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^[1]
• Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi, physicist
• Hale Şahin [de], psychologist
• Nermin Abadan Unat, sociologist^[2]

Arts and literature

Ercüment Aytaç [de].

• Ercüment Aytaç [de], writer and author
• Şinasi Bozatlı, painter, sculptor and graphic artist
• Seher Çakır, poet^[3]
• Nilbar Gures, artist^[4]
• Kundeyt Şurdum [de], poet
• Esin Turan, painter and sculptor^[5]
• Ahmet Oran [de], Contemporary artist
• Şerafettin Yıldız, writer and translator
• Işın Önol, curator of contemporary art

Business

Hikmet Ersek.

• Attila Doğudan, founder of Do & Co^[6]
• Cevdet Caner, real estate entrepreneur.
• Hikmet Ersek, CEO of Western Union^[7]
• Birol Kilic [de], entrepreneur and the chairman of the Türkische Kulturgemeinde in Österreich

Cinema and television

Turhan Bey.

Oğuz Galeli [de].

• 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^[8]
• Murathan Muslu [de], actor
• Yelda Reynaud, actress^[9]
• Sonja Romei [de], actress
• Mehmet Sözer [de], actor
• Abdulkadir Tuncer [de], actor

Fashion and design

• Atıl Kutoğlu, fashion designer^[10]

Music

Önder Sisters, pianists.

• 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

Alev Korun.

Selma Yildirim.

• Safak Akcay [de], member of the SPÖ
• Vahide Aydın, member and spokeswoman of the Green party^[11]
• 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^[12]
• 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

Cem Atan.

Ogulcan Bekar.

Yusuf Demir.

Kerim Frei.

Veli Kavlak.

Yasin Pehlivan.

Tarkan Serbest.

Mustafa Yavuz.

• Şefik Abalı, football player
• Muhammed Akagündüz, football player^[13]
• Volkan Akyıldız, football player
• Taner Ari, football player
• Ibo Aslan, professional mixed martial artist
• Metin Aslan, football player^[14]
• 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^[15]
• 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^[16]
• Mahmut Demir, football player
• Yusuf Demir, football player
• Mesut Doğan, futsal player^[17]
• Harun Erbek, football player^[18]
• Kerim Frei, football player
• Benjamin Fuchs, football player (Turkish mother and Austrian father)^[19]
• Hakan Gökçek, football player
• Kürsat Güclü, football player
• Sertan Günes [de], football player
• Ali Hamdemir, football player^[20]
• Tunç Hamarat, chess player^[21]
• 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^[22]
• 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^[23]
• Cem Tosun, football player
• Cemil Tosun, football player
• Ertan Uyanık, futsal player^[24]
• 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

See also

• Turks in Austria
• List of Austrians