List Of Turkish Sportspeople
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - List Of Turkish Sportspeople
OR:
List Of Turkish Sportspeople on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

This is a list of notable Turkish sportspeople. __NOTOC__


A

*
Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse, (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can ( Turkish); born September 11, 1982) is an Ethiopian-born naturalized Turkish middle and long-distance running athlete who competes over d ...
– Female middle and long distance track runner * Mustafa Abi – former Basketball player * Tutku Açık – Basketball player *
Olcan Adın Olcan Adın (, born 30 September 1985) is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played as a left back or winger. Club career Olcan started his career for Fenerbahçe, where he played 18 times and scored three goals for the youth team, ...
– Footballer *
Nasuh Akar Nasuh Akar (10 May 1925 – 18 May 1984) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight class of Men's Freestyle category at the 1948 Olympics. Wrestling career He was born in the village Yiğitler of Boğazlıyan dis ...
– Wrestler * Taha Akgül - Wrestler *
Gülşah Akkaya Gülşah Akkaya (born October 6, 1977) is a former Turkish professional woman basketball player in forward position. The 1.81 m (5' 11½") tall national player was a top scorer. Akkaya started playing basketball at the age of 13. She debuted in ...
– Female basketball player * Derya Aktop – Female boxer * Cenk Akyol – Basketball player *
Işıl Alben Işıl Alben (born 22 February 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray, who is often considered to be among the top Turkish female athletes. She was the captain of the first Turkish team that won the EuroLeague title in ...
– female Basketball player *
Furkan Aldemir Furkan Aldemir (born August 9, 1991) is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he mainly plays the power forward position, but he c ...
– Basketball player * Halil Altıntop – Footballer * Hamit Altıntop – Footballer *
Eşref Apak Eşref Apak (born 3 January 1982 in Kalecik, Ankara) is a Turkish hammer thrower. Apak was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul then transferred to Enkaspor, where he was coached by Artun Talay. The tall athlete at was a student of ...
– Hammer thrower *
Lütfi Arıboğan Lutfi (also spelled Lotfi, Lutvi or Luthfi, ar, لطفي), meaning "kind" or "gracious", may refer to: Given name Lotfi * Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), Azerbaijani electrical engineer * Lotfi Akalay (born 1943), Moroccan writer * Lotfi Nezzar, ...
– former Basketball player * Cihat Arman – Footballer *
Ender Arslan Ender Arslan (born 13 January 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional care ...
– Basketball player * Can Artam - Race car driver *
Sedat Artuç Sedat Artuç (born 9 June 1976 in Oltu, Erzurum Province) is a Turkish European champion in weightlifting. He is winner of silver medal in World championship and of bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics. Artuç, 1.63 m tall, is a member of EGO Spor ...
– Weightlifter *
Ömer Aşık Ömer Faruk Aşık (; born July 4, 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aşık, standing at 7'2", was sought after by many of the top Eurolea ...
– Basketball player (
Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...
) *
Can Akın Fikret Can Akın (born January 30, 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is serving as an assistant coach for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basket ...
– Basketball player * Cenk Akyol – Basketball player *
Serdar Apaydın Serdar Apaydın (born 21 October 1966 in Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player and former assistant coach of Fenerbahçe. He is the current Head Coach of Antalya B.B. He was famous with his spectacular 3 point shoots and ...
– former Basketball player, Coach * Ergin Ataman – Coach *
Necati Ateş Necati Ateş (; born 3 January 1980) is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in İzmir, Ateş made his professional debut with Altay S.K. and Adanaspor, scoring for both at an impressive rate. In ...
– Footballer *
Celal Atik Celal Atik (1918 – 27 April 1979) was a Turkish wrestler and coach. He competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, but had his best achievements in the freestyle, winning gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, 1951 World and 1946 and 194 ...
– Wrestler *
Engin Atsür Engin Atsür (born April 2, 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Orlandina Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at , he plays the point guard position. Atsür played college basketball at the North Carolina State ...
– Basketball player *
İsmet Atlı İsmet Atlı (1931 – 4 April 2014) was a Turkish people, Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the Turkey at the 1960 Sum ...
– Wrestler *
Abdullah Avcı Abdullah Mucib Avcı (; born 31 July 1963) is a UEFA coaching licences, UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish manager and a former professional Association football, footballer. He is the manager of Trabzonspor. He has also managed the Turkey national footba ...
– former Footballer, Coach *
Nazmi Avluca Nazmi Avluca (; born November 14, 1976, in Kargı, Çorum Province), is a Turkish sports wrestler, who has won several titles at international competitions including four European and two FILA Wrestling World Championships in the Men's Greco-R ...
– Wrestler *
Samet Aybaba Samet Aybaba (born 3 February 1955, in Osmaniye) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player. Career He was born 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began a football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1 ...
– former Footballer, Coach *
Efe Aydan Ahmet Efe Aydan (born May 4, 1955 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He is regarded by many as the best Turkish basketball player ever, with a total of 224 cap (sports), caps with the senior Turkey national bask ...
– former Basketball player *
Naz Aydemir Naz Aydemir Akyol (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player, widely regarded as one of the best setters in international volleyball. She plays as setter for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won a to ...
– Volleyball player *
Fırat Aydınus Fırat Aydınus (; born 25 October 1973) is a former Turkish international football referee. He studied and practiced geophysical engineering. In January 2012, he was promoted from UEFA Category 1 to the Elite Development category. He refereed ...
– Referee *
Soner Aydoğdu Soner Aydoğdu (born 5 January 1991) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF First League club Samsunspor. Club career Aydoğdu was born in Mamak, and made his professional debut in 2007 as part of the Gençlerb ...
– Footballer *
Süreyya Ayhan Süreyya Ayhan Kop (born September 6, 1978) is a Turkish former female middle distance track runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. In November 2009, she was banned for life by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) due to her second anti ...
– Track Athlete * Yalçın Ayhan – Footballer *
Serkan Aykut Serkan Aykut (born 24 February 1975) is a retired Turkish footballer. He played in the striker position. Aykut started to play at Samsunspor. After becoming top scorer with 30 goals in the season 1999-2000, he transferred to Galatasaray SK for ...
– Footballer * Mert Aytuğ - Motorcycle racer *
Kazım Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became World champion twic ...
– Wrestler *
Serdar Aziz Serdar Aziz (born 23 October 1990) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.Mesut Bakkal – Coach *
Doğuş Balbay Doğuş Balbay (; born 21 January 1989) is a Turkish professional basketball player and the team captain for Anadolu Efes Istanbul of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and he plays at ...
– Basketball player *
Serkan Balcı Serkan Balcı (; born 22 August 1983) is a former Turkish international footballer. Club career He has played for Fenerbahçe SK and Gençlerbirliği S.K. He signed for Trabzonspor in June 2007. International career He was member of Turkey n ...
– Footballer * Pini Balili – Footballer (striker) * Hakan Balta – Footballer *
Can Bartu Can Bartu (31 January 1936 – 11 April 2019) was a Turkish basketball and football player of Circassian origin. He was the first Turkish footballer to play a final in Europe. His statue was erected in Istanbul. After retirement, he also worked ...
– Footballer * Birkan Batuk – Basketball player *
Rasim Başak Rasim Başak (born Ruslan Avleev on 17 February 1980) is a retired Azerbaijani- Turkish professional basketball player. The power forward is 2.02 m tall and 100 kg weight and wears numbers 8. He has Russian mother and Azeri father but also h ...
– former Basketball player * Yıldıray Baştürk – Footballer * Mithat Bayrak – Wrestler *
Engin Baytar Engin Baytar (born 11 July 1983) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for İstanbul Siirtgücüspor. Engin Baytar was born and raised in Germany to Turkish parents. He first joined FC Gütersloh before transferring to Ar ...
– Footballer *
Cody Bellinger Cody James Bellinger (born July 13, 1995) is an American professional baseball center fielder and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was selected ...
- Baseball Player * Malik Beyleroğlu – Boxer * Erdal Bibo – former Basketball player * Burak Değer Biçer - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner *
Ahmet Bilek Ahmet Bilek (15 March 1932 in Kula, Manisa, Turkey – 4 October 1970 in Saarbrücken, Germany) was a Turkish Olympic champion sports wrestler in the flyweight class (52 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's fre ...
– Wrestler *
Gazanfer Bilge Gazanfer Bilge (July 23, 1924 – April 20, 2008) was a Turkish sports wrestler who won the gold medal in the Featherweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Olympics. Biography Gazanfer Bilge was born July 23, 1924 in ...
– Wrestler *
Aytaç Biter Aytaç Biter (born 5 November 1965 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish auto racing driver. He competed in 2006 for Team Active in Turkish Formula Three Championship's 14 races achieving two wins and eight podiums, and finished the season in second p ...
- Race car driver * Emre Belözoğlu – Footballer * Sinan Bolat – Footballer * Bülent Korkmaz - Footballer *
Umut Bulut Umut Bulut (, born 15 March 1983) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Eyüpspor. Between 2007 and 2018, he made 39 appearances and scored ten goals for the Turkey national team. Club career Trabzonspor Due to prolific goalscorer ...
– Footballer *
Okan Buruk Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. As a former midfielder, he played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbu ...
– former Footballer *
Evren Büker Evren Büker (born July 6, 1985) is a Turkish professional basketball player, who lastly played for Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish la ...
– Basketball player * Çağla Büyükakçay - Female tennis player


