List of French Turks
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable French Turks
.
Turks in France
Turks in France or French Turks are Turkish people who have immigrated to France. However, the term may also refer to French-born persons who have Turkish parents or who have a Turkish ancestral background...
.
| Name | Life | Notability | Turkish link |
|---|---|---|---|
| :fr:Münevver Andaç | Translator | ||
| :fr:Osman Aktas | 1976 | Boxer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| :fr:Uğur Aktaş | 1967 | Writer | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Mirra Alfassa Mirra Alfassa -Early life:Mirra Alfassa was born in Paris in 1878, of a Turkish Jewish father, Maurice, and an Egyptian Jewish mother, Mathilde. She had an elder brother named Matteo. The family migrated to France the year before she was born. For the first eight years of her life she lived at 62 boulevard... |
1878-1973 | Spiritual writer | French-born to Turkish and Egyptian parents |
| Fatih Atık Fatih Atık Fatih Atik is a French-Turkish professional footballer. He currently plays for the French Ligue 2 side Guingamp. He plays as a midfielder. He is a Turkish and a French citizen.-External links:*... |
1984 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Barış Aydın | 1990 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Osman Aydıcan | 1982 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Cem Dursun Aygül | 1985 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Ali Çağlar | 1991 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Gürkan Coşkun Gürkan Coskun Gürkan Coşkun or more widely known as Komet is a famous Turkish painter. After attending İstanbul State Academy of Fine Arts between the years 1960 and 1967, he moved to Paris in 1971. Today, he still splits his time between the two cities. His work is exhibited in various countries and is very... |
1941 | Painter | Immigrant from Turkey |
| İbrahim Dağaşan İbrahim Dağaşan İbrahim Dağaşan is a Turkish professional footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Antalyaspor in the Süper Lig.-External links:*... |
1984 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Haydar Demiryürek | 1970 | Religious figure | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Abidin Dino Abidin Dino Abidin Dino, was a Turkish artist and a well-known painter.-Early years:Dino was born on March 23, 1913 in Istanbul into a family who loved art. He started drawing and painting at a young age influenced by his family. As a child he lived in Geneve, Switzerland and France for several years with... |
1913-1993 | Painter | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Ece Ege Ece Ege Ece Ege is a Turkish-French fashion designer and founder of the prêt-à-porter line DICE KAYEK.- Career :For her first collection in 1991, Ege created 13 shirts in white poplin, conceived a bit for herself. The success led to the launching of her prêt-à-porter line DICE KAYEK in 1992... |
1963 | Fashion designer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Cansel Elçin Cansel Elçin Cansel Elçin , is a film actor.Elçin was born in Izmir, Turkey, but his family moved to France when he was 9 years old. He has grown up trilingually and can speak French, English and Turkish... |
1973 | Actor | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Mevlüt Erdinç Mevlüt Erdinç Mevlüt Erdinç is a French-Turkish footballer. He currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a striker. He is both a Turkish and a French citizen. His surname is commonly spelt Erding by the European media... |
1987 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Peyveste Emukhvari Peyveste Emukhvari Princess Peyveste Emukhvari was born as a daughter of Prince Osman-Bey Emukhvari and Princess Hesna Chaabalurchava.... |
1873-1944 | Ottoman Princess | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Kudsi Erguner Kudsi Erguner Kudsi Erguner is a Turkish musician. He is considered a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi music and is one of the best-known players of the Turkish ney flute.-Biography:... |
1952 | Musician | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Erhan Gerlevik | 1979 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Nilüfer Göle Nilüfer Göle Nilüfer Göle is a prominent Turkish French sociologist and a leading authority on the political movement of today's educated, urbanized, religious Muslim women... |
1953 | Sociologist | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Eva Green Eva Green Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress and model.Green performed in theatre before making her film debut in The Dreamers , which generated controversy over her numerous nude scenes. She achieved greater fame for her parts in Kingdom of Heaven , and in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, for... |
1980 | Actress | French-born of Algerian, Turkish, Swedish and Spanish descent |
| Ayhan Güçlü Ayhan Güçlü Ayhan Güçlü is a French-Turkish professional football player currently playing for Royal Mouscron Peruwelz .-References:... |
1990 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Fatih Sultan Gündoğar | 1992 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Hasan Güngör Hasan Güngör Hasan Güngör , is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Middleweight class and a trainer... |
1991 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Ender Günlü Ender Günlü Ender Günlü is a French footballer of Turkish descent, who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian Akademik Sofia.-External links:*... |
1984 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Serdar Gürler Serdar Gürler Serdar Gürler is a French-born Turkish football player who currently plays for Turkish club Samsunspor in the Süper Lig on loan from Ligue 1 club Sochaux. He is a Turkish youth international having earned caps with the under-18 and under-19 teams. Gürler plays as an attacking midfielder and is... |
1991 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Nedim Gürsel Nedim Gürsel Nedim Gürsel is a Turkish writer. In the late 1960s, he published novellas and essays in Turkish magazines. After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1970, he studied at the Sorbonne. In 1974, he graduated from the Sorbonne's Department of Modern French Literature... |
1951 | Writer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Murat Işıkdemir | 1992 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Burhan Işler | 1991 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Prince Mukarram Jah | 1951 | Head of the House of Nizam of Hyderabad | French-born to a Turkish mother |
