List of Turkish Americans
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable Turkish American
s, are people who have Turkish
ancestry (or have or had Turkish citizenship for those of non-Turkish ethnic descent) and are citizens of the United States
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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Turkish American or must have references showing they are Turkish American and are notable.
Turkish American
Turkish Americans are people who have Turkish ancestry and are citizens of the United States.-History:Early Turkish immigrants to the United States were predominantly from Turkey's rural community. They settled in large, industrial cities and found employment as unskilled laborers...
s, are people who have Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
ancestry (or have or had Turkish citizenship for those of non-Turkish ethnic descent) and are citizens of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Turkish American or must have references showing they are Turkish American and are notable.
Academics
- Kamer Daron AcemoğluDaron AcemogluKamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian origin. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal. He is among the in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc...
, Charles P. KindlebergerCharles P. KindlebergerCharles Poor "Charlie" Kindleberger was a historical economist and author of over 30 books. His 1978 book Manias, Panics, and Crashes, about speculative stock market bubbles, was reprinted in 2000 after the dot-com bubble. He is well known for hegemonic stability theory.-Life:Kindleberger was born...
Professor of Applied Economics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark MedalJohn Bates Clark MedalThe John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge"...
. - Taner AkçamTaner AkçamAltuğ Taner Akçam is a Turkish historian and sociologist. He is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and openly discuss the Armenian Genocide, and is recognized as a "leading international authority" on the subject....
, University of MinnesotaUniversity of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
professor, historian specializing in the Armenian GenocideArmenian GenocideThe Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I... - İlhan Aksay, Professor, Princeton University
- Yasemin Aksoy, an associate professor of operations management at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans and the founding director of the Tulane Consortium for Supply Chain Management
- Özalp BabaoğluÖzalp BabaogluOzalp Babaoğlu, son of former Turkish foreign officer Nazif Babaoğlu and his wife Şükran Babaoğlu, born in Ankara, Turkey, is a Turkish computer scientist. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bologna, Italy. He received a Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of...
, a professor of computer science at University of BolognaUniversity of BolognaThe Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
. - Ciğdem Balım
- Asım Orhan BarutAsim Orhan BarutAsım Orhan Barut was a Turkish-American theoretical physicist.-Biography:Barut was a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research interests centered on of group theoretic methods in physics...
, University of Colorado-BoulderUniversity of Colorado at BoulderThe University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
physicist - Aydin Y. Durgunoglu, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
- Özlem KahyaoĞlu Equils, Dr., researcher
- Faruk GülFaruk GülFaruk R. Gül is a Turkish American economist, a professor of economics at Princeton University and a Fellow of the Econometric Society.Gül did his undergraduate studies at Boğaziçi University, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1986, where he was a student of Hugo F. Sonnenschein...
, Professor of Economics, Princeton University - Dr. Murat Günel, Associate Professor of NeurosurgeryNeurosurgeryNeurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...
- Feza GürseyFeza GürseyFeza Gürsey was a Turkish mathematician and physicist. His best known contribution to theoretical physics is his work on the Nonlinear Chiral Lagrangian.-Biography:...
, mathematician and physicist - M. Şükrü HanioğluM. Sükrü HaniogluM. Şükrü Hanioğlu is a Turkish professor of late Ottoman history in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. From July 2005 he is the department chair....
, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.... - Alp IkizlerAlp IkizlerT. Alp Ikizler is a nephrologist, currently holding the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he does clinical work and heads a research lab. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, he received his M.D. from the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine.Dr....
, nephrologist, currently holding the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of MedicineVanderbilt University School of MedicineVanderbilt University School of Medicine is a medical school located in Nashville, TN. Currently ranked 15th out of 126 accredited medical schools in the U.S News & World Report 2010 rankings, the school of medicine has a reputation as a center of research and high-quality clinical care. Vanderbilt... - Cem KanerCem KanerCem Kaner J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Software Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, and the Director of Florida Tech's Center for Software Testing Education & Research since 2004...
