List of Turkish sportspeople explained

This is a list of notable Turkish sportspeople.

A B C Ç D E F G H I İ J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş T U Ü V Y Z

A

• Elvan Abeylegesse – Female middle and long distance track runner
• Mustafa Abi – former Basketball player
• Tutku Açık – Basketball player
• Olcan Adın – Footballer
• Nasuh Akar – Wrestler
• Taha Akgül - Wrestler
• Gülşah Akkaya – Female basketball player
• Derya Aktop – Female boxer
• Cenk Akyol – Basketball player
• Işıl Alben – female Basketball player
• Furkan Aldemir – Basketball player
• Halil Altıntop – Footballer
• Hamit Altıntop – Footballer
• Eşref Apak – Hammer thrower
• Lütfi Arıboğan – former Basketball player
• Cihat Arman – Footballer
• Ender Arslan – Basketball player
• Can Artam - Race car driver
• Sedat Artuç – Weightlifter
• Ömer Aşık – Basketball player (Houston Rockets)
• Can Akın – Basketball player
• Cenk Akyol – Basketball player
• Serdar Apaydın – former Basketball player, Coach
• Ergin Ataman – Coach
• Necati Ateş – Footballer
• Celal Atik – Wrestler
• Engin Atsür – Basketball player
• İsmet Atlı – Wrestler
• Abdullah Avcı – former Footballer, Coach
• Nazmi Avluca – Wrestler
• Samet Aybaba – former Footballer, Coach
• Efe Aydan – former Basketball player
• Naz Aydemir – Volleyball player
• Fırat Aydınus – Referee
• Soner Aydoğdu – Footballer
• Süreyya Ayhan – Track Athlete
• Yalçın Ayhan – Footballer
• Serkan Aykut – Footballer
• Mert Aytuğ - Motorcycle racer
• Kazım Ayvaz – Wrestler
• Serdar Aziz – Footballer

B

• Mesut Bakkal – Coach
• Doğuş Balbay – Basketball player
• Serkan Balcı – Footballer
• Pini Balili – Footballer (striker)
• Hakan Balta – Footballer
• Can Bartu – Footballer
• Birkan Batuk – Basketball player
• Rasim Başak – former Basketball player
• Yıldıray Baştürk – Footballer
• Mithat Bayrak – Wrestler
• Engin Baytar – Footballer
• Cody Bellinger - Baseball Player
• Malik Beyleroğlu – Boxer
• Erdal Bibo – former Basketball player
• Burak Değer Biçer - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner
• Ahmet Bilek – Wrestler
• Gazanfer Bilge – Wrestler
• Aytaç Biter - Race car driver
• Emre Belözoğlu – Footballer
• Sinan Bolat – Footballer
• Bülent Korkmaz - Footballer
• Umut Bulut – Footballer
• Okan Buruk – former Footballer
• Evren Büker – Basketball player
• Çağla Büyükakçay - Female tennis player

C

• Emre Can – Footballer
• Özhan Canaydın – former basketball player
• Cavit Cav (1905-1982) – Olympian road cyclist

Ç

• Bahar Çağlar – female Basketball player
• Cüneyt Çakır – Referee
• Rıza Çalımbay – former Footballer, Coach
• Hakan Çalhanoğlu - Footballer
• Nurcan Çarkçı – female Boxer
• Fuat Çapa – Coach
• Serhat Çetin – Basketball player
• Servet Çetin – Footballer
• Burcu Çetinkaya - Female rally driver
• Ahmet Çakar – former Referee
• Emre Çolak – Footballer
• Tanju Çolak – Footballer

D

• Mustafa Dağıstanlı – Wrestler
• Nedim Dal – former Basketball player
• Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar – female Basketball player
• Yasemin Dalkılıç – Free diver
• Ümit Davala – Footballer
• Gülşen Degener – Female billiards player
• Aykut Demir – Footballer
• Neslihan Demir – Volleyball player
• Mithat Demirel – Basketballer
• Volkan Demirel – Footballer
• Mustafa Denizli – Footballer and coach
• Hakan Dinç - Racing driver
• Kemal Dinçer – former Basketball player, Team manager
• Sinem Doğu – Female ice hockey player
• Yaşar Doğu – Wrestler
• Erwin Dudley – Basketball player

E

• Şafak Edge – basketball player
• Mehmet Ekici – footballer
• Omer Elmas (born 1968 or 1969), wrestler
• Zaza Enden – basketball player
• Orhun Ene – basketball player, coach
• Korel Engin – basketball player
• Ahmet Enünlü – bodybuilder
• Arif Erdem – footballer
• Eda Erdem – volleyball player
• Semih Erden – basketball player
• Harun Erdenay – basketball player, Team manager
• Mevlüt Erdinç – footballer
• Isyan Erdoğan – footballer
• Serkan Erdoğan – basketball player
• Yaşar Erkan – wrestler
• Hasibe Erkoç – Female boxer
• Barış Ermiş – basketball player
• Tufan Ersöz – basketball player
• Erden Eruç – ocean rower, mountain climber, bicyclist

