From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable
Macedonian Turks.
Academia
Arts and literature
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
Business
Cinema and television
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Filiz Ahmet, Macedonian and Turkish actress
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Sabina Ajrula, actress
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Pelin Akil, Turkish actress (maternally of Turkish Macedonian origin)
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Özgü Namal, Turkish actress (Turkish Macedonian father)
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Muhterem Nur, actress and pop singer
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Ertan Saban, actor
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Erman Saban, actor
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Elyesa Kaso, actor
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Selahattin Bilal, actor
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Mustafa Yaşar, actor
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Bedia Begovska, actress
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Leyla Sayar, actress, author, ballerina, beauty queen, and singer (Turkish Macedonian father)
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Attila Klinçe, actor
Military
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Tekin Arıburun, chief commander of the
Turkish Air Force
[2]
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Huseyin Avni, commander of the
57th Infantry Regiment of the
Ottoman Army at
Gallipoli
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Kâzım Dirik, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
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Naci Eldeniz, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
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Akif Erdemgil, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
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Mehmet Suphi Kula, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
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Süleyman Sabri Pasha, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
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Tahsin Yazıcı, Turkish army officer
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Hüseyin Avni Zaimler, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
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İlker Başbuğ, 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey (Turkish Macedonian parents)
Music
Şebnem Ferah
Politics
Enes Ibrahim
Fethi Okyar
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Tekin Arıburun, the last Turkish president to be born outside the territory of modern-day Turkey
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Ali Rıza Efendi, father of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (family from the Turkish Macedonian village of
Kodžadžik)
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Elvin Hasan, politician and government minister
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Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey from 2000 to 2007 (born in Afyonkarahisar to Turkish Macedonian parents from
Serres,
Central Macedonia,
Greece)
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Enes Ibrahim, MP in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia (2014–present)
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Fahri Kaya, Former member of presidency of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia
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Srgjan Kerim, diplomat and former President of the
United Nations General Assembly
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Ali Fethi Okyar, second Prime Minister of Turkey
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Özgür Özel, current chairman of
Republican People's Party (CHP) (Turkish Macedonian father)
Sports
Oktay Mahmuti
Semih Kaya
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Serdar Aziz, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian father)
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Erol Bekir, Swedish football player
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Elif Elmas, football player
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Ilami Halimi, football player
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Adem İbrahimoğlu, Turkish football player
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Semih Kaya, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian grandfather)
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Denis Mahmudov, football player
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Oktay Mahmuti, basketball coach
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Emre Mor, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian mother)
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Muarem Muarem, football player
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Caner Osman, Turkish basketball coach (Turkish Macedonian father)
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Cedi Osman, basketball player
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Yksel Osmanovski, Swedish football player
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Erdal Rakip, Swedish football player
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Redžep Selman, Olympic triple jumper
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Ziya Taner, football manager
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Muarem Zekir, football player
See also
References