# List of Turkish Belgians

This is a list of notable Belgian Turks.

## Academia

* Mateo Alaluf [fr], professor of sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
* Yasemin Arda, management scientist
* Koray Konuk [fr], researcher in archaeology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

## Arts and literature

* Anthony Asael, international photographer
* Kenan Görgün, writer.
* Mahmut Karadağ, fashion designer
* Mehmet Koksal [fr], journalist.
* Fatma Taspinar [nl], journalist.

## Business

* Şefik Birkiye, architect and founder of Vizzion Architects and Vizzion Europe.

## Cinema and television

* Cem Akkanat [it], actor
* R. Kan Albay, film director
* Erol Altunbay [nl], film producer
* Sahin Avci [nl], actor
* Kadir Balci [nl],, director
* Gökhan Girginol [nl], actor
* Kadèr Gürbüz [nl], actress and TV presenter
* Öznur Karaca [nl],, comedian
* Hande Kodja, actress
* Gönül Meral, Miss Hainaut (2013)
* Faroek Özgünes [nl], TV presenter
* Zeynep Sever, winner of Miss Belgium 2009
* Aylin Yay [fr], actress

## Music

* Hadise, singer
* Funda Kılıç [nl], singer
* Kubat, singer
* Melike Tarhan, musical artist
* Gulus Gulcugil Turkmen
* Tuğba Yurt, singer
* Bünyamin Çankırlı, rapper

## Politics

* Meyrem Almaci, President of the Groen party
* Kemal Bilmez, member of the Workers' Party of Belgium
* Cemal Çavdarlı, former member of the SP.A and the LDD; current member of the AKP
* Nawal Ben Hamou, member of the PS
* Meryem Kaçar, member of the Groen
* Serdar Kilic, member of the PS
* Emir Kir, Mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
* Ahmet Koç (politician), member of the SP.A
* Selahattin Koçak, former member of the SP.A and current member of the VLD
* Hasan Koyuncu, member of the PS
* Mahinur Özdemir , youngest and first female member of parliament with hijab; former member of cdH
* Özlem Özen, member of the PS
* Emin Özkara, former member of the PS
* Fatma Pehlivan, member of the SP.A
* Resul Tapmaz, member of the SP.A
* Ergün Top, member of the CD&V
* Güler Turan, member of the SP.A
* Funda Oru member of Vooruit
* Hilâl Yalçin, member of the CD&V
* Ayse Yigit, member of the PVDA
* Veli Yüksel, member of the VLD

## Sports

* Izzet Akgül, football player
* Bülent Akın, football player
* Murat Akın, football player
* Yunus Bahadır, football player
* Hakan Bayraktar, football player
* Sami Bayraktar, futsal player
* Engin Bekdemir, football player
* Kadir Bekmezci, football player
* Hakan Bilgiç, football player
* Ümit Bilican, football player
* Sinan Bolat, football player
* Cihan Çanak, football player
* Fuat Çapa, football manager
* Ramazan Çevik, football player
* Kahraman Demirtaş, football player
* Murat Direkçi, middleweight kickboxer
* Ferhat Dogruel, football player
* Yunus Gülnar, football player
* Umut Gündoğan, football player
* Emrullah Güvenç, football player
* Serdal Güvenç, football player
* Abdullah İçel, futsal player
* Sefa İşçi, football player
* Adnan Januzaj, football player
* Yasin Karaca, football player
* Ahmet Karadayi, football player
* Burak Kardeş, football player
* Gökhan Kardeş, football player
* Ferhat Kaya, football player
* Onur Kaya, football player
* Ersan Keleş, futsal player
* Anıl Koç, football player
* Fazlı Kocabaş, football player
* Halil Köse, football player
* Ömer Kulga, football player
* Mert Kurt, football player
* Mohamed Ali Kurtuluş, football player
* Muhammed Mert, football player
* Ahmet Öcal, football player
* Hasan Özkan, football player
* Alpaslan Öztürk, football player
* Ferhat Poyraz, football player
* Aziz Sağlam, futsal player
* Enes Sağlık, football player
* Kubat Selim [nl], boxer
* Erdem Şen, football player
* Taner Taktak, football player
* Mickaël Tirpan, football player (Turkish father)
* Önder Turacı, football player
* Fatih Turan, football player
* Adnan Ugur, football player
* Alper Uludağ, football player
* Cem Unal [nl], football player
* Talha Ülvan, football player
* Cüneyt Vicil, futsal player
* Ali Yaşar, football player
* Hüseyin Yıldız, futsal player
* Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş, football player
* Sara Yuceil, female football player

## Victims of crime

* Songül Koç, shot by Hans Van Themsche in 2006.