# List of Turkish sportspeople

This is a list of notable Turkish sportspeople.

## 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
* 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