List of famous athletes from Turkey, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Turkey has seen some very talented athletes over the years, many of who have gone on to represent their country in the Olympics. These are some of the best Turkish athletes of all time, so if you're a native of Turkey and are aspiring to compete in sports professionally then these are people you should look up to. If you're searching for a particular popular athlete from Turkey then you can use the "search" box to find who you're looking for.
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This list answers the questions, "Who are the greatest Turkish athletes?" and "Which athletes are from Turkey?"
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- 1Elvan Abeylegesse, (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish);... more on Wikipedia
- 2Tuğba Karademir (born on March 17, 1985) is a Turkish former competitive figure skater. She... more on Wikipedia
- 3Sviatlana Sudak (Belarusian: Сьвятлана Судак; born 20 March 1971) is a Turkish female hammer... more on Wikipedia
- 4Nuri Şahin (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈnuɾi ˈʃahin], born 5 September 1988) is a Turkish... more on Wikipedia
Nuri Şahin
Turkey national football team - 5Leon Osman (born 17 May 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a... more on Wikipedia
Leon Osman
Everton F.C. - 6Hamit Altıntop (Turkish pronunciation: [haˈmit aɫˈtɯntop], born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish... more on Wikipedia
Hamit Altıntop
FC Bayern Munich - 7Alper Balaban (August 1, 1987 – April 12, 2010) was a Turkish-German footballer who started... more on Wikipedia
Alper Balaban
Eskişehirspor - 8Halil Altıntop (Turkish pronunciation: [haˈlil aɫˈtɯntop], born 8 December 1982) is a retired... more on Wikipedia
Halil Altıntop
FC Schalke 04 - 9Naim Süleymanoğlu (born Naim Suleimanov; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Turkish... more on Wikipedia
- 10Colin Kazim-Richards (born 26 August 1986), also known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım,... more on Wikipedia
Colin Kazim-Richards
Fenerbahçe SK - 11Ceyhun Gülselam (born 25 December 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a... more on Wikipedia
Ceyhun Gülselam
Trabzonspor - 12Ali Bilgin (born 17 December 1981) is a former German football player of Turkish descent. His... more on Wikipedia
Ali Bilgin
Kayserispor - 13Emir Preldžić (born 6 September 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for... more on Wikipedia
- 14Berkant Göktan (born 12 December 1980) is a Turkish-German former footballer. He was... more on Wikipedia
Berkant Göktan
TSV 1860 München - 15Erhan Albayrak (born 5 April 1977) is a Turkish football manager and former player last... more on Wikipedia
Erhan Albayrak
Konyaspor - 16Niyazi Serhat Akın (born 5 June 1981) is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker.
Serhat Akın
Konyaspor - 17Ersen Martin (born 23 May 1979) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a centre... more on Wikipedia
Ersen Martin
Beşiktaş J.K. - 18Ahmet Kuru (born 23 April 1982) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a striker.After... more on Wikipedia
Ahmet Kuru
Antalyaspor - 19Mustafa Kemal "Muzzy" Izzet (; Turkish: İzzet; born 31 October 1974) is a former footballer... more on Wikipedia
- 20Ali Mehmet Güneş (born 23 November 1978) is a Turkish former professional footballer. Born in... more on Wikipedia
Ali Güneş
SC Freiburg - 21Nurcan Taylan (born October 29, 1983 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish Olympic, world and... more on Wikipedia
- 22Deniz Yılmaz (born 26 February 1988) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who last played... more on Wikipedia
Deniz Yılmaz
Bayern Munich II - 23Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985 in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and... more on Wikipedia
- 24Erol Bulut (born 30 January 1975) is a Turkish former footballer and manager of Alanyaspor. He... more on Wikipedia
Erol Bulut
FC Metalurh Donetsk - 25Adem Sarı (born 9 May 1985) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for TFF Second League... more on Wikipedia