The following is a list of British Turks, including people of full or partial ethnic Turkish origin with British citizenship.
The majority of notable British Turks come from the large Turkish Cypriot community, followed by ethnic Turks who originate from Turkey. In addition, there are notable British Turks who descend from other post-Ottoman modern nation-states which still have significant ethnic Turkish minorities. For example, from the Balkans, Silvena Rowe has a paternal Turkish Bulgarian background Moustafa Palazli has a Turkish Western Thracian background from Greece. From North Africa, Kasim Kutay has a paternal Turkish Egyptian background. Meanwhile, Egyptian-born Dodi Fayed was maternally of Turkish Saudi origin. From the Levant, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Nemir Kirdar and Rena Kirdar have a Turkish Iraqi background; Rana Kabbani has a Turkish Syrian background; and Skandar Keynes and Soumaya Keynes have a maternal Turkish Lebanese background.
In addition, there are notable naturalised British citizens of Turkish origin who descend from the modern Turkish diaspora (i.e. from countries which were never part of the former Ottoman Empire). The majority are "Euro-Turks" who descend from Western Europe (e.g. Elif Shafak have a Turkish French background; Atif Bashir and Semra Eren-Nijhar have a Turkish German background). Some British Turks have also come from the diaspora in North America (e.g. Erdem Moralıoğlu has a Turkish Canadian background).
Many notable British Turks have dual nationality, including British nationality and the country which they descend from (e.g. Cypriot, TRNC, Turkish, Bulgarian, Iraqi, etc.). Some British Turks have also moved to other parts of the modern Turkish diaspora where they have acquired another citizenship. This is most notable among the British-Turkish Cypriot diaspora; for example, in addition to their British citizenship, Hal Ozsan also has American citizenship; Mutlu Çerkez also has Australian citizenship; and Alkan Chaglar and ice hockey player Erol Kahraman both also have Canadian citizenship.
Academia Mete Atatüre (born 1975), Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge Süleyman Başak (born ), Professor of Finance at the London Business School (Turkish Cypriot origin) Mehmet Ismet Başaran (born August 1953), chemical engineer and philatelist Müge Çevik, clinical lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Medical Virology at the University of St Andrews Mustafa Djamgoz (born 1952), Professor of Cancer Biology at Imperial College London and Chairman of the College of Medicine’s Science Council (Turkish Cypriot origin) Semra Eren-Nijhar (born 1967), sociologist (Turkish German origin) Zakaria Erzinçlioğlu (1951–2002), forensic entomologist (Turkish Hungarian origin) Ten Feizi, (born in 1937), Professor and Director of the Glycosciences Laboratory at Imperial College London (Turkish Cypriot origin) Velia Abdel-Huda (1916–2012), art historian and socialite; the first Muslim woman to study at the University of Oxford Firat Güder, bioengineer, scientist, innovator and Professor of Intelligent Interfaces at Imperial College London Yaprak Gürsoy (born 1978), Professor of European Politics and the Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics Rana Kabbani (born 1958), cultural historian, writer and broadcaster (Turkish Syrian origin) Deniz Kandiyoti (born 1944), Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at the SOAS University of London Peter Levi (1931–2000), poet, archaeologist, Jesuit priest, travel writer, biographer, academic and ccritic; Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford (1984–1989) Ziya Meral, lecturer in International Studies and Diplomacy at the SOAS University of London Frederick Akbar Mahomed (1849–1884), British physician Gulnur Muradoglu (born 1961), Professor of Behavioural Finance at Queen Mary University of London Mustafa F. Özbilgin (born 1970), Professor of Human Resource Management at Brunel University Esra Özyürek Professor of Abrahamic Religions and Shared Values at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge Zehra Sayers (born 1953), structural biologist Simon Schama (born 1945), historian and television presenter; Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University Mete Sozen (1930–2018), developed the first earthquake shaking simulators Ibrahim Sirkeci (born 1972), Director of International Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom Ayşe Zarakol (born 1977), Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge Erkan Oterkus (born 1979), Turkish-British mechanical engineer