- Merve KavakçıMerve KavakciMerve Safa Kavakçı was a Turkish politician, who was elected as a Virtue Party deputy for Istanbul on April 18, 1999. On May 2, she was prevented from making her parliamentary oath because of her hijab, which is banned for civil servants in secular Turkey...
, current George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
ProfessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
and former Fazilet PartyVirtue PartyVirtue Party was an Islamist political party established in December 1998 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned in June 2001, for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution...
ParliamentarianParliament of EnglandThe Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...
exiled from TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
for violating the Public Head Scarf BanSecularism in TurkeySecularism in Turkey defines the relationship between religion and state in the country of Turkey. Secularism was first introduced with the 1928 amendment of the Constitution of 1924, which removed the provision declaring that the "Religion of the State is Islam", and with the later reforms of... - Comert Kural, Scientist
- Hasan ÖzbekhanHasan ÖzbekhanDr. Hasan Özbekhan was a Turkish American systems scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher and planner who was Professor Emeritus of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania...
- Hasan Pirkul, Dean of the School of Management at the University of Texas at DallasUniversity of Texas at DallasThe University of Texas at Dallas, also referred to as UT Dallas or UTD, is a public research university in the University of Texas System. The main campus is in the heart of the Richardson, Texas, Telecom Corridor, north of downtown Dallas...
- Mehmet TonerMehmet TonerMehmet Toner, PhD is a Turkish biomedical engineer. A professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School and professor of biomedical engineering at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology , Toner first gained prominence for his theory of intra-cellular ice formation while...
, world renowned cryobiologist, professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
, and professor of biomedical engineering at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyHarvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyFounded in 1970, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, or HST, is one of the oldest and largest biomedical engineering and physician-scientist training programs in the United States and the longest-standing functional collaboration between Harvard University and the... - Turgay ÜzerTurgay UzerAhmet Turgay Uzer is a Turkish-American theoretical physicist.Currently Regents' Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has contributed in field of atomic and molecular physics, nonlinear dynamics and chaos significantly...
, Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
Physicist - Vamık VolkanVamik VolkanVamık D. Volkan, M.D. is a Turkish-Cypriot emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine...
, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry - Nur YalmanNur YalmanNur Yalman is a leading Turkish social anthropologist and professor at Harvard University.Yalman received his high school diploma from Robert College, Istanbul, one of Turkey’s premier private high schools. For his BA and PhD, he studied Social Anthropology at Cambridge University under the...
, octolingual Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies - Osman YaşarOsman YasarOsman Yaşar is Empire Innovation Professor at the Computational Science department at State University of New York College at Brockport. He holds 3 master’s degrees and a Ph.D. degree...
, a professor and chair of the computational science (CPS) department at State University of New York (SUNY) College at Brockport. - K. Aslıhan YenerK. Aslihan YenerK. Aslihan Yener is an archaeologist of Turkish descent whose work on Bronze Age tin mines in Anatolia revealed a new possible source of the important metal.-Education and early years:...
, University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
Archaeologist who uncovered a new source of Bronze AgeBronze AgeThe Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
n tin mines
Artists
- Mustafa Kemal Abadan, a partner of one of the world’s largest architect firms Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)
- Haluk AkakçeHaluk AkakçeHaluk Akakçe is a contemporary artist living and working in New York and Istanbul whose work explores the intersections between society and technology through video animations, wall paintings and sound installations. He trained in architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara, then graduated with...
- Metin Bereketli, painter
- Burhan DoğançayBurhan Dogançay-Biography:Burhan Dogançay obtained his artistic training from his father Adil Doğançay, and Arif Kaptan, both well-known Turkish painters. In his youth, Dogançay played on the Turkish Gençlerbirliği soccer team. In 1950, he received a law degree from the University of Ankara, Turkey...