C

* Emre Can – Footballer *
Özhan Canaydın Özhan Canaydın (23 January 1943 – 22 March 2010) was a businessman, basketballer and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray. Biography Basketball career Canaydın began to play professional basketball in 1958. In 1957, he be ...
– former basketball player *
Cavit Cav Cavit Cav (1905 – 29 April 1982) was a Turkish Olympian road cyclist. He was born 1905 in Saloniki, then Ottoman Empire. Cavit Cav took up cycling, and won all the competitions he participated in. In 1924, he went to Paris, France, to represen ...
(1905-1982) – Olympian road cyclist


Ç

* Bahar Çağlar – female Basketball player * Cüneyt Çakır – Referee * Rıza Çalımbay – former Footballer, Coach *
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Hakan Çalhanoğlu (, born 8 February 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Inter Milan and the Turkey national team, which he captains. He is well renowned as a free kick specialist, known f ...
- Footballer * Nurcan Çarkçı – female Boxer * Fuat Çapa – Coach * Serhat Çetin – Basketball player *
Servet Çetin Servet Çetin (born 17 March 1981) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Mersin Idmanyurdu in the Süper Lig. He received the nickname ''Ayıboğan'' which literally means; ''a man who could choke a bear'', due to his height and strength. ...
– Footballer *
Burcu Çetinkaya Burcu Çetinkaya (born March 19, 1981) is a Turkish rally driver and currently a television presenter. She was educated in Robert College between 1992 and 1999. During this time, she played basketball. After two years spent at Babson College in Bo ...
- Female rally driver *
Ahmet Çakar Ahmet Murat Çakar (born 3 August 1962) is a Turkish doctor, sportscaster, actor and a former football referee. According to IFFHS, he is one of the world's best referees of the quarter of a century. Described as "Turkey's most controversial ...
– former Referee *
Emre Çolak Emre Çolak (, born 20 May 1991) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a winger. Emre has represented Turkey at every youth international level, before making his senior debut in a FIFA World Cup qu ...
– Footballer * Tanju Çolak – Footballer


