List of Turkish sportspeople

This is a list of notable Turkish sportspeople.

A

 * Elvan Abeylegesse – Female middle and long distance track runner
 * Mustafa Abi – former Basketball player
 * Tutku Açık – Basketball player
 * Olcan Adın – Footballer
 * Nasuh Akar – Wrestler
 * Taha Akgül - Wrestler
 * Gülşah Akkaya – Female basketball player
 * Derya Aktop – Female boxer
 * Cenk Akyol – Basketball player
 * Işıl Alben – female Basketball player
 * Furkan Aldemir – Basketball player
 * Halil Altıntop – Footballer
 * Hamit Altıntop – Footballer
 * Eşref Apak – Hammer thrower
 * Lütfi Arıboğan – former Basketball player
 * Cihat Arman – Footballer
 * Ender Arslan – Basketball player
 * Can Artam - Race car driver
 * Sedat Artuç – Weightlifter
 * Ömer Aşık – Basketball player (Houston Rockets)
 * Can Akın – Basketball player
 * Cenk Akyol – Basketball player
 * Serdar Apaydın – former Basketball player, Coach
 * Ergin Ataman – Coach
 * Necati Ateş – Footballer
 * Celal Atik – Wrestler
 * Engin Atsür – Basketball player
 * İsmet Atlı – Wrestler
 * Abdullah Avcı – former Footballer, Coach
 * Nazmi Avluca – Wrestler
 * Samet Aybaba – former Footballer, Coach
 * Efe Aydan – former Basketball player
 * Naz Aydemir – Volleyball player
 * Fırat Aydınus – Referee
 * Soner Aydoğdu – Footballer
 * Süreyya Ayhan – Track Athlete
 * Yalçın Ayhan – Footballer
 * Serkan Aykut – Footballer
 * Mert Aytuğ - Motorcycle racer
 * Kazım Ayvaz – Wrestler
 * Serdar Aziz – Footballer

B

 * Mesut Bakkal – Coach
 * Doğuş Balbay – Basketball player
 * Serkan Balcı – Footballer
 * Pini Balili – Footballer (striker)
 * Hakan Balta – Footballer
 * Can Bartu – Footballer
 * Birkan Batuk – Basketball player
 * Rasim Başak – former Basketball player
 * Yıldıray Baştürk – Footballer
 * Mithat Bayrak – Wrestler
 * Engin Baytar – Footballer
 * Cody Bellinger - Baseball Player
 * Malik Beyleroğlu – Boxer
 * Erdal Bibo – former Basketball player
 * Burak Değer Biçer - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner
 * Ahmet Bilek – Wrestler
 * Gazanfer Bilge – Wrestler
 * Aytaç Biter - Race car driver
 * Emre Belözoğlu – Footballer
 * Sinan Bolat – Footballer
 * Bülent Korkmaz - Footballer
 * Umut Bulut – Footballer
 * Okan Buruk – former Footballer
 * Evren Büker – Basketball player
 * Çağla Büyükakçay - Female tennis player

C

 * Emre Can – Footballer
 * Özhan Canaydın – former basketball player
 * Cavit Cav (1905-1982) – Olympian road cyclist

Ç

 * Bahar Çağlar – female Basketball player
 * Cüneyt Çakır – Referee
 * Rıza Çalımbay – former Footballer, Coach
 * Hakan Çalhanoğlu - Footballer
 * Nurcan Çarkçı – female Boxer
 * Fuat Çapa – Coach
 * Serhat Çetin – Basketball player
 * Servet Çetin – Footballer
 * Burcu Çetinkaya - Female rally driver
 * Ahmet Çakar – former Referee
 * Emre Çolak – Footballer
 * Tanju Çolak – Footballer

D

 * Mustafa Dağıstanlı – Wrestler
 * Nedim Dal – former Basketball player
 * Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar – female Basketball player
 * Yasemin Dalkılıç – Free diver
 * Ümit Davala – Footballer
 * Gülşen Degener – Female billiards player
 * Aykut Demir – Footballer
 * Neslihan Demir – Volleyball player
 * Mithat Demirel – Basketballer
 * Volkan Demirel – Footballer
 * Mustafa Denizli – Footballer and coach
 * Hakan Dinç - Racing driver
 * Kemal Dinçer – former Basketball player, Team manager
 * Sinem Doğu – Female ice hockey player
 * Yaşar Doğu – Wrestler
 * Erwin Dudley – Basketball player

E

 * Şafak Edge – basketball player
 * Mehmet Ekici – footballer
 * Omer Elmas (born 1968 or 1969), wrestler
 * Zaza Enden – basketball player
 * Orhun Ene – basketball player, coach
 * Korel Engin – basketball player
 * Ahmet Enünlü – bodybuilder
 * Arif Erdem – footballer
 * Eda Erdem – volleyball player
 * Semih Erden – basketball player
 * Harun Erdenay – basketball player, Team manager
 * Mevlüt Erdinç – footballer
 * Isyan Erdoğan – footballer
 * Serkan Erdoğan – basketball player
 * Yaşar Erkan – wrestler
 * Hasibe Erkoç – Female boxer
 * Barış Ermiş – basketball player
 * Tufan Ersöz – basketball player
 * Erden Eruç – ocean rower, mountain climber, bicyclist