, painter, photographer, and former soccer player - Sururi GümenSururi GümenSururi Gümen was a Turkish American illustrator. For many years he was an uncredited ghost artist behind Alfred Andriola's comic strip Kerry Drake, finally receiving co-credit in 1976....
, Illustrator and ghost artist behind Alfred AndriolaAlfred AndriolaAlfred James Andriola was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Kerry Drake, for which he won a Reuben Award in 1970. His work sometimes appeared under the pseudonym Alfred James....
's comic strip Kerry DrakeKerry DrakeKerry Drake is the title of a comic strip created for Publishers Syndicate by Alfred Andriola as artist and Allen Saunders as uncredited writer... - Jeff Treves, animator
Astronomers
- Janet Akyüz MatteiJanet Akyüz MatteiJanet Akyüz Mattei was a Turkish American astronomer, educated in both Turkey and the United States and with a U.S. career, who was the director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers from 1973 to 2004....
, astronomer and director of the AAVSOAmerican Association of Variable Star ObserversSince its founding in 1911, the American Association of Variable Star Observers has coordinated, collected, evaluated, analyzed, published, and archived variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers and makes the records available to professional astronomers, researchers, and...
Business people
- Harry Ablak, Varol Ablak & Seçkin Ablak, founders of Vocelli PizzaVocelli PizzaVocelli Pizza is a pizzeria based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. , the chain has stores in the District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia...
- Sait Akarlılar, businessman, founder of Mavi JeansMavi JeansMavi Jeans is a brand of denim jeans founded in 1991, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.Mavi Jeans designs a full collection of jeans wear, for young women and men...
- Abdullah Akyüz, President of TUSIAD-US Inc
- Muhtar KentMuhtar KentMuhtar Kent is a Turkish business executive. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company. He was appointed to assume the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company in 2008.-Early life:...
, Chief Executive of Coca-ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
Company - Erol OnaranErol OnaranErol Onaran , founder of Erol's TV, Erol's Video and Erol's Internet, was a Turkish-American businessman. He was born in Turkey, although he spent most of his young life in Istanbul, Turkey where he goes to Istanbul Erkek Lisesi before moving to the United States in 1959...
- Hüseyin Özyurtçu is founder of Picasso Travel with his late wife Esin.
- Melek Portillo, founder of one of three largest wholesale Spanish-language music distributors in USA
- Emel Singer, businesswoman
- Sel Erder Yackley, author, businesswoman, journalist
- Ahmet Sandıkçı is owner of the first banknote collection showroom, Arcade Currency Palace, in the U.S.
- Nevin Şanlı, the founder and principal owner of Sanli Pastore & Hill, the largest business appraisal firm in California and one of the five largest firms in the US in this industry.
- Melih AbdulhayoğluMelih AbdulhayogluMelih Abdulhayoğlu is a technologist and an entrepreneur. As an inventor, he holds several patents. He has written articles on Internet security. In 1998, he founded Comodo, a privately held international company that produces computer security products including SSL certificates...
, President, CEO and Chief Security Architect Comodo Group Inc.
Cinema
- Turgut Türk Adıgüzel, director
- Hayati Akbaş, actor
- Can Ansay, actor
- Resmine Atış, actress
- Aclan BatesAclan BatesAclan Bates Büyüktürkoğlu is a Film/Theater actor, Film/Theater director, writer and Film/Theater producer.- Filmography :- External links :***...
, director - Jack BannonJack BannonJohn James "Jack" Bannon is an American television actor. He is most famous for his role as Assistant City Editor Art Donovan on Lou Grant, a role he played for the duration of the series, from 1977 until 1982....
- Ossie BeckOssie BeckOssie Beck is an American actor. He played Eliezer Halfin in 2005's Munich.Beck was born in Hollywood, California. He later attended college in Santa Barbara, California as a pre-med major.-External links:*...
- Bea BenaderetBea BenaderetBea Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She is best remembered for her wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate...