D

*
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Mustafa Dağıstanlı (11 April 1931 – 18 September 2022) was a Turkish wrestler. He had his best achievements in freestyle wrestling, winning gold medals at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and 1954, 1957, and 1959 world championships. In Greco-Roma ...
– Wrestler *
Nedim Dal Nedim Dal (born Edin Delić; on 3 May 1975) is a retired Turkish basketball player. He stands 2.14 m tall and played as a center. He holds Turkish and Bosnian citizenships and played for Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Re ...
– former Basketball player *
Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar (born 8 June 1988) is a Turkish female basketball player for Adana ASKİ in the Power forward position. She is tall and weight. She started her career at Fenerbahçe of İstanbul in 1998 in youth level, and continue ...
– female Basketball player *
Yasemin Dalkılıç Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 2 May 1979) is a Turkish female free diver. She holds numerous records in different categories of free diving. Though still in the middle of her career, she is already considered to be one of the all-time greats in the s ...
– Free diver *
Ümit Davala Ümit Aydın Davala (born 30 July 1973) is a Turkish football coach and former player. During his stint at Galatasaray, he won four Süper Lig, three Turkish Cup, one UEFA Cup and one UEFA Super Cup title between 1996 and 2001. He won the 2003 ...
– Footballer *
Gülşen Degener Gülşen Degener (born 25 October 1968, in Şanlıurfa) is a female Turkish-born, Germany-resident professional carom billiards player. Career Gülşen Degener was born in Şanlıurfa, southeastern Turkey on October 25, 1968. She began playing bi ...
– Female billiards player *
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 ...
– Footballer * Neslihan Demir – Volleyball player * Mithat Demirel – Basketballer * Volkan Demirel – Footballer *
Mustafa Denizli Mustafa Denizli (born 10 November 1949) is a Turkish football coach and former player. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including ''"Istanbul Big Three"'' ( Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş) and has won the Süper L ...
– Footballer and coach *
Hakan Dinç Hakan Dinç (born 1963) is a Turkish racing driver. He made his first amateur race in 1986, and won the Hittite Rally in 1987. He trained with the Jim Russell Racing Driver School in 1993, and earned an instructor's license. One year after, he es ...
- Racing driver *
Kemal Dinçer Kemal Dinçer (born 2 September 1963) is a former Turkish professional basketball player. He played for the Turkey national basketball team. He was also a member of Fenerbahçe's first Turkish Basketball League Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic ...
– former Basketball player, Team manager * Sinem Doğu – Female ice hockey player * Yaşar Doğu – Wrestler *
Erwin Dudley Erwin Lamond Dudley (born October 2, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for Sakarya BB of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He also holds Turkish citizenship, under the name of Ersin Dağlı. College career Born in Union ...
– Basketball player


E

* Şafak Edge – basketball player *
Mehmet Ekici Mehmet Ekici (; born 25 March 1990) is a Turkish footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Fenerbahçe. He previously played for Werder Bremen, 1. FC Nürnberg, Bayern Munich, and Trabzonspor. Born in Germany, Ekici played for th ...
– footballer *
Omer Elmas Omer may refer to: __NOTOC__ * Omer (unit), an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem * The Counting of the Omer (''sefirat ha'omer''), a 49 day period in the Jewish calendar * Omer (Book of Mormon), a Jaredite k ...
(born 1968 or 1969), wrestler *
Zaza Enden Zaza Enden (born Zaza Eladze on 28 May 1976 in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (present Georgia) is a professional wrestler and a Turkish professional basketball player of Georgian descent. He is 2.06 m tall and weighs ...
– basketball player * Orhun Ene – basketball player, coach *
Korel Engin Korel Engin (born April 8, 1980), aka Cori Enghusen, is an American-born Turkish female basketball player at the center position for Beşiktaş Cola Turka. At 201 cm (6'7"), she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national ...
– basketball player * Ahmet Enünlü – bodybuilder *
Arif Erdem Arif Erdem (born 2 January 1972) is a Turkish retired football manager and former professional player who played in the forward position. Starting out with local club Zeytinburnuspor in 1990, Erdem had a decorated 15-year professional career. ...
– footballer * Eda Erdem – volleyball player *
Semih Erden Semih Erden (born July 28, 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at , he plays at the center position. Professional career Early years Erden played with Darüşşafaka in ...
– basketball player *
Harun Erdenay Hakkı Harun Erdenay (born 27 May 1968 in Ankara) (nickname: "Pegasus") is a Turkish former professional basketball player, and former President of the Turkish Basketball Federation. As a player, he was famous for his spectacular 3-point shootin ...
– basketball player, Team manager *
Mevlüt Erdinç Mevlüt Erdinç (surname spelt Erding in France; born 25 February 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France to Turkish parents, he spent most of his career in his country of birth, recording 295 games and ...
– footballer * Isyan Erdoğan – footballer *
Serkan Erdoğan Serkan Erdoğan (born 30 August 1978) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. Erdoğan tested positive for the banned substance Nandrolone, and was thus immediately suspended from the FIBA SuproLeague's 2000–01 season competition. ...
– basketball player *
Yaşar Erkan Yaşar Erkan (30 April 1911 in Erzincan – 18 May 1986) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the first ever Olympic gold medal for Turkey in the Featherweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling. Yaşar Erkan is the first Olympic champion in ...
– wrestler *
Hasibe Erkoç Hasibe Erkoç (née Özer) is a Turkish female boxer. She is a member of the TSE club in Ankara, Turkey. Career She represented her country in the Flyweight (50 kg) category at the 4th World Women's Boxing Championship held between Novemb ...
– Female boxer * Barış Ermiş – basketball player *
Tufan Ersöz Tufan Ersöz (born 2 December 1980) is a Turkish professional basketball player from İzmir, Turkey. He is a shooting guard playing for Olin Gençlik. Professional career He was a basketball player in Efes Pilsen's youth program and he had 4 ...
– basketball player *
Erden Eruç Erden Eruç (; born 14 July 1961) is a Turkish-American adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July 2012 in Bodega Bay, California, United St ...
– ocean rower, mountain climber, bicyclist


F

* Malik Fathi – Footballer *
Kerim Frei Kerim Frei Koyunlu (born 19 November 1993) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Fatih Karagümrük. Born in Austria, he represents the Turkish national team. He previously played club football for Fulham, Cardiff City, İstanbul Başak ...
– Footballer


