List of Turkish Germans

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This is a list of notable Turkish Germans.

Contents: A B C Ç D E F G H I İ J K L M N O Ö P R S Ş T U Ü V Y Z

[edit] Politics

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

• Ozan Ceyhun, former MEP (Green 1999-2000, SPD 2000-2004)
• Leyla Onur, former SPD MEP (1989-1994), former member of the Bundestag (1994-2002)
• Vural Öger, SPD MEP since 2004
• Cem Özdemir, Green MEP since 2004, former member of the Bundestag
• Feleknas Uca, PDS-Die Linke MEP (1999-) — a Yazidi Kurd

[edit] Members of the Federal Parliament

• Lale Akgün, SPD member of the Bundestag
• Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, Die Linke member of the Bundestag since 2005
• Ekin Deligöz, Green member of the Bundestag since 1998
• Sevim Dağdelen, Die Linke member of the Bundestag since 2005
• Hakkı Keskin, Die Linke member of the Bundestag since 2005, former SPD member of the Hamburg Regional Parliament (1993-1997)

[edit] Members of a Regional Parliament

• Evrim Baba, PDS member of the Berlin House of Representatives — a Kurd
• Ikbal Berber, SPD member of the Saarland Landtag (1999-2004)
• Emine Demirbüken-Wegner, CDU of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2006, also member of the party's federal executive council
• Nebahat Güçlü, Green member of the Hamburg Regional Parliament since 2004
• Gülsen İletmiş, SPD member of the Bremen Regional Parliament
• Dilek Kolat, SPD member of the Berlin House of Representatives
• Özcan Mutlu, Green member of the Berlin House of Representatives
• Bilkay Öney, Green member of the Berlin House of Representatives since 2006
• Aydan Özoğuz, SPD member of the Hamburg Regional Parliament since 2001
• Filiz Polat, Green member of the Lower Saxony Landtag since 2004
• Ülker Radziwill, SPD member of the Berlin House of Representatives
• Giyasettin Sayan, PDS member of the Berlin House of Representatives — a Kurd

[edit] In Party Offices

• Bülent Arslan, CDU state executice council North Rhine-Westphalia, spokesman of the German-Turkish forum in the CDU

[edit] Activists

• Seyran Ateş, lawyer and feminist weiter

[edit] Business

• Kemal Şahin Textile fabricant
• Vural Öger, Ögertours
• Cevat, Avni, and Faruk Yerli, founders of the computer game company Crytek

[edit] Entertainment & Arts

• Aydo Abay, frontman for the German indie rock quartet blackmail
• Fatih Akın, film director
• Bülent Akinci, actor
• Thomas Arslan, film director
• Aylin Aslım, singer
• Erdoğan Atalay, actor (Alarm für Cobra 11)
• Ateed, singer
• Ekrem Bora (Eko Fresh), rapper
• Ercandize, rapper
• Erci E, rapper
• CoTu, Musical group
• Renan Demirkan, actress
• Şebnem Dönmez, actress
• Nazan Eckes, TV personality / actress
• Selma Ergeç, actress
• Alpa Gun, rapper
• Killa Hakan, rapper
• Şahin K, pornographic actor
• Gülcan Kamps, TV presenter (VIVA)
• Lale Karci, actress
• Sibel Kekilli, actress
• Tuncel Kurtiz, actor, film director, playwright
• Mehmet Kurtuluş, actor
• Muhabbet, singer
• Oktay Özdemir, actor
• Akif Pirinçci, author
• Erol Sander, actor
• Kool Savas, rapper
• Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer, model, actress, TV presenter
• Muhammed Suiçmez, frontman of the metal band Necrophagist
• Pamela Spence
• Mousse T., D.J., record producer
• Tarkan, singer
• Birol Ünel, actor
• Idil Üner, actress
• Kaya Yanar, comedian
• Mennan Yapo, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
• Feridun Zaimoğlu, writer

[edit] Religion

• Bekir Alboğa, responsible for interfaith dialogue on behalf of DİTİB
• Cemalettin Kaplan, extremist "caliph of Cologne"

[edit] Sport

• Firat Arslan, boxer
• Mithat Demirel, basketballer
• Cem Dinç, basketballer
• Cengiz Koç, boxer
• Sinan Şamil Sam, boxer
• Hülya Şahin (Julia Şahin), female pro boxer, Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) jr flyweight champion^[1]
• Oktay Urkal, boxer

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Others

• Murat Kurnaz, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base detainee

[edit] Notes