- Turhan BeyTurhan BeyTurhan Bey is an American actor of Turkish and Czech descent. Bey was active in Hollywood from 1941 to 1953. He was dubbed "The Turkish Delight" by his fans for his exotic handsome looks...
, 1940s and 1950s film star - Süleyman "Sully" Geldzvek BoyarSully BoyarIrving "Sully" Boyar was an American actor of Russian descent.Boyar was one of seven children, some of whom grew up to become lawyers and businessmen. He also worked as a lawyer before turning to acting...
, actor best known for his work on Dog Day AfternoonDog Day AfternoonDog Day Afternoon is a 1975 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson, and produced by Martin Bregman. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penny Allen, James Broderick, and Carol Kane. The title refers to the "dog days of summer".The film was...
, SerpicoSerpicoSerpico is a 1973 American crime film directed by Sidney Lumet. It is based on the true story of New York City policeman Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose the corruption of his fellow officers, after being pushed to the brink at first by their distrust and later by the threats and...
, Car Wash, and The SopranosThe SopranosThe Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads... - Kevin Totti CorchianiKevin Totti CorchianiKevin 'Totti' Corchiani, is a Turkish-American film producer. He is adopted son of American basketball player Chris Corchiani and raised in Germany, Spain, Italy and Turkey....
- Tülin Daloğlu, Washington Correspondent for Turkey’s Star TV
- Alex Demir, actor
- Traci DinwiddieTraci DinwiddieTraci Dinwiddie is an American film and television actress.-Biography:Dinwiddie was born in Anchorage, Alaska of Syrian and Cherokee descent. She has appeared in films including Summer Catch , Black Knight , The Notebook and End of the Spear , and Mr. Brooks...
, actress - Bilge EbiriBilge EbiriBilge Ebiri is a Turkish American journalist and filmmaker. He was born in 1973 in York, England. Currently, Ebiri is a film critic for New York Magazine and Nerve.com...
,journalist and filmmaker - Gökhan Ekremoğlu, director
- Sinan Germirli, director
- Ayda FieldAyda FieldAyda Field is an American television actress. Field was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Turkish father and American mother.-Early life:...
, actress, she is married to British singer-songwriter Robbie WilliamsRobbie WilliamsRobert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
. - Nicholas KadiNicholas KadiNicholas Kadi is a Turkish-born Iraqi American actor.Kadi was born in Istanbul, Turkey of Iraqi descent. His father, Nizar el Kadi, was an Iraqi ambassador....
- Serdar Kalsın,
- Francesca O'Keefe, Actress, singer, writer and producer
- Erol OnaranErol OnaranErol Onaran , founder of Erol's TV, Erol's Video and Erol's Internet, was a Turkish-American businessman. He was born in Turkey, although he spent most of his young life in Istanbul, Turkey where he goes to Istanbul Erkek Lisesi before moving to the United States in 1959...
, founder of Erol's TV, Erol's Video and Erol's Internet - Eren ÖzkerEren OzkerEren Ozker was a Turkish American Puppeteer. She was one of the original performers during the first season of Jim Henson's popular television series, The Muppet Show....
, puppeteer on The Muppet ShowThe Muppet ShowThe Muppet Show is a British television programme produced by American puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets. After two pilot episodes were produced in 1974 and 1975, the show premiered on 5 September 1976 and five series were produced until 15 March 1981, lasting 120 episodes... - Paul ShenarPaul ShenarPaul Shenar was an American actor.-Career:Shenar became involved in theater at an early age, partaking in the local Milwaukee playhouse productions. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. Following his military career he began acting again...
- Tiffani Amber-ThiessenTiffani ThiessenTiffani Thiessen is an American actress best known for her roles as Kelly Kapowski in Saved by the Bell and as Valerie Malone in Beverly Hills, 90210. She is also known for her role on Fastlane as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers...