G

*
Hasan Gemici Hazan Gemici (15 June 1927 – 25 June 2001) was a Turkish sports wrestler and trainer, who won the gold medal in the flyweight class of men's freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Olympics. He was born in Giresun and died in İzmit, Ko ...
– Wrestler *
Aytek Genç Aytek Genc ( tr, Aytek Genç; born 3 February 1966) is a former Australian soccer player and was the coach of the Sydney Olympic FC in the NSW Premier League. Considered one of the most technically gifted players in the Australian National Socce ...
– former Socceroo and Football(soccer)Coach *
Gizem Girişmen Gizem Girişmen (born November 25, 1981) is a Turkish Paralympic archerhttp://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/digersporlar/9888672.asp?m=1 competing in the women's recurve ARW2 event. Early years In 1992, at the age of eleven, she was paralyzed follo ...
- Paralympic archer *
Hüseyin Göçek Hüseyin Göçek (born 30 November 1976) is a Turkish international referee who refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He became a FIFA referee in 2008. He was the referee in charge of the under-21s game between Serbia and England which i ...
– Referee * Cenk Gönen – Footballer *
Kerem Gönlüm Kerem Gönlüm (born November 22, 1977) is a Turkish former professional basketball player for Sigortam.net İTÜ Basket of the Turkish Basketball League. In 2019 January, he started punditry on a local radio station. Gonlum served a one-year ba ...
– Basketball player * Gökhan Gönül – Footballer *
Ali Ferit Gören ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
(1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter *
Cevat Güler Cevat Güler (born 12 March 1959 in Perşembe, Ordu Province) is a Turkish former football player and coach. Coaching career After Karl Heinz Feldkamp resigned at the end of 2007–08 season, he took over the managership and became the first ...
– former Footballer, Coach *
Muratcan Güler Muratcan Güler (born February 25, 1980) is a Turkish professional former basketball player. He is currently playing for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League. He plays the point guard position and 1.88 m (6'2") tall and weighs 82 kg ( ...
– Basketball player * Sinan Güler – Basketball player *
Ersan Gülüm Ersan Adem Gülüm (; born 17 May 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Preston Lions in the NPL Victoria 3. Born in Australia, Gülüm played for Australia at under-23 level before electing to represent Turke ...
– Footballer * Esra Gümüş – Volleyball player *
Gülşah Gümüşay Dürdane Gülşah Gümüşay (born February 22, 1989, in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish professional female basketball player. She is a small forward playing for Galatasaray Medical Park. Awards and achievements *Turkish U18 National Team -2005, ...
– female Basketball player *
Damla Günay Damla Günay (born 24 November 1982) is an athlete from Turkey. She competes in archery. Günay represented Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 42nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 620. In the f ...
– Athlete (archery) * İlkay Gündoğan – Footballer *
Şenol Güneş Şenol Güneş, T.C., (, born 1 June 1952) is a Turkish football manager and former player. His most notable managerial achievements to date include coaching the Turkey national team to third place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and winning two S ...
– former Football Player, Coach *
Eren Güngör Eren Güngör (born 2 April 1988) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Karabükspor and the Turkish national team. He plays as a central defender or a left-back. Club career Eren started his career playing for his local side Çamdibigü ...
– Footballer *
Mert Günok Fehmi Mert Günok (, born 1 March 1989) is a Turkish Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş and the Turkey national football team, Turkey national team. Güno ...
– Footballer * Gizem Güreşen – Volleyball player


H

* Orhan Hacıyeva – Basketball player * Tunç Hamarat – Chess placer *
Hamza Hamzaoğlu Hamza Hamzaoğlu (born 1 July 1970) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. Club career Hamzaoğlu began his career in 1988 with İzmirspor. In 1995, he transferred to Galatasaray as captain and midfielder, where he won th ...
– former Footballer, Coach *
Tayfur Havutçu Tayfur Havutçu (born 23 April 1970) is a Turkish football manager and former professional player who was most recently the manager of Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa. He was part of the Turkey national team squad that reached third place at the 2 ...
– former Footballer, Coach * Quanitra Hollingsworth – female Basketball player * Yasemin Horasan – female Basketball player


I

*
Daniyar Ismayilov Daniyar is a given name and may refer to: Daniar *Daniar Kenzhekhanov (born 1983), Kazakhstani footballer Daniyar *Daniyar Ismayilov (born 1992), Turkmenistani-Turkish weightlifter * Daniyar Kairov (born 1994), Kazakhi ice hockey player * Daniyar ...
- Weightlifter *
Kemal Izzet Kemal "Kem" Izzet (; born 29 September 1980) is an English football coach and former professional player. He most notably played for Colchester United between 2001 and 2013, where he made over 400 league appearances. He was previously on the b ...
– Footballer * Muzzy Izzet – Footballer


İ

* Tunç İlkin, former
Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...
player and Sports Commentator * Ersan İlyasova – Basketball player ( Milwaukee Bucks) * Marsel İlhan – Tennis player *
Selçuk İnan Selçuk İnan (born 10 February 1985) is a Turkish football coach and former professional footballer who most recently managed Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa. Early life İnan was born in Iskenderun on 10 February 1985. By the age of 14, he was s ...
– Footballer *
Şaziye İvegin Şaziye İvegin (born 8 February 1982) is a Turkish retired professional basketball player. A basketball player’s daughter, İvegin started basketball in 7th school class on the same day together with her two younger sisters. The three sister ...
– female Basketball player


