List of Macedonian Turks explained
This is a list of notable Macedonian Turks.
Academia
- Sadettin Dilbilgen, Ottoman and Turkish philatelist.
- Fadil Hoca, Turkish literature professor,Founder and Rector of International Vision University.
Arts and literature
Business
Cinema and television
- Filiz Ahmet, Macedonian and Turkish actress
- Sabina Ajrula, actress
- Pelin Akil, Turkish actress (maternally of Turkish Macedonian origin)
- Özgü Namal, Turkish actress (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Muhterem Nur, actress and pop singer
- Ertan Saban, actor
- Erman Saban, actor
- Elyesa Kaso, actor
- Selahattin Bilal, actor
- Mustafa Yaşar, actor
- Bedia Begovska, actress
- Leyla Sayar, actress, author, ballerina, beauty queen, and singer (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Attila Klinçe, actor
Military
- Tekin Arıburun, chief commander of the Turkish Air Force[2]
- Huseyin Avni, commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment of the Ottoman Army at Gallipoli
- Kâzım Dirik, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Naci Eldeniz, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
- Akif Erdemgil, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Mehmet Suphi Kula, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Süleyman Sabri Pasha, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Tahsin Yazıcı, Turkish army officer
- Hüseyin Avni Zaimler, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
- İlker Başbuğ, 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey (Turkish Macedonian parents)
Music
Politics
- Tekin Arıburun, the last Turkish president to be born outside the territory of modern-day Turkey
- Ali Rıza Efendi, father of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (family from the Turkish Macedonian village of Kodžadžik)
- Elvin Hasan, politician and government minister
- Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey from 2000 to 2007 (born in Afyonkarahisar to Turkish Macedonian parents from Serres, Central Macedonia, Greece)
- Enes Ibrahim, MP in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia (2014–present)
- Fahri Kaya, Former member of presidency of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia
- Srgjan Kerim, diplomat and former President of the United Nations General Assembly
- Ali Fethi Okyar, second Prime Minister of Turkey
- Özgür Özel, current chairman of Republican People's Party (CHP) (Turkish Macedonian father)
Sports
- Serdar Aziz, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Erol Bekir, Swedish football player
- Elif Elmas, football player
- Ilami Halimi, football player
- Adem İbrahimoğlu, Turkish football player
- Semih Kaya, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian grandfather)
- Denis Mahmudov, football player
- Oktay Mahmuti, basketball coach
- Emre Mor, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian mother)
- Muarem Muarem, football player
- Caner Osman, Turkish basketball coach (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Cedi Osman, basketball player
- Yksel Osmanovski, Swedish football player
- Erdal Rakip, Swedish football player
- Redžep Selman, Olympic triple jumper
- Ziya Taner, football manager
- Muarem Zekir, football player
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Antoloji. Yahya Kemal Beyatlı. 2010-09-25.
- Web site: Zaman. Çanakkale'de esir düşen Avustralyalı subayı şaşırtan resim. 2010-09-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101118161213/http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=976325. 2010-11-18.
