List of Austrian Turks

This is a list of notable Austrian Turks.

Academia

• İlber Ortaylı, historian[1]
• Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi, physicist
• de:Hale Şahin, psychologist
• Nermin Abadan Unat, sociologist[2]

Arts and Literature

• Mahmud A. Asrar, comic book artist
• Seher Çakır, poet[3]
• Nilbar Gures, artist[4]
• Kundeyt Şurdum, poet
• Esin Turan, painter and sculptor[5]

Business

Hikmet Ersek, CEO of Western Union.

• Cevdet Caner, entrepreneur[6]
• Attila Dogudan, founder of Do & Co[7]
• Hikmet Ersek, CEO of Western Union[8]
• Birol Kilic, entrepreneur and the chairman of the Türkische Kulturgemeinde in Österreich

Cinema and Television

Turhan Bey, Hollywood actor.

• Ülkü Akbaba, actress and film director
• Turhan Bey, Hollywood actor
• Zeynep Buyraç, actress
• Hamdi Döker, film producer
• Emel Heinreich, actress
• Münire Inam, TV presenter
• Alev Irmak, actress
• Aylin Kösetürk, winner of the second season of Austria's Next Topmodel[9]
• Yelda Reynaud, actress[10]
• Sonja Romei, actress

Fashion and Design

• Atıl Kutoğlu, fashion designer[11]

Music

Önder Sisters, pianists.

• Sera Gösch, opera singer
• Gülay Olt-Sahiner, singer
• Ferhan Önder, pianist
• Ferzan Önder, pianist
• Enes Özmen, from the duo hip-hop group EsRap
• Esra Özmen, from the duo hip-hop group EsRap
• Fatima Spar, jazz musician

Politics

Alev Korun.

Selma Yildirim.

• Safak Akcay, member of the SPÖ
• Vahide Aydın, member and spokeswoman of the Green party[12]
• Adnan Dinçer, leader of the Turkish-Austrian founded party New Movement for the Future
• Efgani Dönmez, former member of the Greens and the ÖVP
• Alev Korun, first Turkish congresswoman in the Austrian Parliament[13]
• Tarik Mete, member of the SPÖ
• Mesut Onay, founding member of Alternative Liste Innsbruck
• Selma Yildirim, member of the National Council and deputy chairperson of the SPÖ
• Nurten Yılmaz, member of the SPÖ
• Süleyman Zorba, member of the Greens

Religion

• Zeynep Elibol, director of the professionally-oriented Islamic college for social education in Vienna

Sports

Cem Atan.

Yusuf Demir.

Kerim Frei.

Veli Kavlak.

Yasin Pehlivan.

Tarkan Serbest.

• Muhammed Akagündüz, football player[14]
• Volkan Akyıldız, football player
• Taner Ari, football player
• Metin Aslan, football player[15]
• Cem Atan, football player
• Furkan Aydogdu, football player
• Ilter Ayyildiz, football player
• Turgay Bahadır, football player[16]
• Ogulcan Bekar, football player
• Bülent Kaan Bilgen, football player
• Ibrahim Bingöl, football player
• Osman Bozkurt, football player
• Tuncay Çalışkan, taekwondo practitioner
• Serkan Çiftçi, football player
• Kürsat Güclü, football player
• Ekrem Dağ, football player[17]
• Mahmut Demir, football player
• Yusuf Demir, football player
• Mesut Doğan, futsal player[18]
• Harun Erbek, football player[19]
• Kerim Frei, football player
• Hakan Gökçek, football player
• Ali Hamdemir, football player[20]
• Tunç Hamarat, chess player[21]
• Melih İbrahimoğlu, football player
• Ahmed Ildiz, football player
• Muhammed Ildiz, football player
• Volkan Kahraman, football player
• Ercan Kara, football player
• Dursun Karatay, football player
• Veli Kavlak, football player
• Tanju Kayhan, football player
• Eren Keles, football player
• Ümit Korkmaz, football player
• Mert Müldür, football player
• Ramazan Özcan, football player
• Yasin Pehlivan, football player
• İhsan Poyraz, football player
• Rıdvan Sağlam, football player
• Ali Sahintürk, football player
• Yüksel Sariyar, football player[22]
• Murat Satin, football player
• Attila Sekerlioglu, football player
• Tarkan Serbest, football player
• Dilan Yeşim Taşkın, women's football player
• Enes Tepecik, football player
• Murat Topal, futsal player[23]
• Cemil Tosun, football player
• Ertan Uyanık, futsal player[24]
• Mustafa Yavuz, football player
• Burak Yilmaz, football player
• Okan Yilmaz, football player

See also

• Turks in Austria
• List of Austrians

References

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