List of Turkish Australians

This is a list of notable Australian Turks.

Academia

 * Vecihi Başarın, historian
 * Serdar Kuyucak, associate professor at the University of Sydney

Activists

 * Pembe Mentesh, campaigner and supporter of women's rights (Turkish Cypriot origin)

Arts and literature

 * Filiz Behaettin, International best-selling author, writer and speaker (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Mutlu Çerkez, conceptual artist (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Mertim Gokalp, artist

Business

 * Bulent Hass Dellal,, director and chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * John Ilhan, founder of Crazy John's mobile phone retail chain and the richest Australian under 40 years old in 2003
 * Huss Mustafa,, senior executive at Commonwealth Bank of Australia; established the Australian Turkish Business Council (Turkish Cypriot origin)

Cinema and television

 * Deniz Akdeniz, actor
 * Tahir Bilgiç, comedian, film and television actor
 * Serhat Caradee, filmmaker
 * Didem Erol, actress
 * David Gulasi, social media celebrity
 * Ayten Kuyululu, film director
 * Sinem Saban, film writer, producer, director, and human rights activist (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Serpil Senelmis, broadcaster

Fashion and design

 * Leyla Acaroglu, designer, sustainability innovator, and educator
 * Şener Besim, jeweller
 * Abdulla Elmaz, surrealist fashion photographer

Food

 * Ibrahim Kasif, celebrity chef (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Somer Sivrioğlu, celebrity chef
 * Ismail Tosun, celebrity chef (Turkish and Turkish Cypriot origin)

Music

 * Albert Arlen,, pianist
 * Işın Çakmakcıoğlu, violinist and a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Turkish German origin)
 * Maya Jupiter, rapper (Turkish mother)
 * Deniz Tek, a founding member of Australian rock group Radio Birdman (Turkish father)

Politics

 * John Eren, member of the Labour party
 * Tayfun Eren, former member of the Labour party, and first Turkish-born politician to be elected to a Parliament in Australia
 * Hutch Hussein, State President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) between 2016 and 2019 (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Adem Somyurek, member of the Labour party
 * Nazlı Süleyman, member of the Labour party (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Mehmet Tillem, member of the Labour party

Sports



 * Jack Aziz, Australian rules football player (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Tansel Başer, football player
 * Aziz Behich, football player (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Kerem Bulut, football player
 * Tayfun Devrimol, football player
 * Taylin Duman, Australian rules football player
 * Nazim Erdem,, wheelchair rugby Paralympic gold and silver medalist
 * İsyan Erdoğan, football player
 * Şeyma Erenli, football player
 * Ali Eyigun, football player
 * Aytek Genc, football player
 * Errol Gulden, Australian rules football player
 * Emre Guler, rugby player
 * Ersan Gülüm, football player
 * Musa Ilhan, wrestler
 * Ersin Kaya, football player
 * Birkan Kirdar, football player
 * Gülcan Koca, football player
 * Selin Kuralay, football player
 * Funda Nakkaşoğlu, basketball player
 * Levent Osman, football player (Turkish Cypriot origin)
 * Tolgay Özbey, football player
 * Susie Ramadan, boxer
 * Aiden Sezer, rugby player (Turkish father)
 * Sedat Sir, Australian rules football player
 * Tarık Solak, kickboxing promoter
 * Yaren Sözer, football player
 * Ufuk Talay, football player
 * Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu, football player
 * Mehmet Yağcı, weightlifter
 * Servet Uzunlar, football player

Others

 * Hakan Ayik, drug trafficker