F

 * Malik Fathi – Footballer
 * Kerim Frei – Footballer

G

 * Hasan Gemici – Wrestler
 * Aytek Genç – former Socceroo and Football(soccer)Coach
 * Gizem Girişmen - Paralympic archer
 * Hüseyin Göçek – Referee
 * Cenk Gönen – Footballer
 * Kerem Gönlüm – Basketball player
 * Gökhan Gönül – Footballer
 * Ali Ferit Gören (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
 * Cevat Güler – former Footballer, Coach
 * Muratcan Güler – Basketball player
 * Sinan Güler – Basketball player
 * Ersan Gülüm – Footballer
 * Esra Gümüş – Volleyball player
 * Gülşah Gümüşay – female Basketball player
 * Damla Günay – Athlete (archery)
 * İlkay Gündoğan – Footballer
 * Şenol Güneş – former Football Player, Coach
 * Eren Güngör – Footballer
 * Mert Günok – Footballer
 * Gizem Güreşen – Volleyball player

H

 * Orhan Hacıyeva – Basketball player
 * Tunç Hamarat – Chess placer
 * Hamza Hamzaoğlu – former Footballer, Coach
 * Tayfur Havutçu – former Footballer, Coach
 * Quanitra Hollingsworth – female Basketball player
 * Yasemin Horasan – female Basketball player

I

 * Daniyar Ismayilov - Weightlifter
 * Kemal Izzet – Footballer
 * Muzzy Izzet – Footballer

İ

 * Tunç İlkin, former Pittsburgh Steelers player and Sports Commentator
 * Ersan İlyasova – Basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks)
 * Marsel İlhan – Tennis player
 * Selçuk İnan – Footballer
 * Şaziye İvegin – female Basketball player

K

 * Giray Kaçar – Footballer
 * Tolunay Kafkas – former Footballer, Coach
 * Nihat Kahveci – Footballer
 * Enes Kanter - Basketball player (Utah Jazz)
 * Hamit Kaplan – Wrestler
 * Jem Karacan – Footballer
 * Azar Karadas – Footballer
 * Tuğba Karademir – Female figure skater
 * Ali Karadeniz – Basketball player
 * Hikmet Karaman – Coach
 * İlkan Karaman – Basketball player
 * Orçun Karaoğlanoğlu – Kayaker
 * Özge Kavurmacıoğlu – former Basketball player
 * Semih Kaya – Footballer
 * Suat Kaya – Footballer
 * Sümeyra Kaya – Female boxer
 * Rıza Kayaalp - Wrestler
 * Tugay Kerimoğlu - Footballer
 * Zekiye Keskin Satır – Athlete (Archery)
 * Tevfik Kış – Wrestler
 * Onur Kıvrak – Footballer
 * Erkut Kızılırmak - Race car driver
 * Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu – female Basketball player
 * Ahmet Kireççi – Wrestler
 * Aykut Kocaman – former Footballer, Coach
 * Bülent Korkmaz – former Footballer, Coach
 * Egemen Korkmaz – Footballer
 * Göksenin Köksal – Basketball player
 * İsmail Köybaşı – Footballer
 * Erman Kunter – Coach
 * İbrahim Kutluay – former Basketball player
 * Ermal Kuqo – Basketball player
 * Lefter Küçükandonyadis – Footballer

M

 * Oktay Mahmuti – Coach
 * Hami Mandıralı – former Footballer
 * İlhan Mansız – Footballer
 * Damir Mršić – former Basketball player, Team manager
 * Halil Mutlu – Weightlifter

N

 * Cemal Nalga – Basketball player
 * Petar Naumoski – former Basketball player
 * Kristen Newlin – female Basketball player

O

 * İsmail Ogan – Wrestler
 * Mehmet Oktav – Wrestler
 * Metin Oktay – Footballer
 * Mehmet Okur – former NBA player and 2007 NBA All-Star
 * Ibrahim Okyay - Race car driver
 * Ömer Onan – Basketball player
 * Leon Osman – Footballer
 * Levent Osman – Football (soccer) player
 * Tamer Oyguç – former Basketball player

Ö

 * Kaan Önder - Race car driver
 * Aydın Örs – Coach
 * Alpay Özalan – Footballer
 * Tolgay Özbey – Footballer
 * Mehmet Özdilek – former Footballer, Coach
 * Cevher Özer – Basketball player
 * Mesut Özil – Footballer
 * Halis Özkahya – Referee
 * Neriman Özsoy – Volleyball player
 * Hüseyin Özkan – Judoka
 * Oğuzhan Özyakup – Footballer

