List of Turkish Belgians

This is a list of notable Belgian Turks.

Academia

• , professor of sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
• Yasemin Arda, management scientist
• , researcher in archaeology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Arts and literature

• Anthony Asael, international photographer
• Kenan Görgün, writer.
• Mahmut Karadağ, fashion designer
• , journalist.
• , journalist.

Business

• Şefik Birkiye, architect and founder of Vizzion Architects and Vizzion Europe.

Cinema and television

• , actor
• R. Kan Albay, film director
• , film producer
• , actor
• ,, director
• , actor
• , actress and TV presenter
• ,, comedian
• Hande Kodja, actress
• Gönül Meral, Miss Hainaut (2013)
• , TV presenter
• Zeynep Sever, winner of Miss Belgium 2009
• , actress

Music

• Hadise, singer
• , singer
• Kubat, singer
• Melike Tarhan, musical artist
• Gulus Gulcugil Turkmen
• Tuğba Yurt, singer
• Bünyamin Çankırlı, rapper

Politics

• Meyrem Almaci, President of the Groen party
• Kemal Bilmez, member of the Workers' Party of Belgium
• Cemal Çavdarlı, former member of the SP.A and the LDD; current member of the AKP
• Nawal Ben Hamou, member of the PS
• , member of the Groen
• , member of the PS
• Emir Kir, Mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
• Ahmet Koç (politician), member of the SP.A
• , former member of the SP.A and current member of the VLD
• , member of the PS
• Mahinur Özdemir, youngest and first female member of parliament with hijab; former member of cdH
• , member of the PS
• , former member of the PS
• , member of the SP.A
• , member of the SP.A
• , member of the CD&V
• , member of the SP.A
• Funda Oru member of Vooruit
• , member of the CD&V
• Ayse Yigit, member of the PVDA
• , member of the VLD

Sports

• Izzet Akgül, football player
• Bülent Akın, football player
• Murat Akın, football player
• Yunus Bahadır, football player
• Hakan Bayraktar, football player
• Sami Bayraktar, futsal player
• Engin Bekdemir, football player
• Kadir Bekmezci, football player
• Hakan Bilgiç, football player
• Ümit Bilican, football player
• Sinan Bolat, football player
• Cihan Çanak, football player
• Fuat Çapa, football manager
• Ramazan Çevik, football player
• Kahraman Demirtaş, football player
• Murat Direkçi, middleweight kickboxer
• Ferhat Dogruel, football player
• Yunus Gülnar, football player
• Umut Gündoğan, football player
• Emrullah Güvenç, football player
• Serdal Güvenç, football player
• Abdullah İçel, futsal player
• Sefa İşçi, football player
• Adnan Januzaj, football player
• Yasin Karaca, football player
• Ahmet Karadayi, football player
• Burak Kardeş, football player
• Gökhan Kardeş, football player
• Ferhat Kaya, football player
• Onur Kaya, football player
• Ersan Keleş, futsal player
• Anıl Koç, football player
• Fazlı Kocabaş, football player
• Halil Köse, football player
• Ömer Kulga, football player
• Mert Kurt, football player
• Mohamed Ali Kurtuluş, football player
• Muhammed Mert, football player
• Ahmet Öcal, football player
• Hasan Özkan, football player
• Alpaslan Öztürk, football player
• , football player
• Aziz Sağlam, futsal player
• Enes Sağlık, football player
• , boxer
• Erdem Şen, football player
• Taner Taktak, football player
• Mickaël Tirpan, football player (Turkish father)
• Önder Turacı, football player
• Fatih Turan, football player
• Adnan Ugur, football player
• Alper Uludağ, football player
• , football player
• Talha Ülvan, football player
• Cüneyt Vicil, futsal player
• Ali Yaşar, football player
• Hüseyin Yıldız, futsal player
• Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş, football player
• Sara Yuceil, female football player

Victims of crime

• Songül Koç, shot by Hans Van Themsche in 2006.

See also

• Turks in Belgium
• List of Belgians
• List of Turkish Austrians
• List of British Turks
• List of Dutch people of Turkish descent
• List of Turkish French people
• List of Turkish Germans
• List of Turkish people

References