K

*
Giray Kaçar Remzi Giray Kaçar (born 15 March 1985) is a former Turkish footballer. Career Giray Kaçar previously played for Gençlerbirliği at the youth level, before transferring to Trabzonspor in 2008. He was called up to the national team on 6 Febru ...
– Footballer * Tolunay Kafkas – former Footballer, Coach * Nihat Kahveci – Footballer * Enes Kanter - Basketball player ( Utah Jazz) * Hamit Kaplan – Wrestler *
Jem Karacan Jem Paul Karacan (born 21 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Premier League club Radcliffe. Prior to his move to Bolton he played for Turkish club Galatasaray and Reading, as well as various loan s ...
– Footballer *
Azar Karadas Azar Karadas ( tr, Azar Karadaş; born 9 August 1981) is a Norwegian former footballer. Although he could also play as a central defender, he operated primarily as a centre forward. He had three spells with Brann, where he began and ended his ...
– Footballer *
Tuğba Karademir Tuğba Karademir (born on 17 March 1985) is a Turkish former competitive figure skater. She won silver medals at the 2008 International Challenge Cup and 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. She qualified to the free skate at two Winter Olympics ( 2006 ...
– Female figure skater * Ali Karadeniz – Basketball player *
Hikmet Karaman Hikmet Karaman (born March 9, 1960) is a Uefa Pro Licensed Turkish football manager. He most recently managed Kayserispor. In the beginning of his coaching career, Hikmet Karaman worked as an assistant coach for managers like Reinhard Saftig ...
– Coach *
İlkan Karaman İlkan Karaman (born May 13, 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Manisa BB of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional career Karaman made his professional debut in the TB2L with Tofaş Bursa during the 2007-08 season. He ...
– Basketball player * Orçun Karaoğlanoğlu – Kayaker * Özge Kavurmacıoğlu – former Basketball player *
Semih Kaya Semih Kaya (, born 24 February 1991) is a former Turkish professional footballer who played as a centre back, most recently for Galatasaray. On August 12, 2022, he announced on his social media accounts that he was leaving football. Club career ...
– Footballer *
Suat Kaya Suat Kaya (born 26 August 1967) is a Turkish football manager and former player who is the manager of Tuzlaspor. His career was all but associated with Galatasaray, with which he won major titles including and the 2000 UEFA Cup. Over the cours ...
– Footballer *
Sümeyra Kaya Sümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı, née Kaya, is a European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the flyweight division. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe Boxing club in Istanbul, Turkey. She was silver medalist at the 2005 Women's World Amateur Bo ...
– Female boxer * Rıza Kayaalp - Wrestler *
Tugay Kerimoğlu Tugay Kerimoğlu (born 24 August 1970) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career for Galatasaray and Blackburn Rovers; winning silverware at Rangers F.C. in-between. He was the coo ...
- Footballer * Zekiye Keskin Satır – Athlete (Archery) *
Tevfik Kış Tevfik Kış (10 August 1934 – 4 September 2019 ) was a Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestli ...
– Wrestler * Onur Kıvrak – Footballer *
Erkut Kızılırmak Erkut Kızılırmak (born 14 September 1969) is an auto racing driver from Turkey. He started racing in rallying in 1992 and switched to touring cars in 2002, at the age of 32. In 2005 he won the Turkish Touring Car Championship, in a Vauxhall As ...
- Race car driver *
Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu Şebnem Nehazat Kimyacıoğlu (born June 14, 1983) is a Turkish-American player in the Turkish Women's Basketball Team. She is an alumnus from Pinewood High School in California and graduated from Stanford before returning to Turkey. Şebnem's si ...
– female Basketball player * Ahmet Kireççi – Wrestler * Aykut Kocaman – former Footballer, Coach * Bülent Korkmaz – former Footballer, Coach *
Egemen Korkmaz Egemen Korkmaz (born 3 November 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and works as an assistant coach of Abdullah Avcı at Trabzonspor. Early years After starting in 1999 in the amateur football team Bal ...
– Footballer *
Göksenin Köksal Hüseyin Göksenin Köksal (born 8 January 1991) is a Turkish professional basketball player and the team captain for Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He is a 1.97 m (6'5¾") tall swingman. Professional career Galat ...
– Basketball player *
İsmail Köybaşı İsmail Köybaşı (born 10 July 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. Early life and club career Born to a family from İskenderun, Köybaşı had begun to play football f ...
– Footballer * Erman Kunter – Coach * İbrahim Kutluay – former Basketball player *
Ermal Kuqo Ermal Kuqo ( tr, Ermal Kurtoğlu; born February 12, 1980) is a retired Albanian-Turkish professional basketball player who played the majority of his career for Efes Pilsen. He is also a basketball executive for the Los Angeles Clippers of the ...
– Basketball player * Lefter Küçükandonyadis – Footballer


M

*
Oktay Mahmuti Oktay Mahmuti ( mk, Октај Махмути; born 6 March 1968) is a Turkish-Macedonian professional basketball coach. Mahmuti is well-known for coaching defense, particularly during his time with Efes and Benetton Treviso. He is currently une ...
– Coach *
Hami Mandıralı Hami Mandıralı (born 20 July 1968) is a Turkish football manager and former footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career. Club career Mandıralı was born in Arsin, Trabzon, Turkey. joined Trabzonspor aged 10, and continued ...
– former Footballer *
İlhan Mansız İlhan Mansız (born 10 August 1975) is a German-born Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also a competing figure skater. He is of Crimean Tatar descent. Playing career Club career Mansız gained internationa ...
– Footballer *
Damir Mršić Damir Mršić (born 25 October 1970) is a retired Bosnian professional basketball player. He also holds Turkish citizenship, under the name Demir Kaan, since 2003. He is one of Fenerbahçe's legendary club players, and was mostly known for his sup ...
– former Basketball player, Team manager *
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 ...
– Weightlifter


N

*
Cemal Nalga Cemal Nalga (born 16 September 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor of the Turkish Basketball First League(TBL). He plays the center position. Jersey scandal Nalga is also known for a majo ...
– Basketball player * Petar Naumoski – former Basketball player *
Kristen Newlin Kristen Michelle Newlin (born May 8, 1985) Nevin Nevlin is a Turkish American basketball player at the center position who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Born in Kailua, Hawaii Newlin is 1.96 m and her primary position is center. Nevlin was a ...
– female Basketball player


O

*
İsmail Ogan İsmail Ogan (5 March 1933 – 26 April 2022) was a Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. He also collected three medals at the world championships between ...
– Wrestler * Mehmet Oktav – Wrestler *
Metin Oktay Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Uncrowned King ( tr, Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey. Early life Metin Oktay was born in Kar ...
– Footballer *
Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with ...
– former
NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
player and 2007 NBA All-Star * Ibrahim Okyay - Race car driver *
Ömer Onan Ömer Onan (born February 4, 1978) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Standing 1.94 m (6 ft 4 ½ in) and weighing 95.4 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the shooting guard position. Playing career Pro clubs During h ...
– Basketball player *
Leon Osman Leon Osman (born 17 May 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent almost all of his career at Everton, making 433 appearances and scoring 57 goals. Earlier in his career he spent time on loan at Fo ...
– Footballer *
Levent Osman Levent Osman (born 8 March 1977, in Melbourne) is an Australian former association football player of Turkish Cypriot descent. He played as a defender. He has previously played for Trabzonspor in Turkey, FCU Politehnica Timişoara in Romania, ...
– Football (soccer) player * Tamer Oyguç – former Basketball player


