List of Turkish Australians

This is a list of notable Australian Turks.

Academia

• Vecihi Başarın, historian
• Serdar Kuyucak, associate professor at the University of Sydney

Activists

• Pembe Mentesh, campaigner and supporter of women's rights (Turkish Cypriot origin)

Arts and literature

• Mutlu Çerkez, conceptual artist (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Filiz Behaettin, author, speaker (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Mertim Gokalp, artist

Business

• Bulent Hass Dellal, , director and chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• John Ilhan, founder of Crazy John's mobile phone retail chain and the richest Australian under 40 years old in 2003
• Huss Mustafa, , senior executive at Commonwealth Bank; established the Australian Turkish Business Council (Turkish Cypriot origin)

Cinema and television

• Yasemin Allen, actor
• Deniz Akdeniz, actor
• Tahir Bilgiç, comedian, film and television actor
• Serhat Caradee, filmmaker
• Didem Erol, actress
• David Gulasi, social media celebrity
• Ayten Kuyululu, film director
• Sinem Saban, film writer, producer, director, and human rights activist (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Serpil Senelmis, broadcaster

Fashion and design

• Leyla Acaroglu, designer, sustainability innovator, and educator
• Şener Besim, jeweller
• Abdulla Elmaz, surrealist fashion photographer

Food

• Ibrahim Kasif, celebrity chef (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Somer Sivrioğlu, celebrity chef
• Ismail Tosun, celebrity chef (Turkish and Turkish Cypriot origin)

Music

• Albert Arlen, , pianist
• Işın Çakmakcıoğlu, violinist and a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Turkish German origin)
• Maya Jupiter, rapper (Turkish mother)
• Deniz Tek, a founding member of Australian rock group Radio Birdman (Turkish father)

Politics

• John Eren, member of the Labour party
• Tayfun Eren, former member of the Labour party, and first Turkish-born politician to be elected to a Parliament in Australia
• Hutch Hussein, State President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) between 2016 and 2019 (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Adem Somyurek, member of the Labour party
• Nazlı Süleyman, member of the Labour party (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Mehmet Tillem, member of the Labour party

Sports

• Jack Aziz, Australian rules football player (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Tansel Başer, football player
• Aziz Behich, football player (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Kerem Bulut, football player
• Tayfun Devrimol, football player
• Taylin Duman, Australian rules football player
• Nazim Erdem, , wheelchair rugby Paralympic gold and silver medalist
• Ä°syan Erdoğan, football player
• Şeyma Erenli, football player
• Ali Eyigun, football player
• Genburten,
• Aytek Genc, football player
• Errol Gulden, Australian rules football player
• Emre Guler, rugby player
• Ersan Gülüm, football player
• Musa Ilhan, wrestler
• Ersin Kaya, football player
• Birkan Kirdar, football player
• Gülcan Koca, football player
• Selin Kuralay, football player
• Funda Nakkaşoğlu, basketball player
• Levent Osman, football player (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Tolgay Özbey, football player
• Susie Ramadan, boxer
• Aiden Sezer, rugby player (Turkish father)
• Sedat Sir, Australian rules football player
• Tarık Solak, kickboxing promoter
• Yaren Sözer, football player
• Ufuk Talay, football player
• Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu, football player
• Mehmet Yağcı, weightlifter
• Servet Uzunlar, football player

Others

• Hakan Ayik, drug trafficker

See also

• Turkish Australians
• List of Australians

References