Turkish Armenians include:

Arts and entertainment

Rober Hatemo Rober Hatemo ( hy, Րոբեր Հաթեմո, born December 25, 1974) is a Turkic peoples, Turkish pop singer of Armenians, Armenian descent. Life He is of Armenians in Turkey, Armenian descent and was born in Çanakkale. Discography Albums * ...

(born 1974), singer *

Şahan Arzruni Şahan Arzruni ( hy, Շահան Արծրունի; born 8 June 1943) is an Armenian classical pianist, ethnomusicologist, lecturer, composer, writer and producer, residing in New York City. Early life and education Arzruni (also transliterated ...

(born 1943), pianist * Nonna Bella, singer *

Hayko Cepkin Hayko Cepkin (born 11 March 1978) is a Turkish musician of Armenian descent. Beginnings Hayko Cepkin has shared the stage with the likes of Kurban, Öztürk, Birol Namoğlu, Ogün Sanlısoy, Aylin Aslım, Koray Candemir and Demir Demirkan. ...

(born 1978), musician * Jaklin Çarkçı (born 1958), mezzo-soprano * Masis Aram Gözbek (born 1987), conductor of Bosphorus Jazz Choir *

Ara Güler Ara Güler ( hy, Արա ԿիւլԷր; 16 August 1928 – 17 October 2018) was an Armenian-Turkish photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". He was "one of Turkey's few internationally known photographers ...

(1928–2018), photojournalist * (1925–2002), actor * (born 1939), actress * Sirvart Kalpakian Karamanuk (1912–2008), composer * Cem Karaca (1945–2004), rock musician (Armenian mother) *

Toto Karaca İrma Felekyan, better known as Toto Karaca (18 March 1912 – 22 July 1992), was a Turkish stage actress. Of Armenian descent, Felekyan was born on March 18, 1912 in the Ottoman Empire. Her mother was Mari Hranuş Felekyan. She learned ballet ...

(1912–1992), actress *

Ferdi Özbeğen Ferdi Özbeğen (19 August 1941 – 28 January 2013) was a Turkish singer of folk and popular music. Early life and education Ferdi Özbeğen was born on 17 August 1941, in Izmir. His father was Hassan Özbeğen, an immigrant from Crete, and ...

(1941–2013), musician (Armenian mother) *

Udi Hrant Kenkulian Udi Hrant Kenkulian ( hy, Հրանդ Քենքուլեան; tr, Hrant Kenkülyan; 1901 – August 29, 1978), often referred to as Udi Hrant (lit. "oud-player Hrant") or as Hrant Emre ("Hrant of the soul") was an oud player of Turkish classical ...

(1901–1978), oud player *

Yaşar Kurt Arşak Yaşar Kurt ( hy, Արշակ Յաշար Կուրթ, born 16 August 1968) is a Turkish-Armenian rock artist. Biography He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Open Education Anadolu University but did not graduate. He founded the alternativ ...

(born 1968), rock artist *

Adile Naşit Adile Naşit (born Adela Özcan; 17 June 1930 – 11 December 1987) was a Turkish actress, who is best known for being the partner of Münir Özkul in movies like ''Happy Days'' and in ''Hababam Sınıfı'' (Hababam Class). She also starred in ma ...

(1930–1987), actress (Armenian mother) * (1928–2000), actor (Armenian mother) *

Kenan Pars Kenan Pars (born Kirkor Cezveciyan; 10 March 1920 – 10 March 2008) was a Turkish-Armenian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 2000. Selected filmography References External links * 1920 births 2008 deaths ...

(1920–2008), actor *

Ruhi Su Mehmet Ruhi Su (1912 – 20 September 1985) was a Turkish opera singer, Turkish folk singer and saz virtuoso of probable Armenian

(1912–1985), folk musician *, musician * (born 1948), actress *

Onno Tunç Ohannes Tunçboyacı, better known as Onno Tunç (December 20, 1948 – January 14, 1996), was a leading Armenian-Turkish musician, working mainly as a composer, arranger and a music producer. Tunç also played bass guitar and occasionally double ...