Ö

*
Kaan Önder Kaan Önder, (born 10 January 1997 in Istanbul) is a former Turkish race driver. He was mentored by triple world champion Andy Priaulx in 2014 and 2015. He holds titles of CIK SEEKZ (South East European Karting Zone) KF3 champion (2010), two ...
- Race car driver *
Aydın Örs Aydın Örs (born 23 July 1946 in Ankara) is a Turkish former basketball coach and former head coach of Fenerbahçe. He started to play basketball in 1963. He played for DSİ Spor and Sekerspor also played for 35 times with the Turkish national ba ...
– Coach *
Alpay Özalan Fehmi Alpay Özalan (born 29 May 1973) is a Turkish former professional footballer, football manager and politician. He last worked as the manager of Samsunspor. He played 90 international games for Turkey between 1995 and 2005, making him Turk ...
– Footballer *
Tolgay Özbey Tolgay Özbey (born 12 April 1986) is an Australian professional soccer player, who last played for Rockdale City Suns in the National Premier Leagues NSW as a striker. Biography Australian Clubs Early in his career, Özbey was recognized ...
– Footballer *
Mehmet Özdilek Mehmet "Şifo" Özdilek (born 1 April 1966, in Samsun) is a Turkish people, Turkish Association football, football manager and former player. He is nicknamed "Şifo" after Belgian star Enzo Scifo with whom he shared a similar playing style. Havi ...
– former Footballer, Coach * Cevher Özer – Basketball player *
Mesut Özil Mesut Özil (, ; born 15 October 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir. Özil is known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision. He can ...
– Footballer *
Halis Özkahya Halis Özkahya (born 30 May 1980) is a Turkish football referee. He officiated the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage match between Lyon and Ironi Kiryat Shmona. He became a FIFA referee in 2009. He has served as a referee in 2014 World ...
– Referee *
Neriman Özsoy Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is and currently plays as an outside hitter in Japan for Denso Airybees. Career She played for Eczacıbaşı Zentiva, DYO Karşıyaka in Turkey and VC Uralochka in Russia ...
– Volleyball player *
Hüseyin Özkan Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov (born 20 January 1972), is a Turkish judoka. At the Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the Judo at the 2000 Summer Olym ...
– Judoka *
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 ...
– Footballer


P

*
Zaza Pachulia Zaza Pachulia ( ka, ზაზა ფაჩულია; born Zaur Pachulia; February 10, 1984) is a Georgian professional basketball executive and former player who is a basketball operations consultant for the Golden State Warriors of the Nati ...
– Basketball player *
Tuğba Palazoğlu Emine Tuğba Palazoğlu (born 4 December 1980) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Honors ;Galatasaray *Turkish Presidents Cup **Winners (1): 2008 *EuroCup Women The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the sec ...
– female Basketball player *
Asım Pars Asım Pars (born Asim Paščanović;Kaya Peker Kaya Peker (born August 2, 1980) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. He played at the center position. Professional career During his club career, Peker first played with the Turkish Super League Turkish may refer to: *a Turki ...
– Basketball player * Mustafa Pektemek – Footballer *
Ergün Penbe Ergün Penbe (born 17 May 1972), known by his nickname Kemik –literally meaning ''the Bone''–, is a Turkish former professional footballer who played mostly as a left midfielder and left back, and is currently the manager of Tarsus İdman Yu ...
– former Footballer *
Alper Potuk Alper Potuk (born 8 April 1991) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor. Early life Potuk was born in Bolvadin, Afyonkarahisar Province, on 8 April 1991. He began playing football ...
– Footballer *
Emir Preldžić Emir Preldžić (born 6 September 1987) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Orlovik Žepče of the A2 League of FBiH, third level of basketball in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also represented the Turkish nation ...
– Basketball player


R

*
Rüştü Reçber Rüştü Reçber (; born 10 May 1973) is a Turkish former professional footballer and a current sports executive. During his professional career, he played as a goalkeeper for Antalyaspor, Fenerbahçe, Barcelona and Beşiktaş. Rüştü was par ...
– Footballer *
Colin Kazim-Richards Colin Kazim-Richards (born 26 August 1986), also known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is a professional footballer as a forward for Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük S.K. Born and raised in England, he qualified for Turkish n ...
, footballer *
Omer Riza Omer Karime Ali Riza (born 8 November 1979) is a former footballer who is a coach at Watford's academy. Riza, who played as a forward, featured for English clubs Arsenal and West Ham United, Holland's Ado Den Haag and Turkish outfits Trabzon ...
, footballer


S

*
Ertuğrul Sağlam Ertuğrul Sağlam (born 19 November 1969) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player. Playing career As a player, he scored 11 goals in 30 appearances for Turkey, and was selected for the Euro 1996 squad. He began his ...
– former Footballer, Coach *
Nurullah Sağlam Nurullah Sağlam (born 28 January 1966) is a UEFA coaching licences, UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish people, Turkish football manager. He was also a footballer as defender and played for Gaziantepspor (1984–1990), Kayseri Erciyesspor, Kayserispor (1 ...
– Coach *
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 ...
– Weightlifter *
Sinan Şamil Sam Sinan Şamil Sam (23 June 1974 – 30 October 2015) was a Turkish heavyweight professional boxer( Azerbaijani origin). As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU,WBC international and WBC Mediterranean titles in the heavyweight division. Accordi ...
– Boxer * Sercan Sararer – Footballer * Veysel Sarı – Footballer *
Ufuk Sarıca Ufuk Sarıca (born June 13, 1972) is a Turkish former professional basketball player and current head coach of Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Playing career Sarıca began his career at the age of 16 at Efes Pilsen's Youth ...
– former Basketball player, Coach * Oğuz Savaş – Basketball player *
Semih Saygıner Semih Saygıner (born on November 12, 1964), nicknamed Mr. Magic or The Turkish Prince, is a Turkish people, Turkish world champion professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion billiards, three-cushion event. Family life Se ...
– Billiards player * Yasemin Saylar– female Basketball player * Mehmet Scholl – footballer * Müzahir Sille – Wrestler *
Kenan Sipahi Kenan Sipahi (born May 26, 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). The point guard descent stands at . Early years Kenan Sipahi was bo ...
– Basketball player *
Sedat Sir Sedat Sir (born 6 March 1975) is a Turkish-Australian former Australian Rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Sedat, known as a solid defender, played 24 games at senior level between 199 ...
– Australian Rules Football player *
Bahattin Sofuoğlu Bahattin Sofuoğlu (1 January 1978 - 25 October 2002) born in Adapazarı, Turkey was a successful motorcycle racer for the Turkish Honda team. As the son of a motorcycle repairman, he started racing in 1997 at the age of nineteen. His two broth ...
– Motorcycle racer *
Kenan Sofuoğlu Kenan Sofuoğlu (born 25 August 1984 in Kuzuluk, Akyazı) is a Turkish parliamentarian and former professional motorcycle racer. He holds a record five Supersport World Championship titles (2007, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016). Sofuoğlu also compet ...
– Motorcycle racer *
Sinan Sofuoğlu Sinan Sofuoğlu (15 July 1982 – 9 May 2008) was a Turkish motorcycle racer. Biography Part of the motorcycle racing Sofuoğlu family, he started racing at 15, and became drag champion in 1998. He continued his victories with championships won in ...
– Motorcycle racer * Fatih Solak – former Basketball player * Ümit Sonkol – Basketball player * Gözde Sonsırma – Volleyball player * İpek Soylu - Female tennis player *
Ercüment Sunter Ercüment Sunter (born 6 January 1955) is a Turkish former national basketballer and a coach. Sunter had managed many teams in Turkish Basketball League as an experienced coach for over 20 years. Beslen, Türk Telekom B.K. (former Turkish PTT bas ...
– Coach *
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 ...
– Weightlifter