Arts and literature
Memo Akten (born 1975), artist Kutluğ Ataman (born 1961), artist and film director Ali Kemal Bey (1867–1922), Ottoman journalist; Minister of the Interior of the Ottoman Empire Alkan Chaglar (born 1981), journalist (Turkish Cypriot origin) Mutlu Çerkez (1964–2005), artist (Turkish Cypriot origin) Tice Cin (1995), writer, editor and multidisciplinary artist Tracey Emin (born 1963), artist (Turkish Cypriot father) Mehmet Ergen, theatre director and founder of Arcola Theatre Moris Farhi (1935–2019), Turkish author; vice-president of International PEN (2001-2019) Fiore de Henriquez (1921–2004), Italian-born sculptor (Turkish and Russian mother; Spanish father; naturalised British citizen) Mustafa Hulusi (born in 1971), artist (Turkish Cypriot origin) Ümit Hussein, literary translator and interpreter (Turkish Cypriot origin) Yaşar İsmailoğlu (born 1945), poet (Turkish Cypriot origin) Rachel Johnson (1965), journalist, television presenter, and author (Turkish great-grandfather) Fatoş Üstek (born 1980), is a London-based independent Turkish curator and writer Bengi Unsal, director of Institute of Contemporary Arts Soumaya Keynes (born 1989), trade and globalization editor at The Economist magazine (Turkish Lebanese mother) Rena Kirdar (born 1969), writer (Turkish Iraqi origin) Ela Lee (born 1995), author and former lawyer Arif Ozakca (born 1979), artist (Turkish Cypriot origin) Elif Shafak (born 1971), novelist (Turkish French origin; naturalised British citizen) Diana Souhami (born 1940), biographer Ceylan Yeğinsu (born 1986), journalist and currently a staff reporter for The New York Times Robert Paul Weston (born 1975), children's author (British-Turkish father)
Business
Efe Cakarel, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of MUBI Halit Cıngıllıoglu (born 1954), industrialist Mehmet Dalman (1958), investment banker and chairman of Welsh football club Cardiff City (Turkish Cypriot origin) Mev Dinc (born May 1957), video game designer Tufan Erginbilgiç, CEO of Rolls-Royce Holdings Ali Guryel, founder of Bromcom (Turkish Cypriot origin) Hattie Hasan, , CEO of the Stopcocks Women Plumbers (Turkish Cypriot parents) Aga Khan V (born 1971), 50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ilis; chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network Nemir Kirdar (1936–2020), billionaire; founder of Investcorp (Turkish-Iraqi origin) Kasim Kutay (born 1965), CEO of Novo Holdings A/S (Turkish Egyptian father) Ömer Koç (born 1962), Turkish businessman and he lives in London Dean Mahomed (1759–1851), raveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur (Arab and Afshar Turk origin) Khaled Mardam-Bey, software developer and creator of mIRC (Turkish Syrian origin) Asil Nadir (1941–2025), businessman (Turkish Cypriot origin) Shaha Riza (born 1953), World Bank staffer (Turkish Libyan father) Touker Suleyman (born 1953), fashion retail entrepreneur and a "dragon" on Dragon's Den (Turkish Cypriot origin) Erkut Sogut (born 1980), sports agent Lev Tanju, founder of Palace Skateboards (Turkish father) Selcuk Yorgancioglu (born 1967), Turkish-British financier
Cinema and television
Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 1989), actress (Turkish Iraqi father and Turkish/Macedonian/Bosnian mother) Nej Adamson (born 1958), actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Yashar Adem (1940–2014), actor Yasemin Allen (born 1989), actor Josef Altin (born 1983), actor Philip Arditti (born 1979), actor and writer Lily-Rose Aslandogdu (born 2003), actress Sertan Baykara, broadcast journalist and presenter (Turkish German origin) Feri Cansel (1944–1983), actress (Turkish Cypriot origin) Zümrüt Cansel (born 1963), actress (Turkish Cypriot origin) Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu (born 1994), actress, model and TV personality Kem Cetinay (born 1995), TV personality and rapper (Turkish Cypriot origin) Aslı Enver (born 1984), actress (Turkish Cypriot father and Turkish mother) Bilge Ebiri (born 1973), film critic and filmmaker Ela-May Demircan (born 2006), actress Dodi Fayed (1955–1997), film producer and partner of Diana, Princess of Wales (Egyptian-born to Samira Khashoggi who was of Turkish Saudi origin) Mem Ferda (born 1963), actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Ayda Field (born 1979), American-born actress, panelist on Loose Women and The X Factor (Turkish father) Akin Gazi, actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Sienna Guillory (born 1975), actress (Cuban-Turkish origin) Tamer Hassan (born 1968), actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Belle Hassan, Season 5 of Love Island (Turkish Cypriot father) Aykut Hilmi, actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Selin Hizli (born 1989), actress Metin Hüseyin (born 1959), film director (Turkish Cypriot origin) Yıldız Kenter (1928–2019), actress (Turkish father) Skandar Keynes (born 1991), actor (Turkish Lebanese origin) Emma Kingston (born 1991), stage actress Buket Kömür (born 1998), actress Jodhi May (born 1975), actress Erim Metto (born 1966), film director (Turkish Cypriot origin) Mem Morrison, actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Erkan Mustafa (born 1970), actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Tam Mutu (1978), actor Serkan Nihat (born 1983), Turkish–British filmmaker based in London Cosh Omar, actor and playwright (Turkish Cypriot origin) Hal Ozsan (born 1976), Hollywood actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Moustafa Palazli, actor (Turkish Western Thracian origin) Tolga Safer (born 1982), actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Meliz Serman, stage actress (Turkish Cypriot origin) Kemal Shahin, Big Brother contestant (Turkish Cypriot origin) Anna Silk (born 1974), actress (Canadian-born to a British-Turkish Cypriot mother) Ilkay Silk, (born 1948), actress, playwright, producer, and educator (Turkish Cypriot origin) Ayşe Tezel (born 1980), actress (Turkish father) Aden Theobald, Big Brother contestant (Turkish Cypriot mother) Özgür Uyanık, director Sezer Yurtseven, Big Brother contestant (Turkish Cypriot origin) Anatol Yusef (born 1978), actor (Turkish Cypriot origin) Razane Jammal (born 1987), British-Lebanese actress
Fashion
Bora Aksu, fashion designer Mert Alas, fashion photographer Mustafa Aslanturk, fashion designer (Turkish Cypriot origin) Hussein Chalayan, MBE (born 1970), fashion designer (Turkish Cypriot origin) Dilara Fındıkoğlu (born 1990), fashion designer Nasir Mazhar, fashion designer (Turkish Cypriot origin) Erdem Moralioğlu (born 1977), fashion designer (Canadian-born to a Turkish father) Funda Önal (born 1981), model Rifat Ozbek (born 1953), fashion designer
Food Priscilla Mary Işın Leyla Kazim (born 1985), writer and media personality Selin Kiazim, chef and winner of the Great British Menu (Turkish Cypriot origin) Hüseyin Özer (born 1949), celebrity chef Silvena Rowe (born 1964), celebrity chef and food writer (Turkish Bulgarian father) Atilla Iskifoglu (born 1988), master mixologist
House of Osman Prince Azmet Jah (born 1960), current head of the House of Asaf Jah and the titular 9th Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar; professional photographer (son of Ottoman Princess Esra) Dürrüşehvar Sultan (1914–2006), Princess of Berar and Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire Naz Osmanoglu (born 1985), comedian and member of the Imperial House of Osman Şehzade Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu (born 1940), son of the Şehzade Ali Vasib, 41st head of the Imperial House of Osman and Mukbile Sultan Ayşe Gülnev Sultan Osmanoğlu (born 1971), author and historian Sultanzade Max Ali Sutton (born 2000) Sultanzade Cosmo Tarik Sutton (born 2001)