List of Macedonian Turks
This is a list of notable Macedonian Turks.
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Academia[]
- Oktay Ahmed, university professor, linguist, Turkologist
- Sadettin Dilbilgen, Ottoman and Turkish philatelist
- Süreyya Yusuf, Turcologist
Activists[]
- Nakie Bajram, socialist and fighter for women's rights
- Shaban Obleshevski, Macedonian revolutionary
Arts and literature[]
- Esad Bajram, poet, short story writer, and translator
- Gazanfer Bajram, painter, mosaicist and professor
- Fahri Ali, poet and critic
- Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Ottoman and Turkish poet and author[1]
- Irfan Bekür, poet, playwright, and translator
- Ilhami Emin, poet and translator
- Suad Engulu, writer
- Avni Engüllü, poet, prose writer, and translator
- Rabia Feta, poet
- Bedi Ibrahim, sculptor, painter, and set designer
- Fahri Kaja, poet, narrator, translator, and anthologist
- Mustafa Karahasan, writer and journalist
- Fahri Kaya, writer and poet
- Alpay Recep, painter
- Erol Rizaov, founder and editor of the Utrinski vesnik newspaper
- Yusuf Sabit, poet and writer
- Hüseyin Süleyman, short story writer and playwright
- Alaettin Tahir, author, researcher and journalist
- Necati Zekeriya, writer, poet and journalist
- Nusret Dişo Ülkü, writer and poet
Business[]
- Şarık Tara, billionaire; founder of Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş.
Cinema and television[]
- Filiz Ahmet, Macedonian and Turkish actress
- Sabina Ajrula, actress
- , actress
- Pelin Akil, Turkish actress (maternally of Turkish Macedonian origin)
- Bedrija Begovska, actress
- Salaetin Bilal, theater, film and television actor
- Elyesa Kaso, actor
- Attila Klinçe, theater, cinema and television actor
- Müserref Lozana, actress
- Cemail Maksut, theater and film actor
- Erdoan Maksut, actor
- Süzan Maksut, theater, film and television actress
- Özgü Namal, Turkish actress (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Şerafetin Nebi, actor, director and playwright
- Muhterem Nur, actress and pop singer
- Yiğit Özşener, Turkish actor (Turkish Macedonian mother)
- Erman Saban, actor
- Ertan Saban, actor
- , actor
- Leyla Sayar, actress, author, ballerina, beauty queen, and singer (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Lutfu Seyfullah, theater, film and television actor
- Perihan Tuna, actress
Law[]
- Sabit Kranli, judge in the Supreme Court of Macedonia
Military[]
- Celal Alkoç, Turkish Land Forces Commander
- Tekin Arıburun, chief commander of the Turkish Air Force[2]
- Huseyin Avni, commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment of the Ottoman Army at Gallipoli
- Kâzım Dirik, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Naci Eldeniz, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
- Akif Erdemgil, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Hayrullah Fişek, officer of the Turkish Army
- tr:Köprülü Hamdi, soldier and commander
- Mehmet Suphi Kula, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Süleyman Sabri Pasha, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
- Tahsin Yazıcı, Turkish army officer
- Hüseyin Avni Zaimler, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
Music[]
- Selda Bağcan, Turkish singer (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Badi Bekir, singer and folk musician
- Ajri Demirovski, singer
- Şebnem Ferah, Turkish singer (Turkish Macedonian parents)
- Mesut Kurtiş, singer
- , composer
- Sibel Redzep, Swedish singer
- Usnija Redžepova, singer (Turkish mother)
- Kevser Selimova, folk singer
- Kenan Tairovski, folk singer
Politics[]
- Lütfi Aksoy, served as Üsküdar District Governor, Istanbul Governor and Mayor and Deputy of Sinop
- Tekin Arıburun, the last Turkish president to be born outside the territory of modern-day Turkey
- Ali Rıza Efendi, father of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (family from the Turkish Macedonian village of Kodžadžik)
- Emin Fikri Eralp, Turkish politician
- Elvin Hasan, politician and government minister
- , member of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia
- Enes Ibrahim, MP in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia (2014-present)
- , leader of the Democratic Party of Turks
- Gjuner Ismail, Minister of Culture of the FYRM
- Adnan Kahil, President of the Party for the Movement of Turks in Macedonia
- Asan Kerim, participant in the labour and communist movement in Macedonia
- Srgjan Kerim, diplomat and former President of the United Nations General Assembly
- Şakir Kesebir, Turkish politician
- Nuri Necipoğlu, President of the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes (2016-18)
- Hadi Nezir, Minister in the Government of Macedonia
- Ali Fethi Okyar, second Prime Minister of Turkey
- Kemal Sejfula, Mayor of Skopje (1951-54); Ambassador to Yugoslavia in Zambia (1969-70) and Botswana (1970-73)
- Kamuran Tahir, participant in the Macedonian National Liberation War, a post-war journalist and political activist
Sports[]
- Serdar Aziz, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Erol Bekir, Swedish football player
- Elif Elmas, football player
- Ilami Halimi, football player
- Adem İbrahimoğlu, Turkish football player
- Semih Kaya, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian grandfather)
- Denis Mahmudov, football player
- Oktay Mahmuti, basketball coach
- Emre Mor, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian mother)
- Muarem Muarem, football player
- Caner Osman, Turkish basketball coach (Turkish Macedonian father)
- Cedi Osman, basketball player
- Yksel Osmanovski, Swedish football player
- Erdal Rakip, Swedish football player
- Redžep Selman, Olympic triple jumper
- Ziya Taner, football manager
- Muarem Zekir, football player
Others[]
- Erol Gotak, police officer
See also[]
- Turks in North Macedonia
- List of Macedonians
References[]
- ^ Antoloji. "Yahya Kemal Beyatlı". Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ Zaman. "Çanakkale'de esir düşen Avustralyalı subayı şaşırtan resim". Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
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