| Burak Karakaya | 1983 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Yilmaz Karaman (Lil maaz) | Rapper | Immigrant from Turkey | |
| Tchéky Karyo Tchéky Karyo -Early life:Karyo was born in Istanbul to a Greek mother and Sephardic-Jewish father and raised in Paris, France. He studied drama at the Cyrano Theatre and later became a member of the Daniel Sorano Company, playing many classical roles.-Career:... |
1953 | Actor | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Ömer Kavur Ömer Kavur Ömer Kavur was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1974 and 2003. His film Gece Yolculuğu was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival... |
1953 | Film director | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Talha Kaya | 1994 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Tayfur Mesut Keçik | 1993 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Doğan Kuban Dogan Kuban Doğan Kuban is a Turkish architecture historian.-Biography:He was born in Paris to a Circassian family.He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Istanbul Technical University . Shortly thereafter he started his academic career... |
1926 | Historian | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Seyhan Kurt Seyhan Kurt - Biography :Born in Grenoble, Isère, France, he started his primary education at La Verpillere, Ecole Les Marronnier and completed it at Ecole Jean Jaures in Lyon. He graduated from Dumlupinar High School in Mersin and continued his education in Selcuk University in Konya and studied French... |
1971 | Writer | French-born to Turkish parents |
| :fr:Nihal Martli | 1982 | Painter | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Mathilda May Mathilda May Mathilda May is a French film actress.-Early life:May was born in Paris. Her father is playwright Victor Haïm, who is of Greek and Turkish descent. Her mother is Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson... |
1982 | Painter | French-born to Turkish parents |
| :fr:Kenizé Mourad | 1940 | Writer | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Nihat Muslu | 1976 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Princess Niloufer Princess Niloufer Niloufer Farhat Begum Sahiba was one of the last princesses of the Ottoman Empire. She was married to the second son of the last Nizam of Hyderabad in India.-Birth:... |
1916-1989 | Ottoman Princess | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Magali Noël Magali Noël Magali Noël is a Turkish-French actress and singer. Originally from Izmir, she emigrated from Turkey to France in 1951, and her acting career began soon thereafter. She acted in multilingual cinema chiefly from 1951 to 1980, doing several films in Italian with renowned director Federico Fellini,... |
1932 | Actress | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Yaman Okur | Dancer | French-born to Turkish parents | |
| Serkan Özen | 1976 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Sinan Özkan Sinan Özkan Sinan Özkan is a professional football player who plays for TFF Second League club Tokatspor.-Career:Born in Saint-Étienne, Özkan began his career playing youth football for the French team AS Saint-Étienne. He moved to Turkey and played for Türk Telekom Gençlik Spor Kulübü, Samsunspor,... |
1986 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Hakan Özmert Hakan Özmert Hakan Özmert is a French-Turkish footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Orduspor in the Süper Lig.-Club career:... |
1985 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Elif Şafak Elif Safak Elif Şafak , is a Turkish writer who writes in both Turkish and English. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages.-Fiction:... |
1971 | Writer | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Adem Sağlam | 1994 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Faik Sardag | 1981 | Musician | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Fikret Mualla Saygı Fikret Muallâ Saygi Fikret Muallâ Saygı was a 20th century avant-garde painter of Turkish descent. His work reflects influences from Expressionism and Fauvism, with subject matter focusing on Paris street life, social gatherings such as cafés and circuses.-Early life:He was born in Istanbul, but lived and worked in... |
1903-1967 | Painter | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Barış Serbest | 1989 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Servan Taştan | 1993 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Atila Turan Atila Turan Atila Turan is a French footballer who plays for S.C. Beira-Mar in Portugal, on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal. He plays mainly as a left midfielder, but is also capable of playing as a left back.... |
1992 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Master Turc | Singer | French-born to Turkish parents | |
| Bülent Üçüncü Bülent Üçüncü Bülent Üçüncü is a Turkish former footballer. He also holds French citizenship.-External links:*... |
1974 | Football player | Immigrant from Turkey |
| İsmail Uğur | 1987 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Sabahattin Usta Sabahattin Usta Sabahattin Usta , is a Turkish footballer. He currently plays for Gençlerbirliği at the midfielder position.-External links:*... |
1990 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Alexander Vallaury Alexander Vallaury Alexander Vallaury was a French-Ottoman architect, who founded architectural education and lectured in the School of Fine Arts in Constantinople , Ottoman Empire.... |
1850-1921 | Architect | |
| :fr:Semih Vaner | 1945-2008 | Social scientist | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Serkan Yanık Serkan Yanık Serkan Yanık is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a right back for Bucaspor in the Süper Lig.-Club career:... |
1987 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Gülseren Yıldırım Gülseren Gülseren Yıldırım Gomez , known on stage simply as Gülseren, is a Turkish born French singer, whose output covers a wide range of genres, including pop, Latin, techno and traditional Turkish music... |
1973 | Singer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Murat Yılmaz | 1986 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |
| Berkay Yürdem | Model | French-born to Turkish parents | |
| Yakup Ramazan Zorlu | 1991 | Football player | French-born to Turkish parents |