31, 1977 in Izmir, Turkey) is a Dutch actress of Turkish origin. She is best known for her role as Cabar-Elif Özal in the Dutch soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or te ...
, actress *
Elvan Akyıldız Elvan Akyıldız (born 31 January 1977, Izmir (Turkey)) is a Dutch actress, presenter and cabaret performer of Turkish origin.http://www.echo.nl/ww-hd/uitgaan/redactie/779289/goed.nieuws.hassan.s.angels/ She is best known for her role as Elvan o ...
, actress *
Pinar Arslan Pinar may refer to: * Pınar, Turkish feminine given name * Píñar, municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain * Pinar del Río, a city of Cuba * Pinar del Río Province, a province of Cuba * Pinar, Albania, village in Tirana Coun ...
, crowned Miss
Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
in 2011 and placed 4th in Miss Nederland 2011 *, documentary maker *, actor *, actor *, film director, screenwriter and actor *
Hayat Van Eck Hayat or Hayet is an Arabic word which means "life". People * Hayat Boumeddiene, common law wife of Amedy Coulibaly, who perpetrated the Montrouge shooting in France in 2015 *Hayat Kabasakal, Turkish management academic * Malik Asif Hayat, chair ...
, actor *, presenter and documentary maker *, actress * Sevtap Ergec, placed 5th in Miss Nederland 2010 *, actor *, actress *, actress *, vlogger on YouTube and documentary maker *, film director *, actress *, winner of
Miss Turkey Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational. History Miss Turk ...
1992 and mother of Miss Turkey 2018 Tara De Vries *, TV Presenter *, TV Presenter *, actress *, actor *
Nazmiye Oral Nazmiye Oral (born 1969) is a Dutch actress and writer. She has won a Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama. Career Nazmiye Oral began her career working for Dutch Muslim Broadcasting and interviewing figures such as Theo van Gog ...
, actress and writer * Cahit Ölmez, actor *
Melisa Aslı Pamuk Melisa Aslı Pamuk (; born 14 April 1991) is a Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder born in the Netherlands. Her family is from İskenderun, Hatay, Turkey. She won the title of Miss Turkey 2011 on 2 June 2011. Pamuk accepted the ...
, actress and winner of
Miss Turkey Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational. History Miss Turk ...
2011 *, actress *, filmmaker *, actor * Gamze Tazim, actress *
Nazlı Tolga Nazlı Tolga (born 8 November 1979) is a Turkish-Dutch journalist and television host. Tolga was the anchorwoman of the leading local and foreign affairs programme FOX Ana Haber and ''Nazlı Tolga ile Haber Masası''. Nazlı Tolga was born in ...
, television host and model * Tara De Vries, winner of
Miss Turkey Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational. History Miss Turk ...
2018 *, documentary maker *, filmmaker *, actress *, actress *, actress


Music

*
Sinan Akçıl Sinan Akçıl (born 20 May 1982) is a Turkish composer, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for producing Hadise's Eurovision 2009 song for Turkey, called "Düm Tek Tek". Personal life Sinan Akçıl married popular Turkish actress ...
, singer-songwriter and record producer * Ufuk Çalışkan, singer *, folk musician *, composer *
Atiye Deniz Deniz Atiye Yılmaz (born 22 November 1988), originally known by the artist name Atiye Deniz () and later by the mononym Atiye, is a Turkish pop singer. She releases songs in Turkish, Arabic and English. Career The second album by Atiye was s ...
, singer * Selim Doğru, pianist * Karsu Dönmez, singer, pianist and composer *, saxophonist *
Joan Franka Joan Franka (born 2 April 1990 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch singer with the birthname of Joany Franka Johanna Ayten Hazebroek. Her late father was Turkish, while her mother is Dutch. She represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 ...
, singer who represented the Netherlands at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azerb ...
*
Altın Gün Altın Gün (meaning ''Golden Day'' in Turkish) is a Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as Anatolian rock, band from Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded by bassist Jasper Verhulst in 2016 when he posted an ad on Facebook looking for Turki ...
, Anatolian rock and Turkish Psychedelic Folk band *
Burak King Burak Canatan (born 17 May 1992), better known by his stage name Burak King, is a Turkish rapper, songwriter and musician. Career Through Cem Yılmaz and Ertuğrul Özkök's help, King's song "Günah Benim" became widely known and resulted in ...
, rapper, songwriter and musician *, rapper * Murda, rapper *, singer * Ummet Ozcan, DJ and record producer *
Taylan Susam Taylan Susam (born November 18, 1986) is a Turkish-Dutch composer of experimental music. He is a member of the Wandelweiser group, which has been described by ''The New Yorker'' as "an informal network of twenty or so experimental-minded compos ...
, composer of experimental music * Umut Timur, singer * Turk, rapper *, singer *
Behsat Üvez Behsat Üvez (May 2, 1959 – February 22, 2013) was a Turkish singer, composer, and teacher. He was the founder of Barana. Üvez was born in Ankara. Death On February 22, 2013, Behsat Üvez died of lung cancer in Groningen Groningen (; g ...
, singer and composer * , disc jockey and music producer (Turkish father) *
Burak Yeter Burak Yeter (born 5 May 1982) is a Turkish-Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. Early life By age eight Yeter picked up playing the guitar. After receiving his undergraduate education in Civil Engineering in Akdeniz University, Yeter sett ...
, DJ, record producer and remixer


