List of Turkish sportspeople

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This is a list of notable Turkish sportspeople.

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

A

• Elvan Abeylegesse – Female middle and long distance track runner
• Nasuh Akar – Wrestler
• Gülşah Akkaya – Female basketball player
• Derya Aktop – Female boxer
• Halil Altıntop, footballer
• Hamit Altıntop, footballer
• Eşref Apak – Hammer thrower
• Cihat Arman – Footballer
• Sedat Artuç – Weightlifter
• Celal Atik – Wrestler
• İsmet Atlı – Wrestler
• Nazmi Avluca – Wrestler
• Süreyya Ayhan – Track Athlete
• Serkan Aykut – Footballer
• Kazım Ayvaz – Wrestler
• Arif Erdem - footballer

B

• Pini Balili, footballer (striker)
• Can Bartu – footballer
• Yıldıray Baştürk, footballer
• Mithat Bayrak – Wrestler
• Malik Beyleroğlu – Boxer
• Ahmet Bilek – Wrestler
• Gazanfer Bilge – Wrestler
• Emre Belözoğlu – Football Player
• Bulent Korkmaz - footballer

C

• Cuneyt Tanman - footballer

Ç

• Rıza Çalımbay – Footballer
• Nurcan Çarkçı – Female boxer
• Tanju Çolak – Footballer

D

• Mustafa Dağıstanlı – Wrestler
• Yasemin Dalkılıç – Free diver
• Ümit Davala – Footballer
• Gülşen Degener – Female billiards player
• Mithat Demirel, basketballer
• Mustafa Denizli – Footballer and coach
• Cem Dinç, basketballer
• Sinem Doğu – Female ice hockey player
• Yaşar Doğu – Wrestler

E

• Korel Engin, basketball player
• Ahmet Enünlü – Bodybuilder
• Isyan Erdoğan football (soccer) player
• Yaşar Erkan – Wrestler
• Hasibe Erkoç – female boxer

F

• Malik Fathi, footballer

G

• Hasan Gemici – Wrestler
• Aytek Genç, former Socceroo and Football(soccer)Coach
• Ersan Gülüm, football (soccer) player
• Damla Günay – Athlete (archery)

H

• Tunç Hamarat – Chess placer
• Hakan Şükür - footballer
• Hasan Şaş - footballer
• Hakan Ünsal - footballer

I

• 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

J

K

• Nihat Kahveci – Footballer
• Hamit Kaplan – Wrestler
• Azar Karadas – Footballer
• Tuğba Karademir – Female figure skater
• Sümeyra Kaya – Female boxer
• Zekiye Keskin Satır – Athlete (Archery)
• Tevfik Kış – Wrestler
• Ahmet Kireççi – Wrestler
• Lefter Küçükandonyadis – Footballer

L

M

• İlhan Mansız – Footballer
• Halil Mutlu – Weightlifter

N

O

• İsmail Ogan – Wrestler
• Mehmet Oktav – Wrestler
• Metin Oktay – Footballer
• Mehmet Okur, Utah Jazz player and 2007 NBA All-Star
• Levent Osman, football (soccer) player

Ö

• Alpay Özalan – Footballer
• Tolgay Özbey, football (soccer) player
• Mesut Özil, footballer
• Hüseyin Özkan – Judoka

P

R

• Rüştü Reçber – Footballer
• Colin Kazim-Richards, footballer
• Ömer Rıza, footballer

S

• Ertuğrul Sağlam – Football Player/Coach
• Taner Sağır – Weightlifter
• Sinan Şamil Sam, boxer
• Mehmet Scholl, footballer
• Müzahir Sille – Wrestler
• Sedat Sir, Australian Rules Football player
• Bahattin Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
• Kenan Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
• Sinan Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
• Naim Süleymanoğlu – Weightlifter

Ş

• Hülya Şahin (Julia Şahin), female pro boxer, Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) jr flyweight champion^[1]
• Nuri Şahin, footballer
• Tuncay Şanlı – Footballer
• Hasan Şaş – Footballer
• Hülya Şenyurt – Female judoka
• Bayram Şit – Wrestler
• Hakan Şükür – Footballer

T

• Jason Tahincioğlu – Auto racing driver
• Ufuk Talay, football (soccer) player
• Bahri Tanrıkulu – Taekwondo athlete
• Serdar Taşçı, footballer
• Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu, football (soccer) player
• Nurcan Taylan – Weightlifter
• Fatih Tekke – Footballer
• Fatih Terim – Footballer and coach
• Merve Terzioğlu – Female swimmer
• Hamide Bıkçın Tosun – Female taekwondo athlete
• Cemil Turan – Footballer
• Hidayet Türkoğlu – NBA Basketball player
• Tugay Kerimoglu - footballer

U

• Oktay Urkal, boxer
• Binnaz Uslu – Female middle distance track runner
• Yasemin Ustalar – Female boxer

V

W

• Fatima Whitbread, javelin thrower

Y

• Selma Yağcı – Female boxer
• Lev Yalcin, footballer
• Şemsi Yaralı – Female boxer
• Hamza Yerlikaya – Wrestler
• Selçuk Yula – Footballer
• Müjde Yüksel – Female basketball player
• Serkan Yilmaz – Taekwondoka

Z

References

1. ^ WIBF Ranking – TOP 10