F

• Malik Fathi – Footballer
• Kerim Frei – Footballer

G

• Hasan Gemici – Wrestler
• Aytek Genç – former Socceroo and Football(soccer)Coach
• Gizem Girişmen - Paralympic archer
• Hüseyin Göçek – Referee
• Cenk Gönen – Footballer
• Kerem Gönlüm – Basketball player
• Gökhan Gönül – Footballer
• Ali Ferit Gören (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
• Cevat Güler – former Footballer, Coach
• Muratcan Güler – Basketball player
• Sinan Güler – Basketball player
• Ersan Gülüm – Footballer
• Esra Gümüş – Volleyball player
• Gülşah Gümüşay – female Basketball player
• Damla Günay – Athlete (archery)
• İlkay Gündoğan – Footballer
• Şenol Güneş – former Football Player, Coach
• Eren Güngör – Footballer
• Mert Günok – Footballer
• Gizem Güreşen – Volleyball player

H

• Orhan Hacıyeva – Basketball player
• Tunç Hamarat – Chess placer
• Hamza Hamzaoğlu – former Footballer, Coach
• Tayfur Havutçu – former Footballer, Coach
• Quanitra Hollingsworth – female Basketball player
• Yasemin Horasan – female Basketball player

I

• Daniyar Ismayilov - Weightlifter
• Kemal Izzet – Footballer
• Muzzy Izzet – Footballer

İ

• Tunç İlkin, former Pittsburgh Steelers player and Sports Commentator
• Ersan İlyasova – Basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks)
• Marsel İlhan – Tennis player
• Selçuk İnan – Footballer
• Şaziye İvegin – female Basketball player

K

• Giray Kaçar – Footballer
• Tolunay Kafkas – former Footballer, Coach
• Nihat Kahveci – Footballer
• Enes Kanter - Basketball player (Utah Jazz)
• Hamit Kaplan – Wrestler
• Jem Karacan – Footballer
• Azar Karadas – Footballer
• Tuğba Karademir – Female figure skater
• Ali Karadeniz – Basketball player
• Hikmet Karaman – Coach
• İlkan Karaman – Basketball player
• Orçun Karaoğlanoğlu – Kayaker
• Özge Kavurmacıoğlu – former Basketball player
• Semih Kaya – Footballer
• Suat Kaya – Footballer
• Sümeyra Kaya – Female boxer
• Rıza Kayaalp - Wrestler
• Tugay Kerimoğlu - Footballer
• Zekiye Keskin Satır – Athlete (Archery)
• Tevfik Kış – Wrestler
• Onur Kıvrak – Footballer
• Erkut Kızılırmak - Race car driver
• Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu – female Basketball player
• Ahmet Kireççi – Wrestler
• Aykut Kocaman – former Footballer, Coach
• Bülent Korkmaz – former Footballer, Coach
• Egemen Korkmaz – Footballer
• Göksenin Köksal – Basketball player
• İsmail Köybaşı – Footballer
• Erman Kunter – Coach
• İbrahim Kutluay – former Basketball player
• Ermal Kuqo – Basketball player
• Lefter Küçükandonyadis – Footballer

M

• Oktay Mahmuti – Coach
• Hami Mandıralı – former Footballer
• İlhan Mansız – Footballer
• Damir Mršić – former Basketball player, Team manager
• Halil Mutlu – Weightlifter

N

• Cemal Nalga – Basketball player
• Petar Naumoski – former Basketball player
• Kristen Newlin – female Basketball player

O

• İsmail Ogan – Wrestler
• Mehmet Oktav – Wrestler
• Metin Oktay – Footballer
• Mehmet Okur – former NBA player and 2007 NBA All-Star
• Ibrahim Okyay - Race car driver
• Ömer Onan – Basketball player
• Leon Osman – Footballer
• Levent Osman – Football (soccer) player
• Tamer Oyguç – former Basketball player

Ö

• Kaan Önder - Race car driver
• Aydın Örs – Coach
• Alpay Özalan – Footballer
• Tolgay Özbey – Footballer
• Mehmet Özdilek – former Footballer, Coach
• Cevher Özer – Basketball player
• Mesut Özil – Footballer
• Halis Özkahya – Referee
• Neriman Özsoy – Volleyball player
• Hüseyin Özkan – Judoka
• Oğuzhan Özyakup – Footballer

P

• Zaza Pachulia – Basketball player
• Tuğba Palazoğlu – female Basketball player
• Asım Pars – former Basketball player
• Kaya Peker – Basketball player
• Mustafa Pektemek – Footballer
• Ergün Penbe – former Footballer
• Alper Potuk – Footballer
• Emir Preldžić – Basketball player