, actress best known for her work on Saved by the BellSaved by the BellSaved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
and Beverly Hills, 90210Beverly Hills, 90210Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise... - Ertuğ Tüfekçioğlu, movie director
Doctors
- Ibrahim Ben AliIbrahim Ben AliIbrahim Ben Ali was a soldier, physician and one of the earliest American settlers of Turkish origin.- Youth and antecedents :Ibrahim Ben Ali was born in 1756 near Istanbul. His father, Ali Ben Mustafa, was a man of wealth and prominence and his estate, situated about six miles from that city, was...
, Doctor, casualty in a Baltimore yellow feverYellow feverYellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family....
epidemic - Doruk ErkanDoruk ErkanDoruk Erkan is a Turkish-American physician and assistant professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.- Awards :*Young Investigator Initiative Award, US Bone and Joint Decade, 2006*Lupus Research Award, New York Community Trust, 2004...
, is an Assistant Attending Rheumatologist and Clinical Researcher at Hospital for Special Surgery and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. - Behram KurşunoğluBehram KursunogluBehram Kurşunoğlu was a Turkish physicist and one of the founders of the University of Miami's Center for Theoretical Studies. He was best known for his works on unified field theory, energy and global issues. Moreover, he participated in the discovery of two different types of neutrinos in late...
, physicist and one of the founders of the University of Miami Center for Theoretical Studies. - Mehmet ÖzMehmet OzMehmet Cengiz Oz , also known as Dr. Oz, is a Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon, author, talk show host, and commentator for The Dr. Oz Show, a daily television program focusing on medical issues/personal health....
, cardiothoracic surgeon and award-winning author who has made frequent appearances on The Oprah Winfrey ShowThe Oprah Winfrey ShowThe Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, and CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States... - Zeynel A. KarcıoğluZeynel A. KarciogluDr. Zeynel A. Karcioglu is a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology particularly in the areas of retinoblastoma, externaleEye tumors, and primary and metastatic orbital neoplasms. Dr. Karcioglu is also a diplomat of the American Board of Pathology....
, M.D., ophthalmic oncology and orbital diseases specialist, surgeon - Dr. Hasan ÖzbekhanHasan ÖzbekhanDr. Hasan Özbekhan was a Turkish American systems scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher and planner who was Professor Emeritus of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania...
, Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaWharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaThe Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
, founding member and first director of the think tankThink tankA think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
The Club of Rome, systems scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher, and planner - Yusuf YaziciYusuf YaziciDr. Yusuf Yazici is a rheumatologist and a clinical researcher at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine and the Director of the Seligman Center for Advanced Therapeutics and the Behcet's Syndrome Evaluation, Treatment...
, is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the New York University School of Medicine
Economics
- Kamer Daron AcemoğluDaron AcemogluKamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian origin. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal. He is among the in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc...
- Turkish economist of ArmenianArmeniansArmenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
descent - Nouriel RoubiniNouriel RoubiniNouriel Roubini is an American economist. He claims to have predicted both the collapse of the United States housing market and the worldwide recession which started in 2008. He teaches at New York University's Stern School of Business and is the chairman of Roubini Global Economics, an economic...
Judges
- Halil Süleyman ÖzerdenHalil Suleyman OzerdenHalil Suleyman "Sul" Ozerden , is a Turkish American federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He was nominated by George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by David C. Bramlette.-Biography:Ozerden was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi...
, United States District Judge for the Southern District of MississippiUnited States District Court for the Southern District of MississippiThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Vicksburg, and Jackson....
http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3145 - Ali B. Paksoy, Jr., District CourtCourts of North CarolinaCourts of North Carolina include:State courts of North Carolina*North Carolina Supreme Court**North Carolina Court of Appeals***North Carolina Superior Court ***North Carolina District Courts...
