List of Dutch people of Turkish descent

This is a list of notable Dutch people of Turkish descent. It includes Dutch citizens of full or partial Turkish ancestry.

Academia Deniz Başkent, auditory scientist , cultural anthropologist. , professor at Bilkent University. Fatih Kiliç, lecturer in philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Uğur Ümit Üngör, scholar of genocide studies.

Journalism Ali Çimen, author and journalist Rasit Elibol, editor of De Groene Amsterdammer

Activism , ambassador of the Dutch Autism Association , feminist

Arts and literature

, writer Defne Ayas, curator, lecturer, educator, and editor in the field of contemporary art and its institutions , journalist Sevtap Baycılı, novelist Sedat Çakır, writer Altan Erdogan, former editor of the Dutch weekly magazine Nieuwe Revu Emre Hüner, is a visual artist publicist for Trouw, De Groene Amsterdammer and Contrast Halil Gür, novelist Hatice Guleryuz, contemporary artist Lale Gül, writer Mehmet Refii Kileci, artist Servet Kocyigit, visual artist Deniz Kuypers, writer (Turkish father and Dutch mother) Ahmet Ögüt, conceptual artist Şenay Özdemir, journalist and editor-in-chief of SEN Magazine , journalist Ebru Umar, columnist Sadık Yemni, science fiction author

Business Atilla Aytekin, founder and CEO of Azerion Group N.V. , businesswoman Elcin Barker Ergun is a business leader in the pharmaceutical industry Nedim Imac, businessman and former chairman of the Amsterdam football club Türkiyemspor Celal Oruç, founder of Ortel Mobile Erdinç Saçan, internet entrepreneur , entrepreneur and co-founder of Corendon Airlines.

Cinema and television

Azra Akın, actress, singer and winner of Miss Turkey 2002 and Miss World 2002 , actress and winner of Miss Nederland 2008 Evrim Akyigit, actress Elvan Akyıldız, actress Pinar Arslan, crowned Miss Gelderland in 2011 and placed 4th in Miss Nederland 2011 , documentary maker , actor , actor , film director, screenwriter and actor Hayat Van Eck, 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 1992 and mother of Miss Turkey 2018 Tara De Vries , TV Presenter , TV Presenter , actress , actor Nazmiye Oral, actress and writer Cahit Ölmez, actor Melisa Aslı Pamuk, actress and winner of Miss Turkey 2011 , actress , filmmaker , actor Tunç Topçuoglu, filmmaker and art director Gamze Tazim, actress Nazlı Tolga, television host and model Tara De Vries, winner of Miss Turkey 2018 , documentary maker , filmmaker , actress , actress , actress

Military Cengiz Sahan, Force Commander

Music

Sinan Akçıl, singer-songwriter and record producer , trumpet player and singer Ufuk Çalışkan, singer , folk musician , composer Atiye Deniz, singer Selim Doğru, pianist Karsu Dönmez, singer, pianist and composer , saxophonist Joan Franka, singer who represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Altın Gün, Anatolian rock and Turkish Psychedelic Folk band Burak King, rapper, songwriter and musician , rapper Murda, rapper , singer Ummet Ozcan, DJ and record producer Sera (singer) Taylan Susam, composer of experimental music Umut Timur, singer , singer Behsat Üvez, singer and composer , disc jockey and music producer (Turkish father) Burak Yeter, DJ, record producer and remixer

Religion , chairman of Aya Sofia.

