List of Turkish Swiss people

This is a list of notable Swiss Turks.

Academia

• Hatice Altug, Professor of Bioengineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Cezmi Akdis, medical researcher in the field of immunology. He is director of the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research
• Edhem Eldem, academician, historian
• Ataç Ä°mamoğlu, physicist
• Murat Kunt, scientist
• , psychiatrist
• Salih Neftçi, Professor of Economics at the New School University (Turkish-Iraqi origin)
• Rosa Schupbach, economist (Turkish mother)
• , architectural historian

Arts and literature

• Jean-Luc Benoziglio, writer and publishing editor (Turkish father)
• Ata Bozaci, graphic designer, illustrator and artist
• , journalist and poet
• Gemma Salem, writer
• , writer

Business

• Dany Bahar, former CEO of Lotus Cars
• Haldun Kuru CFO of EUROFIMA
• Elif Sözen-Kohl, banker and daughter-in-law of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

Cinema and television

• Gülsha Adilji, TV presenter (Turkish-Kosovar mother)
• , director, actress and theatre educator
• , film director and screenwriter
• , film editor
• , director and screenwriter
• , film director, screenwriter and columnist
• Baran bo Odar, film and television director and screenwriter (Turkish mother)
• , actress (Turkish German origin)
• Lale Yavaş, actress
• , comedian

Design

• Yves Behar, industrial designer (Turkish father)
• , fashion designer

Music

• Erkan Aki, singer
• Emel Aykanat, singer
• Bendeniz, singer
• , DJ and house-music producer
• Fernando Corena, opera singer (Turkish father)
• Erdal Kızılçay, musician
• OZ, record producer
• Atilla Şereftuğ, songwriter
• Genç Osman Yavaş, singer
• , guitarist
• , singer, rapper and producer (Turkish mother and Swiss father)

Politics

• Hasan Candan
• , member of the Greens
• , co-Secretary General of the SP

Religion

• , tafsir

Sports

• Endoğan Adili, football player
• Harun Alpsoy, football player
• Diren Akdemir, football player
• , football player
• Zeki Amdouni, football player (Turkish father and Tunisian mother)
• Musa Araz, football player
• Ergün Berisha, football player
• Cengiz Biçer, football player
• Önder Çengel, football player
• Tunahan Cicek, football player
• Eray Cömert, football player
• Ferhat Çökmüş, football player
• , football player
• , football player
• Siyar Doldur, football player
• Burak Eris, football player
• Kerim Frei, football player
• Levent Gülen, football player
• Samet Gunduz, football player
• , football player
• Gökhan Inler, football player
• Enes Kanter, basketball player
• Ertan Irizik, football player
• , football player
• Erhan Kavak, football player
• , football player
• David Kılınç, football player
• Baykal Kulaksızoğlu, football player
• Berkan Kutlu, football player
• Deniz Mendi, football player
• Ahmet Özcan, football player
• Attila Sahin, football player
• Ercüment Şahin, football player
• Serkan Şahin, football player
• Dilaver Satılmış, football player
• , football player
• Gürkan Sermeter, football player
• , football player
• , football player
• Emir Tombul, football player
• , football player
• Kubilay Türkyilmaz, football players
• Necip Ugras, football player
• Murat Ural, football player
• Hakan Yakin, football player
• Murat Yakin, football player
• Ursal Yasar, football player
• Seyhan Yildiz, football player

See also

• Turks in Switzerland
• List of Swiss people

References