List of French Turks

This is a list of notable French Turks.

Cansel Elçin

Mevlüt Erdinç

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Nedim Gürsel

Mustapha Haciane

Elif Şafak

Atila Turan

• Patrick Abada, French-born pole vaulter and Olympian[1]
• Isabelle Adjani, French-born actress[2][3][4][5][6]
• Münevver Andaç, translator
• Emre Akbaba, football player
• Aksel Aktas, football player
• fr:Osman Aktas, Turkish-born boxer[7]
• Uğur Aktaş, French-born writer
• Mirra Alfassa, French-born Spiritual writer[8]
• Selen Altunkulak, football player
• Deniz Arman Gelenbe, pianist, Juilliard School (BM, MSc), student of Adele Marcus, Rudolf Ganz and Gyorgy Sandor, Professor at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
• Alkan Arslan, football player
• Fatih Atık, French-born football player
• Muratt Atik, Turkish-born actor
• Barış Aydın, football player[9]
• Osman Aydıcan, football player[10]
• Cem Dursun Aygül. football player[11]
• fr:Anaïs Baydemir, French-born weather presenter[12]
• Ali Bourequat, Moroccan-born businessman[13]
• Umut Bozok, football player
• Leïla Chellabi, Moroccan-born writer[14]
• Ali Çağlar, football player[15]
• Gürkan Coşkun, painter[16]
• İbrahim Dağaşan. football player[17]
• Ergün Demir, Turkish-born actor
• Abidin Dino, Turkish-born painter[18]
• Mustafa Durak, football player
• Ece Ege, Turkish-born fashion designer[19]
• Cansel Elçin, Turkish-born actor[20]
• Mevlüt Erdinç, football player
• Ramize Erer, Turkish-born cartoonist
• Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Turkish-born film director
• Peyveste Emukhvari, Ottoman Princess
• Kudsi Erguner, Turkish-born musician
• Erol Gelenbe, Computer Scientist, Academic and Fellow of Académie des technologies, the National Academy of Technologies of France
• Erhan Gerlevik, football player[21]
• Ayhan Güçlü, football player[22]
• Fatih Sultan Gündoğar, football player[23]
• Hasan Güngör, football player[24]
• Ender Günlü, football player
• Serdar Gürler, football player[25]
• Nedim Gürsel, Turkish-born writer
• Mustapha Haciane, Algerian-born poet[26]
• Buğra Kaan Hekim, religious figure[27]
• Murat Işıkdemir, football player[28]
• Burhan Işler, football player[29]
• Prince Mukarram Jah, French-born Head of the House of Nizam of Hyderabad
• Mourad Kaouah, French-born Deputy of Algiers (1958 to 1962) and football player[30]
• Burak Karakaya, football player[31]
• Yilmaz Karaman (Lil maaz), Turkish-born rapper[32]
• Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-born actor[33]
• Ömer Kavur, Turkish-born film director[34]
• İpek Kaya, football player
• Talha Kaya, football player[35]
• Tayfur Mesut Keçik, football player[36]
• Samed Kılıç, football player
• Doğan Kuban, French-born historian
• Seyhan Kurt, French-born writer
• Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-born writer[37]
• fr:Nihal Martli, Turkish-born painter
• Mathilda May, French-born painter
• Kenizé Mourad, French-born writer
• Nihat Muslu, French-born football player[38]
• Princess Niloufer, Ottoman Princess
• Magali Noël, Turkish-born actress
• fr:Ahmet Ogras, Turkish-born president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith[39]
• Yaman Okur, French-born dancer[40]
• Özer Özdemir, football player
• Serkan Özen, football player[41]
• Sinan Özkan, football player
• Hakan Özmert, football player
• Fatih Öztürk, football player
• Elif Şafak, French-born writer
• Adem Sağlam, football player[42]
• Faik Sardag, Turkish-born musician[43]
• fr:Kaddour Sator, Algerian-born politician and lawyer[44]
• Fikret Mualla Saygı, Turkish-born painter
• Leïla Sebbar, Algerian-born writer[45]
• Barış Serbest, football player[46]
• Chérif Sid-Cara, Algerian-born doctor and politician[47]
• Nafissa Sid-Cara, Algerian-born politician; the first-ever Muslim woman to serve as a minister in a French government[47]
• Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish-born photographer and founder of Sipa Press
• Benjamin Stambouli, football player
• Henri Stambouli, football player
• Servan Taştan, football player[48]
• Atila Turan, football player[49]
• Master Turc, French-born singer
• Abdulmejid II, last Ottoman caliph
• Bülent Üçüncü, Turkish-born football player
• İsmail Uğur, football player[50]
• Sabahattin Usta, football player
• fr:Semih Vaner, Turkish-born social scientist
• Serkan Yanık, football player[51]
• Nil Yalter, Egyptian-born artist[52]
• Gülseren Yıldırım, Turkish-born singer
• Murat Yılmaz, football player[53]
• Berkay Yürdem, French-born model[54]
• Yakup Ramazan Zorlu, football player[55]

See also

• Turks in France
• List of French people

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