Religion

*, chairman of Aya Sofia


Politics

*
Nebahat Albayrak Nebahat Albayrak (born 10 April 1968) is a retired Turkish–Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. She is a corporate director at Upstream International a division of Royal Dutch Shell since 5 November 2012. Biography Alb ...
, member of the PvdA *, member of the PvdA *
Mahir Alkaya Mahir Önder Alkaya (born 6 July 1988) is a Dutch politician who has been a Socialist Party member of the House of Representatives since 18 January 2018. Education Alkaya went to Amsterdams Lyceum, and graduated from Delft University of Techn ...
, member of the SP *
Stephan van Baarle Stephan Ruben Tobias van Baarle (born 25 August 1991) is a Dutch politician, serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the minority interest party DENK, he also served on the Rotterdam municipal council from 201 ...
, member of ''
DENK Denk may refer to: People *Jeremy Denk (born 1970), American classical pianist * Michael K. Denk, Canadian professor of chemistry * Paula Denk (1908–1978), German actress *Ralph Denk (born 1973), German cyclist and cycling manager *Ulrike Denk ( ...
'' * Ali Osman Biçen *
Emine Bozkurt Emine Bozkurt (born 9 August 1967) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2014. She is a member of the Dutch Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists. In the Euro ...
,
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 ...
(2004 and 2014) and member of the PvdA * Yasemin Cegerek, member of the PvdA * Metin Çelik, former member of the PvdA, current chairman of ''
DENK Denk may refer to: People *Jeremy Denk (born 1970), American classical pianist * Michael K. Denk, Canadian professor of chemistry * Paula Denk (1908–1978), German actress *Ralph Denk (born 1973), German cyclist and cycling manager *Ulrike Denk ( ...
'' * Coşkun Çörüz, member of the CDA *
Kemal DerviÅŸ Kemal DerviÅŸ (; born 10 January 1949) is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development ass ...
, economist and politician *
Nihat Eski Nihat Eski (born 24 July 1963 in Tosya, Turkey) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic p ...
, member of the CDA *
Sultan Günal-Gezer Sultan Günal-Gezer (born 1 May 1961) is a Dutch politician of Turks in the Netherlands, Turkish descent. As a member of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was a member of the House of Representatives (Netherl ...
member of the PvdA *
Nilüfer Gündoğan Nilüfer Gündoğan (born 6 June 1977) is a Dutch politician, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives. She was elected to the House in the 2021 Dutch general election, 2021 general election ...
, member of ''
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'' *
Hamit Karakus Hamit Karakus (born 22 February 1965) is a Turkish-Dutch politician, who has a seat in the Senate and previously served as an alderman in Rotterdam. He is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Born in Turkey, Karakus grew up in Steenwijk and ...
, member of the PvdA * Hülya Kat, member of the D66 *
Fatma Koşer Kaya Fatma Koşer Kaya (born February 20, 1968 in Çarşamba, Turkey) is a Dutch lawyer and politician of Turks in the Netherlands, Turkish origin. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) she was an MP from September 8, 2004 to September 19, 2012. She focu ...
, lawyer and a member of the D66 *, councillor for participation and culture in the municipality of Rotterdam *
Tunahan Kuzu Tunahan Kuzu (born 5 June 1981) is a Turkey, Turkish-born Netherlands, Dutch politician. He is a former member of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA). He has been an House of Representatives (Netherlands), MP since 20 September 201 ...
, co-founder of ''
DENK Denk may refer to: People *Jeremy Denk (born 1970), American classical pianist * Michael K. Denk, Canadian professor of chemistry * Paula Denk (1908–1978), German actress *Ralph Denk (born 1973), German cyclist and cycling manager *Ulrike Denk ( ...
'' *, member of the PvdA *, member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy * Zihni Özdil, historian and member of GL *
Selçuk Öztürk Selçuk Öztürk (born 8 April 1972) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent. He is a former member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Since 8 November 2012, he has been an MP. On 13 November 2014, Öztürk and Tunahan Kuzu left the Labor Party and ...
, co-founder of ''
DENK Denk may refer to: People *Jeremy Denk (born 1970), American classical pianist * Michael K. Denk, Canadian professor of chemistry * Paula Denk (1908–1978), German actress *Ralph Denk (born 1973), German cyclist and cycling manager *Ulrike Denk ( ...
'' * Nevin Özütok, member of GL *, councilor in Apeldoorn for the CDA *, member of the PvdA * Keklik Yücel, member of the PvdA