Judge for North Carolina District 27BCleveland County, North Carolina-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 98,078 people, 37,046 households, and 27,006 families residing in the county. The population density was 207 people per square mile . There were 40,317 housing units at an average density of 87 per square mile...
http://www.clevelandcounty.com/public/boe/candidates2006.pdf
Music
- Bülent ArelBülent ArelBülent Arel was a Turkish-born composer of contemporary classical music and electronic music.He was born in Istanbul, and studied composition at the Ankara Conservatory and sound engineering in Paris...
, composer of contemporary classical musicContemporary classical musicContemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
and electronic musicElectronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound... - Ahmet ErtegünAhmet ErtegunAhmet Ertegün was a Turkish American musician and businessman, best known as the founder and president of Atlantic Records. He also wrote classic blues and pop songs and served as Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum...
, founder of Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
, chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and co-founder of the New York CosmosNew York CosmosThe New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York City, New York and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, where it remained for the rest of its history...
soccer team of the North American Soccer LeagueNorth American Soccer LeagueNorth American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:... - Nesuhi ErtegünNesuhi ErtegunNesuhi Ertegun was a Turkish record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International.-Background:Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Nesuhi and his family, including younger brother Ahmet, moved to Washington, D.C...
, record producer and executive of Atlantic Records - Eydie GorméEydie GorméEydie Gormé is an American singer, specializing, with her husband, Steve Lawrence, in traditional pop music, in the form of ballads and breezy swing. She has earned numerous awards, including the Grammy and the Emmy...
- Isaac GuilloryIsaac GuilloryIsaac Guillory was an American folk guitarist. He wrote over 70 songs during a career that spanned 30 years.-Personal life:...
- Kamran İnceKamran InceKamran N. İnce is a Turkish-American composer.- Life :Ince was born in Glendive, Montana, and at the age of six moved with his family to Turkey. He entered the Ankara State Conservatory at the age of ten, in 1971, where he began studying cello and piano, and took composition lessons with İlhan Baran...
, composer - Tolga KatasTolga KatasTolga Katas is a Turkish entrepreneur who began his career as a rock singer and songwriter, then left the spotlight to become a behind-the-scenes independent record producer and promoter...
, singer, songwriter, and record producer - Arif MardinArif MardinArif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
, music producer - Neil SedakaNeil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
, pop singer, pianist, and songwriter - Pamela SpencePamela SpencePamela Aslı Spence is a Turkish pop-rock singer.Born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a British American father and a Turkish mother, she sings in Turkish, which she learned at the age of 15, after her family moved to Turkey. In addition to her solo career, she has collaborated with a number of other...
, Turkish Pop-rock singer - Özlem TekinÖzlem TekinÖzlem Tekin is a Turkish singer, TV show host and occasional actress, primarily known for her music. Though she started out in the hard rock genre, her music has progressed to incorporate different styles such as house, punk, pop and Turkish folk music.-Life and career:Özlem Tekin was born in...
, TurkishTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
singer - Deniz TekDeniz TekDeniz Tek is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian group Radio Birdman who broke up, for the last time, after their last European tour in 2007...
- Pınar ToprakPinar ToprakPınar Toprak is a Turkish composer, best known for composing the film score for Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil and the Xbox 360 video game Ninety-Nine Nights....
, composer
NASA
- Ismail AkbayIsmail AkbayIsmail Akbay was the first Turk who worked for NASA. He was born in Mudanya near Bursa, Turkey on October 17, 1930. Early on, Akbay was recognized as a gifted child with exceptional mental aptitude. He graduated from Bursa Erkek Lisesi and Haydarpaşa Lisesi before choosing to move to the United...
, served in various managerial capacities during NASA’s Apollo, SkylabSkylabSkylab was a space station launched and operated by NASA, the space agency of the United States. Skylab orbited the Earth from 1973 to 1979, and included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a mass of...
and Apollo-Soyuz projects.http://marshallstar.msfc.nasa.gov/7-31-03.pdf
Politics
- Zeyno BaranZeyno BaranZeyno Baran is a Turkish American scholar on issues ranging from US-Turkey relations to Islamist ideology to energy security in Europe and Asia. She is the Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, a think tank located in Washington D.C....