P

 * Zaza Pachulia – Basketball player
 * Tuğba Palazoğlu – female Basketball player
 * Asım Pars – former Basketball player
 * Kaya Peker – Basketball player
 * Mustafa Pektemek – Footballer
 * Ergün Penbe – former Footballer
 * Alper Potuk – Footballer
 * Emir Preldžić – Basketball player

R

 * Rüştü Reçber – Footballer
 * Colin Kazim-Richards, footballer
 * Omer Riza, footballer

S

 * Ertuğrul Sağlam – former Footballer, Coach
 * Nurullah Sağlam – Coach
 * Taner Sağır – Weightlifter
 * Sinan Şamil Sam – Boxer
 * Sercan Sararer – Footballer
 * Veysel Sarı – Footballer
 * Ufuk Sarıca – former Basketball player, Coach
 * Oğuz Savaş – Basketball player
 * Semih Saygıner – Billiards player
 * Yasemin Saylar– female Basketball player
 * Mehmet Scholl – footballer
 * Müzahir Sille – Wrestler
 * Kenan Sipahi – Basketball player
 * Sedat Sir – Australian Rules Football player
 * Bahattin Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
 * Kenan Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
 * Sinan Sofuoğlu – Motorcycle racer
 * Fatih Solak – former Basketball player
 * Ümit Sonkol – Basketball player
 * Gözde Sonsırma – Volleyball player
 * İpek Soylu - Female tennis player
 * Ercüment Sunter – Coach
 * Naim Süleymanoğlu – Weightlifter

Ş

 * Olcay Şahan – Footballer
 * Hülya Şahin (Julia Şahin) – Female Boxer, Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) jr flyweight champion
 * Nuri Şahin – Footballer
 * Tuncay – Footballer
 * Hasan Şaş – former Footballer, Coach
 * Volkan Şen – Footballer
 * Hülya Şenyurt – Female judoka
 * Mert Shumpert – Basketball player
 * Bayram Şit – Wrestler
 * Hakan Şükür – former Footballer

T

 * Jason Tahincioğlu – Auto racing driver
 * Mümtaz Tahincioğlu - Auto racing driver
 * Ufuk Talay - Football (soccer) player
 * Cüneyt Tanman - Footballer
 * Bahri Tanrıkulu – Taekwondo athlete
 * Serdar Tasci – Footballer
 * Ertuğrul Taşkıran – Footballer
 * Nur Tatar - Taekwondo athlete
 * Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu, football (soccer) player
 * Nurcan Taylan – Weightlifter
 * Servet Tazegül - Taekwondo athlete
 * Fatih Tekke – Footballer
 * Fatih Terim – Footballer and coach
 * Merve Terzioğlu – Female swimmer
 * Hamide Bıkçın Tosun – Female taekwondo athlete
 * Bahar Toksoy – Volleyball player
 * Mehmet Topal – Footballer
 * Ömer Toprak – Footballer
 * Levent Topsakal – former Basketball player, Team manager
 * İbrahim Toraman – Footballer
 * Gökhan Töre – Footballer
 * Caner Topaloğlu – Basketball player
 * Tunay Torun – Footballer
 * Gülnur Tumbat (born 1975) - Mountaineer and ultramarathon runner
 * Talat Tunçalp (born c. 1917), Olympian cyclist
 * Kerem Tunçeri – Basketball player
 * Esmeral Tunçluer – female Basketball player
 * Arda Turan – Footballer
 * Cemil Turan – Footballer
 * Mirsad Türkcan – former Basketball player
 * Hidayet Türkoğlu – NBA Basketball player
 * İzzet Türkyılmaz – Basketball player
 * Uğur Tütüneker – former Footballer, Coach

U

 * Oktay Urkal – Boxer
 * Binnaz Uslu – Female middle distance track runner
 * Polen Uslupehlivan – Volleyball player
 * Yasemin Ustalar – Female boxer
 * Bülent Uygun – former Footballer, Coach

Ü

 * Cengiz Ünder – Footballer
 * Hakan Ünsal – former Footballer
 * İbrahim Üzülmez former Footballer

V

 * Birsel Vardarlı – female Basketball player
 * Yılmaz Vural – Coach

W

 * Fatima Whitbread – javelin thrower

Y

 * Selma Yağcı – Female boxer
 * Mehmet Yağmur – Basketball player
 * Lev Yalcin – Footballer
 * Sergen Yalçın – former Footballer
 * Atagün Yalçınkaya - Boxer
 * Ersun Yanal – Coach
 * Şemsi Yaralı – Female boxer
 * Bekir Yarangüme – former Basketball player
 * Hamza Yerlikaya – Wrestler
 * Bülent Yıldırım – Referee
 * Haluk Yıldırım – former Basketball player
 * Burak Yılmaz – Footballer
 * Sefa Yılmaz – Footballer
 * Selçuk Yula – Footballer
 * Mustafa Yumlu – Footballer
 * Nedim Yücel – Basketball player
 * Müjde Yüksel – female Basketball player

Z

 * Gökhan Zan – Footballer
 * Tolga Zengin – Footballer