Sports

* Rohat Agca, football player * Özgür Aktaş, football player * Furkan Alakmak, football player *, football player * Adnan Alisic, football player * Erol Erdal Alkan, football player *, football player * Yener Arıca, football player * Ceylan Arıkan, football player * Deniz Aslan, football player *
Murat Aygün Murat Aygün (born 13 December 1988) is a Dutch-Turkish kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory. As of February 2022, he is the #6 ranked heavyweight according to Combat Press. Combat Press has ranked him in the hea ...
, kickboxer *
Leyla Bağcı Leyla Firdevs Bağcı (born February 6, 1990) is a Turks in the Netherlands, Turkish-Dutch women's soccer, women's football goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. She played in the Netherlands and Belgium, and was part of the Turkey women ...
, women's football goalkeeper * Emre Bal, football player * Yusuf Barasi, football player *
Bilal Başaçıkoğlu Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (born 26 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Tuzlaspor. He formerly played for SC Heerenveen, Feyenoord and Kayserispor. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at under-21 ...
, football player *
Ertugrul Bayrak ErtuÄŸrul Bayrak (born June 17, 1992) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer, currently signed with Glory, where he is the #1 ranked middleweight. He is ranked as the sixth best middleweight in the world by Beyond Kick, as of October 2022. He was ranke ...
, kickboxer *
Ömer Bayram Ömer Bayram (born 27 July 1991) is a Turkish professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), left back for Eyüpspor. Club career Bayram played youth football for PCP and VV Baronie, Baronie before m ...
, football player * Emir Biberoğlu, football player * Emre Bilgin, football player *, football player * Brian Bulgaç, road bicycle racer * Samet Bulut, football player *, football player *, football player *
Caner Cavlan Caner Cavlan (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back for Turkish club Bandırmaspor. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Turkey and Austria. Club career Cavlan is known for his passing skills. Cav ...
, football player *
Hüseyin Cengiz Hüseyin Cengiz (born 25 July 1984) is a Turkish-Dutch former footballer. Club career Cengiz played for De Graafschap and Turkish side Yozgatspor, before joining Eerste Divisie club AGOVV in 2006. He left AGOVV for Turkish second division sid ...
, football player *, football player * Serhat Çakmak, football player * Cihat Çelik, football player *
Tolgahan Çiçek Tolgahan Mulla Çiçek (born 19 June 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for TFF Third League side Osmaniyespor FK. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at under-21 international level. Club career From 2014, Ç ...
, football player *
Nadir Çiftçi Nadir Çiftçi (born 12 February 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF Second League club Karaman FK. In a nomadic career he has played for Portsmouth, Kayserispor, NAC Breda, Dundee United, Celtic, Eskişehir ...
, football player * Halil Çolak, football player * Orhan Delibaş, boxer *
Aykut Demir Aykut Demir (born 22 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Ankara Keçiörengücü. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey at international level. Club career Demir made his debut in professional footba ...
, football player *, football player *
Halil DerviÅŸoÄŸlu Halil Ä°brahim DerviÅŸoÄŸlu (born 8 December 1999) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club Burnley F.C., Burnley, on loan from club Brentford F.C., Brentford. Born in N ...
, football player * Mehmet Dingil, football player * Huseyin Dogan, football player *, football coach *, football player *
Ferdi Elmas Ferdi Elmas (born 13 February 1985) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elmas played for Ajax for over nine years in his youth, having come through the ranks of the clu ...
, football player *
Yasin Erdal Yasin Erdal (born May 30, 1986) is a Turkish-Dutch futsal player. He currently plays for LZV Marku Bouw and is a member of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal co ...
, futsal player * Zeki Erkilinc, football player * Tarik Evre, football player * Alper Göbel, football player *, football player * Doğan Gölpek, football player *
Ferhat Görgülü Ferhat Görgülü (born 28 October 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a defender for Arnavutköy Belediyespor in the Turkish TFF Second League. Career Görgülü was born in Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands ...