, scholar on issues on US-Turkey relations - Osman "Oz" BengürOz BengurOsman "Oz" Bengur is an American investment banker and Democratic party politician. Bengur has served as Treasurer for the Maryland Democratic Party and was a candidate for Congress in 2002 and 2006. He was also a 2010 candidate for Delegate in Maryland’s 42nd District...
, Maryland Democratic PartyMaryland Democratic PartyThe Maryland Democratic Party is the state affiliate of the United States Democratic Party in the U.S. State of Maryland, headquartered in Annapolis. The current state party chair is Yvette Lewis.-History:...
Congressional Candidate
Sports
- Chris BaşakChris BasakChristopher Joseph Başak, is a former American professional baseball infielder. During his career, he played in the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees organizations...
, Major League Baseball infielder - Sami BerikSami BerikSami Berik is a Turkish professional mixed martial artist who is a Cage Rage veteran, and has competed in the Cage Rage Contenders series. Berik has fought current Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Dan Hardy, Terry Etim, and Ross Pearson...
, mixed martial artist - Dave CoskunianDave CoskunianDavit “Dave Coskunian” Çoşkun was a Turkish-American soccer player of Armenian descent who earned three caps with the U.S. national team. He played one season in the National Professional Soccer League and one in the North American Soccer League....
, soccer player of ArmenianArmeniansArmenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
descent - Korel EnginKorel EnginKorel Engin , aka Cori Enghusen, is U.S. born Turkish female basketball player at the center position. At 201 cm , she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national team....
, basketball player - Tunç İlkinTunch IlkinTunch Ilkin is a Turkish sports broadcaster and a former American football player. He currently serves as a television and radio analyst for the Pittsburgh Steelers.-Biography:...
, former Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
player and Sports Commentator - Ersan İlyasovaErsan IlyasovaErsan İlyasova is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for Anadolu Efes. He is also under contract with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, though the NBA is currently in a lockout...
, Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....
player - Şebnem KimyacıoğluSebnem KimyaciogluŞebnem Kimyacıoğlu is a player on the Turkish American Women's Basketball Team. She was born in Santa Clara, California, USA. She is an alumnus from Pinewood High School in California and graduated from Stanford before returning to Turkey...
, basketball player - Yasemin KimyacıoğluYasemin KimyaciogluYasemin Kimyacıoğlu,a 5' 7" guard,is a Turkish American women's basketball player at Santa Clara University in California, USA. Her sister, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, plays professionally for Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K., and for the Turkish national team. Kimyacıoğlu is a Pinewood High School alumn having...
, basketball player - Mehmet OkurMehmet OkurMehmet Murat Okur is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for Türk Telekom B.K.. He is also under contract with the Utah Jazz of the NBA, and can return to that team when the 2011 NBA lockout ends...
, Utah JazzUtah JazzThe Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
player and 2007 NBA All-Star - Nevin NevlinNevin NevlinKristen Michelle Newlin aka Nevin Nevlin is a Turkish American female basketball player at the center position who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is 1.96 m and her primary position is center. Nevlin became a valuable member of a EuroLeague Women side of Fenerbahçe Istanbul...
, basketball player - Hidayet TürkoğluHidayet TürkogluHidayet "Hedo" Türkoğlu is a Turkish professional basketball player in the NBA currently playing for the Orlando Magic. He plays the small forward position, although he has played four positions in his career...
, Orlando MagicOrlando MagicThe Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
player - Nevriye YılmazNevriye YilmazNevriye Yılmaz is a Turkish-Bulgarian professional female basketball player of Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria as a member of Turkish minority, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship...
, basketball player
Talk show hosts
- Cenk UygurCenk UygurCenk Kadir Uygur , is the main host and co-founder of the liberal Internet and talk radio show, The Young Turks . A naturalized U.S. citizen, Uygur was born in Turkey and raised from age eight in the United States. He worked as an attorney in Washington D.C. and New York before beginning his career...