(1948–1996), musician * (born 1978), opera singer *(born 1969), veteran film critic, journalist, and editor

Religion

* Patriarch Karekin II Kazancıian (1927–1998) * Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafian (1956–2019) * Patriarch Shenork I Kaloustian (1913–1990) * Levon Zekian (born 1943), Armenian Catholic Archeparch of

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Sciences

Daron Acemoglu Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (; born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish-born American economist who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 1993. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. H ...

(born 1967), economist, winner of the 2005

John Bates Clark Medal The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge." The award is named after the ...

Agop Dilâçar Agop Dilâçar ( hy, Յակոբ Մարթայեան Hagop Martayan, Istanbul, 22 May 1895 – Istanbul, 12 September 1979) was a Turkish-Armenian linguist who specialized in Turkic languages and the first Secretary General and head specialist of th ...

(1895–1979), linguist and first Secretary General of the

Turkish Language Association The Turkish Language Association ( tr, Türk Dil Kurumu, TDK) is the regulatory body for the Turkish language, founded on 12 July 1932 by the initiative of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. The Institution acts as the o ...

Sports

Can Arat Can Arat (born 21 January 1984) is an Armenian-Turkish footballer. He plays as a center back. Club career Arat played 74 times for the Fenerbahçe PAF team, scoring two goals. He became a regular in the squad following Fábio Luciano's injury ...

(born 1984), soccer player *

Alen Markarian Alen may refer to: People * Alen (given name), a Bosniak, Serbian and Croatian given name * Alén (name), surname and given name * Alen baronets of Ireland Fictional characters * Alen (Suikoden), a fictional character from Suikoden Places * Mo ...

(born 1966), leader of Çarşı, leading fan group of Beşiktaş J.K., journalist *

Aras Özbiliz Aras Özbiliz ( hy, Արաս Օզբիլիզ; born 9 March 1990) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Pyunik and the Armenia national team. Early life Özbiliz was born on 9 March 1990 in the Bakırköy distri ...

(born 1990), football (soccer) player playing for the Armenia national team

Writers

Arat Dink Arat Dink (born 1979) is a Turkish journalist and the executive editor of ''Agos'', a bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper published in Istanbul. He is the son of Rakel Dink and Hrant Dink, the former editor-in-chief of the same paper, who ...

(born 1979), son of Hrant Dink, editor of

Agos ''Agos'' (in hy, Ակօս, "furrow") is an Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey, established on 5 April 1996. ''Agos'' has both Armenian and Turkish pages as well as an online English edition. Today, the paper h ...

Hrant Dink Hrant Dink ( hy, Հրանդ Տինք; Western ; 15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian intellectual, editor-in-chief of ''Agos'', journalist and columnist. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspa ...

(1954–2007), former editor of the weekly Agos *{{Interlanguage link multi, Vartan İhmalian, tr (1913–1987), writer *

Hrand Nazariantz Hrand Nazariantz (Հրանտ Նազարեանց, January 8, 1886 – January 25, 1962) was an Ottoman Armenian poet and translator who lived most of his life in Italy. Biography Born in the Üsküdar district of Constantinople on January 8 ...

(1880–1962), journalist and poet *

Zahrad Zareh Yaldizciyan (10 May 192420 February 2007), Զարէհ Եալտըզճեան, better known by his pen name Zahrad ( hy, Զահրատ), was a poet who lived in Turkey and wrote poems in the Armenian language. Biography Of Armenian descent, Zah ...

(1924–2007), poet * Sevan Nisanyan (born 1956), writer and linguist

Other people

Selina Özuzun Doğan Selina Özuzun Doğan (born Selina Özuzun in 1977), aka Selina Doğan, is a Turkish politician of Armenians in Turkey, Armenian ethnicity who served as a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkish Parliament between 2015 and 2018. ...

(born 1977), lawyer and politician *

Garo Paylan Garo Paylan ( hy, Կարօ Փայլան, born 1972) is a Turkish politician of Armenian descent. He is a Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) representing Diyarbakır. He became one of the firs ...

(born 1972), politician *

Artin Penik Artin Penik (1921 – August 15, 1982) was a Turkish-Armenian who committed suicide by self-immolation in protest of the Esenboga airport attack by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA, also known as Third October) on Au ...

(1921–1982), committed suicide in response to

ASALA Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was a militant organization active between 1975 and the 1990s whose stated goal was "to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its responsibility for the Armenian genocide ...