Ş

*
Olcay Şahan Olcay Şahan (, born 26 May 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder for Afjet Afyonspor. Born in Germany, he represented the Turkey national team internationally. Club career Germany In ...
– Footballer *
Hülya Şahin Hülya Şahin, aka Julia "Sunshine" Sahin, (born February 23, 1974, in Siegen, West Germany) is a German professional female boxer. She is a former world champion in kickboxing and was world champion in amateur boxing as ...
(Julia Şahin) – Female Boxer, Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) jr flyweight championWIBF Ranking – TOP 10
/ref> *
Nuri Şahin Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a central midfielder. He is the manager of Antalyaspor. He began his career at Borussia Dortmund, spending six years there – including a ye ...
– Footballer * Tuncay – Footballer *
Hasan Şaş Hasan Gökhan Şaş (, born 1 August 1976) is a Turkish football coach and former player, who played as a winger. He is known for his time at Galatasaray and for his performance with the Turkey national team at the FIFA World Cup 2002, where ...
– former Footballer, Coach *
Volkan Şen Volkan Şen (born 7 July 1987) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. He is under contract with Adana Demirspor. He is mostly known for his long shots, his dribbling and speed. Club c ...
– Footballer *
Hülya Şenyurt Hülya Şenyurt (born 10 November 1973 in Ordu) is a Turkish female judoka. She won a bronze medal in Judo ( women's under 48 kg) in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She became Turkey's first female and youngest Olympic medalist. Between 1989 an ...
– Female judoka *
Mert Shumpert Preston Anthony Shumpert (20 August 1979), also known by his Turkish name of Mert Shumpert, is an American-born, naturalised-Turkish professional basketball player. He was twice named to the All-Big East first team while playing college basketball ...
– Basketball player *
Bayram Şit Bayram Şit (1930 – 29 May 2019) was a Turkish featherweight freestyle wrestler and coach. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, placing fourth in 1956. He also won a silver medal at the 1954 World Championshi ...
– Wrestler * Hakan Şükür – former Footballer


T

*
Jason Tahincioğlu Jason Tahincioğlu (; born 29 October 1983 in Bristol, United Kingdom), also known as Jason Tahinci, is a Turkish-British auto racing driver born into a car racing family. Career Tahincioğlu started driving mini kart at the age of six. In 1990 ...
– Auto racing driver * Mümtaz Tahincioğlu - Auto racing driver * Ufuk Talay - Football (soccer) player * Cüneyt Tanman - Footballer * Bahri Tanrıkulu – Taekwondo athlete * Serdar Tasci – Footballer * Ertuğrul Taşkıran – Footballer * Nur Tatar - Taekwondo athlete *
Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu (born 7 June 1984 in Melbourne, Australia) is a Turkish Australian footballer who plays for Nunawading City FC in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3. He plays as a defender. Club career A youth player at the Mel ...
, football (soccer) player * Nurcan Taylan – Weightlifter *
Servet Tazegül Servet Tazegül ( (born 26 September 1988) is a world, Olympic and European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin competing in the featherweight division. He competed in the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olym ...
- Taekwondo athlete *
Fatih Tekke Fatih Tekke (born 9 September 1977), known by his ''given nickname'' Sultan, is a Turkish football coach and former player who most recently managed Denizlispor. Club career Turkey Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the pr ...
– Footballer * Fatih Terim – Footballer and coach *
Merve Terzioğlu Merve Terzioğlu (24 February 1987 – 7 April 2008) was a Turkish swimmer in the sports club Galatasaray the latest and before that (2002–2006) in Fenerbahçe, both teams in leading positions nationally in Turkey. She was the holder of two na ...
– Female swimmer *
Hamide Bıkçın Tosun Hamide is the feminine given name version of the name Hamid. It may refer to: Hamide * Hamide Akbayir (born 1959), German politician of Turkish descent *Hamide Ayşe Sultan (1887–1960), Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II * Ha ...
– Female taekwondo athlete * Bahar Toksoy – Volleyball player * Mehmet Topal – Footballer *
Ömer Toprak Ömer Toprak (born 21 July 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor. Born in Germany, he formerly played for the Turkey national team. Club career Toprak began his career with TSB Ravensbu ...
– Footballer * Levent Topsakal – former Basketball player, Team manager *
İbrahim Toraman İbrahim Toraman (born 20 November 1981) is a Turkish former professional footballer. He played as a defender in centre, right back or occasionally in defensive midfield positions. Career Toraman's career started with local club Sivas DSİ Sp ...
– Footballer *
Gökhan Töre Gökhan Töre (, born 20 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Adana Demirspor. Töre began his club career at Hamburger SV before joining Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in the summer of 2012. He made onl ...
– Footballer * Caner Topaloğlu – Basketball player *
Tunay Torun Tunay Torun (, born 21 April 1990) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger. Club career At the age of 16 he moved from FC St. Pauli to the youth side of Hamburger SV. In November 2007, Torun signed a professional contract ...
– Footballer *
Gülnur Tumbat Gülnur Tumbat (born 1975) is a Turkish female academic in marketing as well as amateur mountain climber and ultramarathon runner. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California. Early years Gülnur Tumbat was born to a teacher father and ...
(born 1975) - Mountaineer and ultramarathon runner *
Talat Tunçalp Talat Tunçalp (1 October 1915 – 1 January 2017) was a Turkish cyclist. He was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire in the mid-to-late 1910s, though his birth year was reported as both 1915 and 1917. He took up cycling and won his first sprint ...
(born c. 1917), Olympian cyclist *
Kerem Tunçeri Mehmet Kerem Tunçeri (born 14 April 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.He is 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) in height and 86 kg (190 lbs.) in weight. Na ...
– Basketball player *
Esmeral Tunçluer Esmeral Özçelik Tunçluer (born 7 April 1980)
– female Basketball player *
Arda Turan Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played most notably as a winger. Turan is mostly known for his ball control, dribbling skills and vision. At age 21, prior to the 2009–10 season, he was named ...
– Footballer * Cemil Turan – Footballer *
Mirsad Türkcan Mirsad Türkcan (born Mirsad Jahović, sr-cyr, Мирсад Јаховић; on June 7, 1976) is a Turkish former professional basketball player of Bosniak origin. Standing at a height of , he played at the power forward position. A three-time All ...
– former Basketball player * Hidayet Türkoğlu –
NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
Basketball player *
İzzet Türkyılmaz İzzet Türkyılmaz (born 20 May 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor of the Turkish Basketball First League. Standing at 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in), he can play as a power forward or center. P ...
– Basketball player *
Uğur Tütüneker Uğur Tütüneker (born 2 August 1963 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish former footballer and manager who most recently served as the manager of Adana Demirspor. After migrating to Germany with his family, he started playing football at Bayern Munich ...
– former Footballer, Coach