, host of the liberal talk radio show The Young TurksThe Young Turks (talk show)The Young Turks is a progressive Internet talk show via live web stream and YouTube, and starting in late 2011, a weeknight news and political commentary program airing on Current TV. It was Sirius Satellite Radio's first original talk programming. The Young Turks claims to be the first Internet...
on Air America RadioAir America RadioAir America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
, and a regular blogBlogA blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger on The Huffington PostThe Huffington PostThe Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
Other
- Ibrahim Ben AliIbrahim Ben AliIbrahim Ben Ali was a soldier, physician and one of the earliest American settlers of Turkish origin.- Youth and antecedents :Ibrahim Ben Ali was born in 1756 near Istanbul. His father, Ali Ben Mustafa, was a man of wealth and prominence and his estate, situated about six miles from that city, was...
- Asım Orhan BarutAsim Orhan BarutAsım Orhan Barut was a Turkish-American theoretical physicist.-Biography:Barut was a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research interests centered on of group theoretic methods in physics...
, theoretical physicist. - Orkut BüyükköktenOrkut BüyükköktenOrkut Büyükkökten is a Turkish software engineer who developed the social networking services Club Nexus, inCircle and Orkut....
, software engineer - Mehmet F. ÇelebiMehmet F. CelebiMehmet Celebi is the former Turkish president of the Turkish American Cultural Association. He is a fellow with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and an expert on US Turkey Relations....
, former president of the Turkish American Cultural AllianceTurkish American Cultural AllianceTurkish American Cultural Alliance is a non-profit, non-political Chicago based organization. It was formed in 1968. It creates public awareness for Turkish culture, Turkey and Turkish people in Chicago and Illinois, United States.... - Tantek ÇelikTantek ÇelikTantek Çelik is a computer scientist of Turkish-American descent and was the Chief Technologist at Technorati. He is one of the principal editors of several CSS Specifications....
, computer scientist - Bilge EbiriBilge EbiriBilge Ebiri is a Turkish American journalist and filmmaker. He was born in 1973 in York, England. Currently, Ebiri is a film critic for New York Magazine and Nerve.com...
, a New York Magazine film critic - Sibel Deniz EdmondsSibel EdmondsSibel Deniz Edmonds is a Turkish-American former FBI translator and founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition...
, former FBI translator - James Ben Ali HagginJames Ben Ali HagginJames Ben Ali Haggin was an Turkish Americanattorney, rancher, investor and a major owner/breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing...
, namesake of the Ben Ali StakesBen Ali StakesThe Ben Ali Stakes is an American race for thoroughbred horses run in the Spring of each year at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. For 4-year-olds and up, it is a Grade III event set at a distance of one mile and one eighth mile on the dirt... - Chris KanikChris KanikChris Kanik is a Turkish-Cuban stand-up comedian who first gained mass popularity through social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace. He co-stars with Warren G in a commercial campaign promoting a Affirm XL, a male enhancement product.-Comedy:...
- Kenan ŞahinKenan SahinKenan Eyup Sahin is a Turkish scientist and entrepreneur in the United States.After graduating from Robert College of Istanbul, he received both his B.S. and Ph.D...
, Establishing Partner in Lucent TechnologiesAlcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services... - Lisa Marie VaronLisa Marie VaronLisa Marie Varon , is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and fitness competitor of Puerto Rican and Turkish descent...
, WrestlingWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
Star known as Victoria - Ahmet YıldızAhmet YildizAhmet Yıldız is a Turkish professor of Physics and Molecular Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has contributed significantly to the understanding of how motor proteins walk along their filaments....
biophysicist, GE/Science Young Scientist Award winner
See also
- List of Turkish people
- List of British Turks
- List of Turkish Germans
- Turkish-Cypriot