R

• Rüştü Reçber – Footballer
• Colin Kazim-Richards, footballer
• Omer Riza, footballer

S

• Ertuğrul Sağlam – former Footballer, Coach
• Nurullah Sağlam – Coach
• Taner Sağır – Weightlifter
• Sinan Şamil Sam – Boxer
• Sercan Sararer – Footballer
• Veysel Sarı – Footballer
• Ufuk Sarıca – former Basketball player, Coach
• Oğuz Savaş – Basketball player
• Semih Saygıner – Billiards player
• Yasemin Saylar– female Basketball player
• Mehmet Scholl – footballer
• Müzahir Sille – Wrestler
• Kenan Sipahi – Basketball player
• Sedat Sir – Australian Rules Football player
• Bahattin Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
• Kenan Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
• Sinan Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
• Fatih Solak – former Basketball player
• Ümit Sonkol – Basketball player
• Gözde Sonsırma – Volleyball player
• İpek Soylu - Female tennis player
• Ercüment Sunter – Coach
• Naim Süleymanoğlu – Weightlifter

Ş

• Olcay Şahan – Footballer
• Hülya Şahin (Julia Şahin) – Female Boxer, Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) jr flyweight champion^[1]
• Nuri Şahin – Footballer
• Tuncay – Footballer
• Hasan Şaş – former Footballer, Coach
• Volkan Şen – Footballer
• Hülya Şenyurt – Female judoka
• Mert Shumpert – Basketball player
• Bayram Şit – Wrestler
• Hakan Şükür – former Footballer

T

• Jason Tahincioğlu – Auto racing driver
• Mümtaz Tahincioğlu - Auto racing driver
• Ufuk Talay - Football (soccer) player
• Cüneyt Tanman - Footballer
• Bahri Tanrıkulu – Taekwondo athlete
• Serdar Tasci – Footballer
• Ertuğrul Taşkıran – Footballer
• Nur Tatar - Taekwondo athlete
• Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu, football (soccer) player
• Nurcan Taylan – Weightlifter
• Servet Tazegül - Taekwondo athlete
• Fatih Tekke – Footballer
• Fatih Terim – Footballer and coach
• Merve Terzioğlu – Female swimmer
• Hamide Bıkçın Tosun – Female taekwondo athlete
• Bahar Toksoy – Volleyball player
• Mehmet Topal – Footballer
• Ömer Toprak – Footballer
• Levent Topsakal – former Basketball player, Team manager
• İbrahim Toraman – Footballer
• Gökhan Töre – Footballer
• Caner Topaloğlu – Basketball player
• Tunay Torun – Footballer
• Gülnur Tumbat (born 1975) - Mountaineer and ultramarathon runner
• Talat Tunçalp (born c. 1917), Olympian cyclist
• Kerem Tunçeri – Basketball player
• Esmeral Tunçluer – female Basketball player
• Arda Turan – Footballer
• Cemil Turan – Footballer
• Mirsad Türkcan – former Basketball player
• Hidayet Türkoğlu – NBA Basketball player
• İzzet Türkyılmaz – Basketball player
• Uğur Tütüneker – former Footballer, Coach

U

• Oktay Urkal – Boxer
• Binnaz Uslu – Female middle distance track runner
• Polen Uslupehlivan – Volleyball player
• Yasemin Ustalar – Female boxer
• Bülent Uygun – former Footballer, Coach

Ü

• Cengiz Ünder – Footballer
• Hakan Ünsal – former Footballer
• İbrahim Üzülmez former Footballer

V

• Birsel Vardarlı – female Basketball player
• Yılmaz Vural – Coach

W

• Fatima Whitbread – javelin thrower

Y

• Selma Yağcı – Female boxer
• Mehmet Yağmur – Basketball player
• Lev Yalcin – Footballer
• Sergen Yalçın – former Footballer
• Atagün Yalçınkaya - Boxer
• Ersun Yanal – Coach
• Şemsi Yaralı – Female boxer
• Bekir Yarangüme – former Basketball player
• Hamza Yerlikaya – Wrestler
• Bülent Yıldırım – Referee
• Haluk Yıldırım – former Basketball player
• Burak Yılmaz – Footballer
• Sefa Yılmaz – Footballer
• Selçuk Yula – Footballer
• Mustafa Yumlu – Footballer
• Nedim Yücel – Basketball player
• Müjde Yüksel – female Basketball player

Z

• Gökhan Zan – Footballer
• Tolga Zengin – Footballer

See also

• Sports in Turkey

Notes and References

1. http://www.wibf.de/WIBF_Ranking/WIBF_Ranking_-_TOP_10/wibf_ranking_-_top_10.html WIBF Ranking – TOP 10