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 ÃÂcole des Hautes ÃÂtudes en Sciences Sociales;
- DoÃÂan 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)
- Pñnar 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 CoÃ
Âkun, 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 Saygñ, painter
- Leïla Sebbar, writer (Turkish-Algerian through her grandmother)
- Elif Shafak, novelist who was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2010
- AyÃ
Âegül SavaÃ
Â, writer
- Nil Yalter, contemporary feminist artist (Turkish-Egyptian origin)
- Munis Tekinalp, writer, philosopher, and journalist
Business
Fashion and design
Film and television
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
Politics
Religion
Sports
- Patrick Abada, pole vaulter and Olympian (Turkish-Algerian origin)
- Emre Akbaba, football player
- Aksel Aktas, football player
- , boxer
- Kubilay AktaÃ
Â, football player
- Selen Altunkulak, female football player
- Fatih Atik, football player
- Numan Bostan, football player
- , female basketball player (Turkish mother)
- Umut Bozok, football player
- Ozkan Cetiner, football player
- ðbrahim DaÃÂaÃ
Âan. football player
- Mustafa Durak, football player
- Mevlüt Erdinç, football player
- Ayhan Güçlü, football player
- Metehan Güçlü, football player
- Ender Günlü, football player
- Serdar Gürler, football player
- Selim Ilgaz, football player
- Burak KardeÃ
Â, football player
- ðpek Kaya, female football player
- Samed Kñlñç, football player
- ÃÂzer ÃÂzdemir, football player
- Sinan ÃÂzkan, football player
- Hakan ÃÂzmert, football player
- Fatih ÃÂztürk, football player
- Yusuf Sari, football player
- Benjamin Stambouli, football player (Turkish-Algerian through his great-grandfather)
- Henri Stambouli, football player (Turkish-Algerian through his grandfather)
- , football player
- Atila Turan, football player
- Kendal Ucar, football player
- Sabahattin Usta, football player
- Serkan Yanñk football player
Other
See also
References