# List of Turkish Swiss people

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
* Nesip Mustafa Merter [de], psychiatrist
* Salih Neftçi, Professor of Economics at the New School University (Turkish-Iraqi origin)
* Rosa Schupbach, economist (Turkish mother)
* Ulya Vogt-Göknil [de], architectural historian

## Arts and literature

* Jean-Luc Benoziglio, writer and publishing editor (Turkish father)
* Ata Bozaci, graphic designer, illustrator and artist
* Baydar Özcan [de], journalist and poet
* Gemma Salem, writer
* Ersoy Yıldırım [de], writer

## Business

* Dany Bahar, former CEO of Lotus Cars
* Haldun Kuru CFO of EUROFIMA
* Elif Sözen-Kohl, banker and daughter-in-law of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

## Cinema and television

* Gülsha Adilji, TV presenter (Turkish-Kosovar mother)
* Suna Gürler [de], director, actress and theatre educator
* Cihan Inan [de], film director and screenwriter
* Kaya Inan [de], film editor
* Esen Işık [de], director and screenwriter
* Güzin Kar [de], film director, screenwriter and columnist
* Baran bo Odar, film and television director and screenwriter (Turkish mother)
* Beren Tuna [de], actress (Turkish German origin)
* Lale Yavaş, actress
* Semih Yavsaner [de], comedian

## Design

* Yves Behar, industrial designer (Turkish father)
* Ezgi Cinar [de], fashion designer

## Music

* Erkan Aki, singer
* Emel Aykanat, singer
* Bendeniz, singer
* Sir Colin [de], DJ and house-music producer
* Fernando Corena, opera singer (Turkish father)
* Erdal Kızılçay, musician
* OZ, record producer
* Atilla Şereftuğ, songwriter
* Genç Osman Yavaş, singer
* Attila Vural [de], guitarist
* Ben Whale [de], singer, rapper and producer (Turkish mother and Swiss father)

## Politics

* Talha Uğur Çamlıbel [de], member of the Greens
* Leyla Gül [de], co-Secretary General of the SP

## Religion

* Kerem Adigüzel [de], 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
* Hakan Demirci [de], 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
* Enes Kanter, basketball player
* Ertan Irizik, football player
* Serkan Izmirlioglu, football player
* Erhan Kavak, football player
* 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
* 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
* Necip Ugras, football player
* Murat Ural, football player
* Hakan Yakin, football player
* Murat Yakin, football player
* Ursal Yasar, football player
* Seyhan Yildiz, football player