List of Turkish French people

The following is a list of notable French Turks, including both original immigrants of full or partial Turkish descent who obtained French citizenship and their French descendants.

Most notable French Turks have come from, or originate from, Turkey but there are also notable French people of Turkish origin who have immigrated from, or descend from, the other former Ottoman territories, especially Turks from the North Africa and the Levant.

Academia

• Dr , neurobiologist in charge of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research
• Deniz Dalkara, molecular biologist and Dalkara is listed as an inventor on multiple patents
• Dr , founder of the National Union of Hospital Practitioners (SNPAC) and President of the Franco-Turkish Health Foundation
• Erol Gelenbe, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College
• Nilüfer Göle, Professor of Sociology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales;
• Doğan Kuban, Professor of Ottoman Architecture and History at Istanbul Technical University
• , director of the Arab world collections at the French publishing house Actes Sud (Turkish Syrian origin, from the Mardam Bey family)
• Pınar Selek, sociologist and feminist
• , Professor of History at the ;
• , founder and president of the "French Association for the Study of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Turkish-Iranian World" (AFEMOTI), Director of the "Study Group on Contemporary Turkey and Iran (ERTCI)", and Director of "Study notebooks on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Turkish-Iranian world" (CEMOTI).

Arts and literature

• Ivan Bunin, writer
• Suela Cennet founder and executive director of The Pill
• Leïla Chellabi, writer (Morocco-born to a Turkish-Algerian father)
• , sculptor and painter
• Gürkan Coşkun, painter
• Abidin Dino, painter
• Ramize Erer, cartoonist and painter
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata, poet and writer (Turkish-Lebanese origin)
• writer (Turkish-Lebanese origin)
• Nedim Gürsel, novelist who teaches contemporary Turkish literature at the Sorbonne
• , novelist (Turkish mother)
• Mustapha Haciane, writer (Turkish-Algerian origin)
• , journalist
• , American-born journalist and President of the 30 millions d'amis foundation
• Seyhan Kurt, poet, writer, anthropologist and sociologist
• Amin Maalouf, author (Lebanese-born to a Turkish-Egyptian mother)
• , painter
• Kenizé Mourad, novelist who descends from the exiled Ottoman royal family
• Yaman Okur, dancer
• Mourad Salem, artist (Turkish-Tunisian origin)
• Fikret Mualla Saygı, painter
• Leïla Sebbar, writer (Turkish-Algerian through her grandmother)
• Elif Shafak, novelist who was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2010
• Ayşegül Savaş, writer
• Nil Yalter, contemporary feminist artist (Turkish-Egyptian origin)
• Munis Tekinalp, writer, philosopher, and journalist

Business

• Ali Bourequat, businessman (Moroccan-born to a Turkish-Tunisian father)
• Emad Khashoggi, businessman who initiated the Château Louis XIV development project (Lebanese-born into the Saudi-Turkish Khashoggi family)
• Gökşin Sipahioğlu, photographer who founded the Paris-based photo agency Sipa Press
• Selçuk Yilmaz, businessman and co-owner of the French clothing brand '
• Seyfi Yılmaz, businessman and co-owner of the French clothing brand '
• Nesime Dogan Gunter, businesswoman and entrepreneur

Fashion and design

• Ayşe Ege, co-founded the Paris-based high fashion brand Dice Kayek
• Ece Ege, co-founded the Paris-based high fashion brand Dice Kayek
• Ali Suna, model and creator of the brand Divercityz
• Yasemin Tordjman, fashion stylist and former wife of Éric Besson (Turkish-Tunisian through her paternal grandfather)

Film and television

• Isabelle Adjani, actress (Turkish-Algerian father)
• Muratt Atik, actor
• Anaïs Baydemir weather presenter on France 2 and France 3
• Ergün Demir, actor
• Cansel Elçin, actor
• Deniz Gamze Ergüven, film director
• , film director

Music

• , singer (Turkish mother from Syria)
• Deniz Arman Gelenbe, pianist and Professor at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
• Gülseren, singer who represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• Anil Eraslan, cellist
• Mennel Ibtissem, singer and former contestant on ' (Turkish-Syrian father)
• Yilmaz Karaman (Lil maaz), rapper
• , rapper
• Faik Sardag, musician
• , singer
• Serâ Tokay, first conductor of Turkish origin to give a concert at the Carnegie Hall
• Master Turc, singer