, football player *
Serdar Gözübüyük Serdar Gözübüyük (born 29 October 1985) is a Dutch professional football referee in the Netherlands. He has officiated in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the match between Malta and Italy on 26 March 2013.FIFA FIFA (; s ...
, football referee *
Ali Gunyar Ali Gunyar (born 22 September 1979 in Eindhoven) is a Turkish-Dutch middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Eindhoven, Netherlands for Team Gunyar, where he is trained by his brother Suleyman Gunyar. Ali is a four-time kickboxing and ...
, kickboxer * Engin Güngör, football player * Doğucan Haspolat, football player * Ferdi Kadioglu, football player *
Ekrem Kahya Ekrem Kahya (born 9 February 1978) is a Dutch football manager and former professional association football, footballer. After beginning his professional career in 1996 with ADO Den Haag, he has since played for Denizlispor, Go Ahead Eagles, FC ...
, football player *
Fatih Kamaçi Fatih Kamaçi (born 23 May 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Derde Divisie club Dongen Dongen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In ...
, football player *, football player *, football player *, football player *, football player *
Sinan Keskin Muhammet Sinan Keskin (born 13 August 1994) is a Dutch-Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Early career Born in The Hague, Netherlands, Keskin began his career in the youth ranks of local side Lenig en Snel. ...
, football player * Ahmet Kilic, football player *
Hasan Kılıç Hasan Kılıç (born 27 July 1992) is a Dutch- Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Pendikspor. He formerly played for FC Den Bosch. External links Hasan Kılıçat ''Voetbal International ''Voetbal Inte ...
, football player *
Shirley Kocaçınar Shirley Hubertina Maria Adriana Kocaçınar (born 4 December 1986) is a women's soccer, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward, currently playing for Fortuna Sittard. Born in the Netherlands, she represented Turkey wo ...
, female football player *
Serhat Koç Serhat Koç (born 18 July 1990) is a Dutch former professional footballer who plays for KFC Esperanza Pelt. Career Born in Eindhoven, Koç made his first first team appearance on 11 January 2008 against FC Volendam. On 10 December 2008, he a ...
, football player * Çağrı Kodalak, football player *
Evren Korkmaz Evren Korkmaz (born 27 April 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Adanaspor. Club career Born in Venlo to Turkish parents, Korkmaz made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for VVV-Venlo on ...
, football player *
Mustafa Korkmaz Mustafa Korkmaz (January 18, 1988) is a Turks in the Netherlands, Turkish descent Dutch wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He competes for the Netherlands men's national wheelchair basketball team at the Wheelchair basketball at the 201 ...
, wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian *, football player * Orkun Kökçü, football player * Ozan Kökçü, football player * Serhat Köksal, football player * Furkan Kurban, football player *
Baki Mercimek Baki Mercimek (born 17 September 1982 in Amsterdam) is a former footballer. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey national football team, Turkey at international level. Career He previously had spells with Sunderland AFC in England, f ...
, football player * Hursut Meric, football player * Hilmi Mihçi, football player * Muslu Nalbantoğlu, football player *
Murat Önal Murat Önal (born 20 July 1987 in Salihli, Manisa, Turkey) is a Turkish-born Dutch footballer of Kazakh descent who plays as a striker for FC Lisse in the Topklasse. Önal began his career with Amsterdamsche FC and was promoted to the first t ...
, football player * Tufan Özbozkurt, football player *
Tayfun Özcan Tayfun Özcan is a Dutch-Turkish kickboxer, born and raised in Tilburg, Netherlands. He is the former Enfusion 72.5 kg and 70 kg World champion. He is currently signed with ONE Championship. Tayfun holds notable wins over Andy Souwer, Davit Ki ...
, kickboxer *, football player *, football player *
Alim Öztürk Alim Öztürk (born 17 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Samsunspor. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Turkey. Öztürk has previously played for Dutch club SC Cambuur, Trabzonspor ...
, football player *
Oğuzhan Özyakup Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 23 September 1992), also known as Ozzie or Ozzy, is a Turkish-Dutch professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard as a midfielder. Born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, Özyakup has previously featured ...