U

* Oktay Urkal – Boxer * Binnaz Uslu – Female middle distance track runner * Polen Uslupehlivan – Volleyball player * Yasemin Ustalar – Female boxer *
Bülent Uygun Bülent Uygun (born 1 August 1971) is a Turkish football manager and former player. He played as an attacking midfielder after starting his career as a striker, and was the captain of Fenerbahçe. His nickname is ''The Soldier''. Playing career ...
– former Footballer, Coach


Ü

* Cengiz Ünder – Footballer *
Hakan Ünsal Hakan Ünsal (born 14 May 1973) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a left wingback. He achieved third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup with Turkey national team. Career Hakan Ünsal is remembered by many for his rocket l ...
– former Footballer *
İbrahim Üzülmez İbrahim Üzülmez (born 10 March 1974), known by his given nicknames "Deli İbrahim" or "Deli İbo" (), is a Turkish former professional international footballer and current coach and pundit. Üzülmez last entrained MKE Ankaragücü. Playing c ...
former Footballer


V

* Birsel Vardarlı – female Basketball player *
Yılmaz Vural Yılmaz Vural (born 1 January 1953) is a Turkish football manager and former player. He played as a midfielder for Hacettepe and Sivasspor in the 1970s. Career He is most known for his aggressive coaching style. Vural managed most of the clubs ...
– Coach


W

*
Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread (' Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athle ...
– javelin thrower


Y

* Selma Yağcı – Female boxer *
Mehmet Yağmur Mehmet Yağmur (born July 1, 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He plays at the point guard position. Professional career Yagmur averaged 6.7 points, 4.4 assists and 1 ...
– Basketball player *
Lev Yalcin Levent "Lev" Yalcin ( tr, Yalçın; born 25 March 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. Born in England, he is a former youth international for Turkey. Club career York City Yalcin was born in Middles ...
– Footballer *
Sergen Yalçın Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın (born 5 November 1972), known as Sergen Yalçın, is a Turkish football commentator, coach and former international footballer who played as a midfielder. Coming through the Beşiktaş Youth Infrastructure which he en ...
– former Footballer *
Atagün Yalçınkaya Atagün Yalçınkaya (born December 14, 1986) is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight (54 kg) division best known for winning the silver medal in the light-flyweight category at the 2004 Olympics. Amateur Yalçınkaya started boxing from a ...
- Boxer * Ersun Yanal – Coach *
Şemsi Yaralı Şemsi Yaralı (July 20, 1982) is a world and European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the heavyweight division. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe SK in Istanbul, Turkey. She participated at the 3rd World Women's Boxing Championshi ...
– Female boxer *
Bekir Yarangüme Bekir Yarangüme (born January 28, 1977) is a Turkish former professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary ...
– former Basketball player *
Hamza Yerlikaya Hamza Yerlikaya (born June 6, 1976, in Kadıköy, Istanbul) is a Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler. He is a two-time (in 1996 and 2000) Olympic champion, three-time World Champion (1993, 1995, and 2005), and the first Turkish wrestler to become ...
– Wrestler * Bülent Yıldırım – Referee *
Haluk Yıldırım Haluk Yıldırım (born June 25, 1972, in Bursa, Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. He is currently the general manager of Beşiktaş men's basketball team. Honors * 3 times Turkish Championship * 1 times Turkish Cup * ...
– former Basketball player * Burak Yılmaz – Footballer * Sefa Yılmaz – Footballer *
Selçuk Yula Selçuk Yula (November 8, 1959 – August 6, 2013) was a Turkish football player and topscorer. Professional career Yula started his career in the Ankara club Şekerspor. His transfer to Fenerbahçe at the age of 19, had been a milestone in hi ...
– Footballer *
Mustafa Yumlu Mustafa Yumlu (born 25 September 1987) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre back, center back for Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor, BB Erzurumspor in the TFF ...
– Footballer *
Nedim Yücel Nedim Yücel is a Turkish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Darüşşafaka & Doğuş. He studied at Anadolu University Anadolu University ( tr, Anadolu Üniversitesi) is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. The univ ...
– Basketball player *
Müjde Yüksel Müjde Yüksel (born 9 March 1981 in Kadıköy, İstanbul) is a former Turkish female basketball player. The 1.80 m (5' 11") national competitor played in the forward position. After Yüksel played for Migrosspor, she transferred to Fenerbahç ...
– female Basketball player


Z

* Gökhan Zan – Footballer *
Tolga Zengin Tolga Zengin (born October 10, 1983) is a Turkish retired football goalkeeper. His impressive performances at the start of the 2006–07 season for Trabzonspor earned him a call-up to the Turkey national football team for a friendly against Lux ...
– Footballer


See also

*
Sports in Turkey Among all sport in Turkey, the most popular one is football. Turkey's top teams include Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş. In 2000, Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup. Two years later, the Turkish national team finished third ...


References

{{Reflist Turkish sportspeople