List of Turkish Swiss people explained

This is a list of notable Swiss Turks.

Academia

• Hatice Altug, Professor of Bioengineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Edhem Eldem, academician, historian
• Ataç İmamoğlu, physicist
• Murat Kunt, scientist
• , psychiatrist
• Salih Neftçi, Professor of Economics at the New School University (Turkish-Iraqi origin)
• Rosa Schupbach, economist (Turkish mother)
• , architectural historian

Arts and literature

• Jean-Luc Benoziglio, writer and publishing editor (Turkish father)
• Ata Bozaci, graphic designer, illustrator and artist
• , journalist and poet
• Gemma Salem, writer
• , writer

Business

• Dany Bahar, CEO of Lotus Cars^[1]
• Elif Sözen-Kohl, banker and daughter-in-law of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

Cinema and television

• Gülsha Adilji, TV presenter (Turkish-Kosovar mother)
• , director, actress and theatre educator
• , film director and screenwriter
• , film editor
• , director and screenwriter
• , film director, screenwriter and columnist
• Baran bo Odar, film and television director and screenwriter (Turkish mother)
• , actress (Turkish German origin)
• Lale Yavaş, actress^[2]
• , comedian^[3]

Design

• Yves Behar, industrial designer (Turkish father)^[4]
• , fashion designer

Music

• Erkan Aki, singer^[5]
• Emel Aykanat, singer^[6]
• Bendeniz, singer^[7]
• , DJ and house-music producer
• Fernando Corena, opera singer (Turkish father)^[8]
• Erdal Kızılçay, musician^[9]
• OZ, record producer
• Atilla Şereftuğ, songwriter^[10]
• Genç Osman Yavaş, singer^[11]
• , guitarist
• , singer, rapper and producer (Turkish mother and Swiss father)

Politics

• , member of the Greens
• , co-Secretary General of the SP

Religion

• , tafsir

Sports

• Endoğan Adili, football player
• Harun Alpsoy, football player
• Diren Akdemir, football player
• Sinan Akdeniz, football player
• Zeki Amdouni, football player (Turkish father and Tunisian mother)
• Musa Araz, football player
• Ergün Berisha, football player
• Cengiz Biçer, football player
• Önder Çengel, football player
• Tunahan Cicek, football player
• Eray Cömert, football player
• Ferhat Çökmüş, football player^[12]
• , football player
• Fatih Doğan, football player
• Siyar Doldur, football player
• Burak Eris, football player
• Kerim Frei, football player
• Levent Gülen, football player
• Samet Gunduz, football player
• Ali İmren, football player
• Gökhan Inler, football player^[13]
• Enes Kanter, basketball player^[14]
• Ertan Irizik, football player
• Serkan Izmirlioglu, football player
• Erhan Kavak, football player^[15]
• David Deniz Kılınç, football player
• David Kılınç, football player
• Baykal Kulaksızoğlu, football player
• Berkan Kutlu, football player
• Deniz Mendi, football player
• Ahmet Özcan, football player
• Attila Sahin, football player
• Ercüment Şahin, football player
• Serkan Şahin, football player
• Dilaver Satılmış, football player^[16]
• Matteus Senkal, football player
• Gürkan Sermeter, football player
• Berkay Sülüngöz, football player
• Özkan Taştemur, football player
• Emir Tombul, football player
• İlker Tugal, football player
• Kubilay Türkyilmaz, football players^[17]
• Necip Ugras, football player
• Murat Ural, football player
• Hakan Yakin, football player
• Murat Yakin, football player
• Ursal Yasar, football player
• Seyhan Yildiz, football player

See also

• Turks in Switzerland
• List of Swiss people

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grand Prix. Bahar confirmed at Ferrari. 2010-12-18.
2. Web site: Sinema Türk. Lale Yavaş. 2010-08-11. Turkish.
3. News: Der Bund. Alle lieben Müslüm, selbst die Bären. German. 2016-08-27.
4. Web site: Fuse Project. Yves Behar. 2010-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20101123002306/http://fuseproject.com/yves_behar.php. 2010-11-23. dead.
5. Web site: Sound of Music. Aki, Erkan - In Love For Europe. 2010-08-11.
6. Web site: 24 Dakika. İsviçre'nin Emel'i . 2010-08-11. Turkish.
7. Web site: Müzik. Bendeniz . 2010-08-11 . Turkish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165537/http://www.muzik.net/sarkicilar/17943/bendeniz . 2016-03-03.
8. Web site: Classical Net. Fernando Corena: Operatic Arias For Bass. 2010-08-11.
9. Web site: Discogs. Erdal Kizilcay. Discogs. 2010-08-11.
10. Web site: Hürriyet. Celine Dion, benden hálá beste bekliyor . 2010-08-11. Turkish.
11. Web site: Hürriyet. Mavi Sakal dağıldı, toplandı dağıldı, son olarak ikiye bölündü. 2010-08-11. Turkish.
12. Web site: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Ferhat Çökmüş. 2010-08-11. Turkish.
13. Web site: FIFA. Gökhan Inler. https://web.archive.org/web/20100611054849/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=261029/profile.html. dead. June 11, 2010. 2010-08-11.
14. Web site: Euro Hopes. Enes Kanter. 2010-08-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100816163104/http://www.eurohopes.com/player/12/enes-kanter . 2010-08-16.
15. Web site: Soccer Way. Erhan Kavak. 2010-08-11.
16. Web site: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Dilaver Satılmış. 2010-08-11. Turkish.
17. Web site: Turkish Football Federation. Kubilay Türkyilmaz. 2010-08-11.