Sönmez is a Turkish unisex given name and surname. It may refer to:
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Benyamin Sönmez
Benyamin Sönmez (January 16, 1983 – November 30, 2011) was a Turkish classical cellist.
Early years and family
Benyamin was born to Turkish parents in Bremen, Germany. His father went to Germany in the 1970s as a tourist taking his musical ...
, Turkish classical musician
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Buğu Sönmez
Buğu Sönmez (born 1 January 2006) is a Turkish handballer, who plays for Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the left back position.
Club career
Sönmez is tall, and plays in the left bac ...
(born 2006), Turkish female handballer
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Burhan Sönmez
Burhan Sönmez (born 1965) is a Kurdish novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International, elected at the Centennial Congress in 2021. He is also Senior Member and a By-Fellow of Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge.
Sönme ...
, Turkish writer
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Doğukan Sönmez
Doğukan Sönmez (born 1 January 1992) is a professional Turkish basketball player. He is 2.09 m tall and plays center. He lastly played for Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor.
Formerly, he played in Dostluk Spor in Bakırköy
Bakırköy is a ...
, Turkish basketball player
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Fikri Sönmez
Fikri Sönmez (widely known as ''Terzi Fikri'' ("Fikri the Tailor")) (1938 - 4 May 1985) was a Turkish communist politician, who served as the mayor of Fatsa district of Ordu Province between 1979 and 1980.
Early years
He was born in the Chvenebu ...
, Turkish politician
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Hasan Sönmez
Hasan Sönmez (born September 27, 1976 in İznik, Bursa, Turkey) is a retired Turkish people, Turkish Football (soccer), footballer. He played for seven different clubs throughout his career, including Gençlerbirliği S.K., Gençlerbirliği, Tra ...
, Turkish footballer
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Mahmut Sönmez
Mahmut Sönmez (born January 25, 1990) is a Turkish-Dutch footballer who plays as a winger. Sönmez began his professional career with Preußen Münster, whom he joined in July 2012, having previously played amateur football in his hometown of R ...
, Turkish-Dutch footballer
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Necmi Sönmez Necmi Sönmez (born May 5, 1968) is a Turkish-German curator, art critic and writer in the field of contemporary art, its international institutions, and exhibition practice. Sönmez has published on contemporary art and visual culture in Turkey, Tu ...
, Turkish-German curator
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Şebnem Sönmez
Şebnem Sönmez (born 5 June 1968) is a Turkish theater, movie and television actress. She is best known for hit period series Elveda Rumeli and hit youth series 7 Numara alongside ex-husband Olgun Şimşek
Olgun ÅžimÅŸek (born 1 June 1971) is ...
, Turkish actress
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Zeynep Sönmez
Zeynep Sönmez (born 30 April 2002) is a Turkish professional tennis player.
She has career-high rankings of No. 76 in singles and No. 584 in doubles by the WTA, achieved in 2025. Sönmez has won one singles title on the WTA Tour and four single ...
(born 2002), Turkish tenniswoman
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Turkish unisex given names
Turkish-language surnames