Politics

Nebahat Albayrak, member of the PvdA , member of the PvdA Mahir Alkaya, member of the SP Stephan van Baarle, member of DENK Ali Osman Biçen Emine Bozkurt, Member of the European Parliament (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 Coşkun Çörüz, member of the CDA Nihat Eski, member of the CDA Sultan Günal-Gezer member of the PvdA Nilüfer Gündoğan, member of Volt Isa Kahraman, member of NSC. Hamit Karakus, member of the PvdA Ufuk Kâhya, Dutch politician serving as a member of the European Parliament Hülya Kat, member of the D66 Fatma Koşer Kaya, lawyer and a member of the D66 , councillor for participation and culture in the municipality of Rotterdam Tunahan Kuzu, co-founder of DENK , member of the PvdA Songül Mutluer, member of the PvdA Fadime Örgü, member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Zihni Özdil, historian and member of GL Selçuk Öztürk, co-founder of DENK Nevin Özütok, member of GL , councilor in Apeldoorn for the CDA , member of the PvdA Gunay Uslu, member of the D66 and the State Secretary for Culture and Media (2022-2023) Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2023-present) Keklik Yücel, member of the PvdA

Sports

Rohat Ağca, football player Erol Akbay, football manager 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 Oğuz Aydın, football player Murat Aygün, kickboxer Leyla Bağcı, women's football goalkeeper Emre Bal, football player Yusuf Barası, football player Bilal Başaçıkoğlu, football player Bilal Bayazit, football player Ertuğrul Bayrak, kickboxer Ömer Bayram, 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, football player Cem Cáceres, kickboxer Hüseyin Cengiz, football player , football player Serhat Çakmak, football player Cihat Çelik, football player Tolgahan Çiçek, football player Nadir Çiftçi, football player Halil Çolak, football player Tiago Çukur, football player Gabriël Çulhacı, football player Orhan Delibaş, boxer Aykut Demir, football player , football player Halil Dervişoğlu, football player Mehmet Dingil, football player Huseyin Dogan, football player , football coach , football player Ferdi Elmas, football player Yasin Erdal, futsal player Zeki Erkilinc, football player Alper Göbel, football player , football player Doğan Gölpek, football player Ferhat Görgülü, football player Serdar Gözübüyük, football referee Ali Gunyar, kickboxer Ömer Gündüz, football player Engin Güngör, football player Doğucan Haspolat, football player Ferdi Kadioglu, football player Ekrem Kahya, football player Fatih Kamaçi, football player , football player , football player , football player , football player Sinan Keskin, football player Ahmet Kilic, football player Hasan Kılıç, football player Shirley Kocaçınar, female football player Serhat Koç, football player Çağrı Kodalak, football player Evren Korkmaz, football player Mustafa Korkmaz, 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, football player Hursut Meric, football player Hilmi Mihçi, football player Muslu Nalbantoğlu, football player Başar Önal, football player Murat Önal, football player Tufan Özbozkurt, football player Serkan Ozcaglayan, kickboxer Tayfun Özcan, kickboxer , football player Okan Özçelik, football player , football player Alim Öztürk, football player Oğuzhan Özyakup, football player Hatice Özyurt, kickboxer Hayri Pinarci, football player , football player Gökhan Saki, kickboxer and martial artist , football player Mustafa Saymak, football player Resit Schuurman, football player Ömer Sepici, football player Selman Sevinç, football player Fatih Sonkaya, football player Mahmut Sönmez, football player Kürşad Sürmeli, football player , football player Tunahan Taşçı, football player Elayis Tavşan, football player Esmeral Tunçluer, basketball player Oğuzhan Türk, football player , football player Deniz Türüç, football player Ali Ulusoy, football player Fuat Usta, football player Suat Usta, football player Naci Ünüvar, football player Şahin Yakut, kickboxer , football player Özcan Yaşar, football player , football player Atilla Yildirim, football player (Turkish German origin) Ismaïl Yıldırım, football player Murat Yıldırım, football player Uğur Yıldırım, football player Salih Yildiz, football player Cemal Yilmaz, football player , football player Mustafa Yücedağ, football player Ümran Zambak, football player

Other Seyit Höçük, astrophysicist Marti Sarigul-Klijn, US-based test pilot.

See also

Demographics of the Netherlands Foreign worker List of Dutch people List of Turkish people Turkish diaspora Turks in the Netherlands

References