# List of Turkish Austrians

This is a list of notable Turkish Austrians.

## Academia

* Ednan Aslan, Professor of Islamic Religious Education at the University of Vienna
* İlber Ortaylı, historian
* Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi, physicist
* Hale Şahin [de], psychologist
* Nermin Abadan Unat, sociologist

## Arts and literature

* Ercüment Aytaç [de], writer and author
* Şinasi Bozatlı, painter, sculptor and graphic artist
* Seher Çakır, poet
* Nilbar Gures, artist
* Kundeyt Şurdum [de], poet
* Esin Turan, painter and sculptor
* Ahmet Oran [de], Contemporary artist
* Şerafettin Yıldız, writer and translator
* Işın Önol, curator of contemporary art

## Business

* Attila Doğudan, founder of Do & Co
* Hikmet Ersek, CEO of Western Union
* Birol Kilic [de], entrepreneur and the chairman of the Türkische Kulturgemeinde in Österreich

## Cinema and television

* Ülkü Akbaba [de], actress and film director
* Turhan Bey, Hollywood actor
* Zeynep Buyraç [de], actress
* Deniz Cooper [de], actor
* Hamdi Döker [de], film producer
* Oğuz Galeli [de], actor and model
* Emel Heinreich, actress
* Münire Inam, TV presenter
* Alev Irmak [de], actress
* Adem Karaduman [de], actor and comedian
* Aylin Kösetürk, winner of the second season of Austria's Next Topmodel
* Murathan Muslu [de], actor
* Yelda Reynaud, actress
* Sonja Romei [de], actress
* Mehmet Sözer [de], actor
* Abdulkadir Tuncer [de], actor

## Fashion and design

* Atıl Kutoğlu, fashion designer

## Music

* Ilker Arcayürek [de], opera singer
* Sera Gösch [de], opera singer
* Gülay Olt-Sahiner [de], 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 [de], jazz musician
* Erdem Tunakan [de], music producer and DJ

## Politics

* Safak Akcay [de], member of the SPÖ
* Vahide Aydın, member and spokeswoman of the Green party
* Adnan Dinçer, leader of the Turkish-Austrian founded party New Movement for the Future
* Efgani Dönmez [de], former member of the Greens and the ÖVP
* Hakan Gördü, founder of the Soziales Österreich der Zukunft (SÖZ) Party
* Alev Korun, first Turkish congresswoman in the Austrian Parliament
* Tarik Mete [de], member of the SPÖ
* Mesut Onay, founding member of Alternative Liste Innsbruck
* Ömer Öztas [de], member of the Greens
* Turgay Taşkıran, founder of the Gemeinsam für Wien (GfW) Party
* 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 [de], director of the professionally-oriented Islamic college for social education in Vienna
* Ibrahim Olgun [de], former President of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria (2016–2018)
* Fuat Sanaç [de], former President of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria (2011–2016)

## Sports

* Şefik Abalı, football player
* Muhammed Akagündüz, football player
* Volkan Akyıldız, football player
* Taner Ari, football player
* Ibo Aslan, professional mixed martial artist
* Metin Aslan, football player
* Cem Atan, football player
* Müslüm Atav [de], football player
* Furkan Aydogdu, football player
* Ilter Ayyildiz, football player
* Onurhan Babuscu, football player
* Turgay Bahadır, football player
* Abdullah Balıkçı [de], football player
* Ogulcan Bekar, football player
* Bülent Kaan Bilgen, football player
* Ibrahim Bingöl, football player
* Osman Bozkurt, football player
* Mehmet Bulut [de], football player
* Denizcan Cosgun [de], football player
* Tuncay Çalışkan, taekwondo practitioner
* Serkan Çiftçi, football player
* Ekrem Dağ, football player
* Mahmut Demir, football player
* Yusuf Demir, football player
* Mesut Doğan, futsal player
* Harun Erbek, football player
* Kerim Frei, football player
* Benjamin Fuchs, football player (Turkish mother and Austrian father)
* Hakan Gökçek, football player
* Kürsat Güclü, football player
* Sertan Günes [de], football player
* Ali Hamdemir, football player
* Tunç Hamarat, chess player
* Melih İbrahimoğlu, football player
* Ahmed Ildiz, football player
* Muhammed Ildiz, football player
* Mahmud Imamoglu, football player
* Volkan Kahraman, football player
* Ercan Kara, football player
* Dursun Karatay, football player
* Veli Kavlak, football player
* Coşkun Kayhan [de], football player
* Tanju Kayhan, football player
* Can Keles, football player
* Eren Keles, football player
* Kenan Kirim, football player
* Alfred König (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
* Ümit Korkmaz, football player
* Mert Müldür, football player
* Sinan Neumaier-Süngüoglu [de], football player
* Ramazan Özcan, football player
* Yasin Pehlivan, football player
* İhsan Poyraz, football player
* Rıdvan Sağlam [de], football player
* Ali Sahintürk [de], football player
* Yüksel Sariyar, football player
* Murat Satin, football player
* Attila Sekerlioglu, football player
* Tarkan Serbest, football player
* Rifat Şen [de], football player
* Berkay Tanir [de], football player
* Dilan Yeşim Taşkın, women's football player
* Erkut Tekinsoy [de], football player
* Rami Tekir, football player
* Enes Tepecik, football player
* Murat Topal, futsal player
* Cem Tosun, football player
* Cemil Tosun, football player
* Ertan Uyanık, futsal player
* Bünyamin Uyanik [de], football player
* Gökhan Vuran [de], football player
* Mustafa Yavuz, football player
* Furkan Yigit [de], football player
* Burak Yilmaz, football player
* Burhan Yılmaz [de], football player
* Kubilay Yilmaz, football player
* Okan Yilmaz, football player