, football player *
Hatice Özyurt Hatice Ozyurt (born ) is a Dutch female kickboxer and mixed martial artist, based in Steenwijk, Netherlands. She has competed professionally since 2010 and a WAKO-Pro runner up and mixed martial artist. Kickboxing record (incomplete) , - s ...
, kickboxer * Hayri Pinarci, football player *, football player *
Gökhan Saki Gökhan Saki (born 18 October 1983Mustafa Saymak Mustafa Saymak (born 11 February 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Bandırmaspor. He has represented both Turkey and the Netherlands at various international youth levels. Club career PEC Zwolle 2 ...
, football player * Resit Schuurman, football player * Ömer Sepici, football player *
Selman Sevinç Selman Sevinç (born 12 April 1995 in Venlo) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Darıca Gençlerbirliği. Born in the Netherlands, he elected to represent Turkey at youth international level. Career In July 2 ...
, football player *
Fatih Sonkaya Fatih Sonkaya (born 1 July 1981) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a right back. He also held Dutch nationality, due to the many years spent in that country. Club career Although born in Oltu, Eastern Anatolia Region, Sonkaya spent ...
, football player * Mahmut Sönmez, football player * Kürşad Sürmeli, football player *, football player * Tunahan Taşçı, football player * Elayis Tavşan, football player *
Esmeral Tunçluer Esmeral Özçelik Tunçluer (born 7 April 1980)
, basketball player * Oğuzhan Türk, football player *, football player * Deniz Türüç, football player * Ali Ulusoy, football player *
Fuat Usta Fuat Usta (born 3 July 1972) is a Turkish football coach and former professional player. Playing career Usta played as a midfielder in the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, and Japan with Rapid, MVV'02, Fortuna Sittard, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ, Cambuur, Sparta, ...
, football player *
Suat Usta Suat Usta (born 3 August 1981) is a former footballer. who played as a centre back. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Turkey at youth international levels. Career Formerly, he played for FC Eindhoven, MVV Maastricht, Galatasaray, Antalyas ...
, football player *
Naci Ünüvar Naci Ünüvar (born 13 June 2003) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Trabzonspor on loan from Ajax. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020". Club career On 22 January 2020, Ünüvar played his first ma ...
, football player *
Şahin Yakut Şahin Yakut (born 8 May 1979 in Iğdır, Turkey) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist, currently living in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands and training in Gym Alkmaar. He is a member of the It's Showtime Team and is a training par ...
, kickboxer *, football player * Özcan Yasar, football player *, football player * Atilla Yildirim, football player ( Turkish German origin) *
Ismaïl Yıldırım Ismaïl Yıldırım (born 1 June 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for VV Capelle in the Dutch Vierde Divisie. He formerly played for Boluspor, Kozakken Boys, RKC Waalwijk, and ASWH. Football career Yı ...
, football player * Murat Yıldırım, football player * Uğur Yıldırım, football player * Salih Yildiz, football player *, football player *, football player * Mustafa Yücedağ, football player * Ümran Zambak, football player


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* Seyit Höçük, astrophysicist *
Marti Sarigul-Klijn Marti may refer to People Surname * Benedictus Aretius (non-Latinized surname Marti; 1504-1574), Swiss Protestant theologian and natural philosopher * Berthe Marti (1904–1995), French scholar of mediaeval Latin * Debbie Marti (born 1968), Englis ...
, US-based test pilot


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List of Dutch people Dutch people who are famous or notable include: Arts Architecture *Jaap Bakema (1914–1981) *Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856–1934) *Jo van den Broek (1898–1978) *Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch Golden Age architect *Pierre Cu ...
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Turks in the Netherlands Turks in the Netherlands (occasionally and colloquially Dutch Turks or Turkish-Dutch; nl, Turkse Nederlander; tr, ) refers to people of full or partial Turkish ethnicity living in the Netherlands. They form the largest ethnic minority group i ...


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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...