Talk:List of Turkish Americans

Incomplete
This list is quite incomplete. How can one contribute to it?

Recently (about two years ago) I read in the Times Literary Supplement that both Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley were of Turkish descent. Perhaps one can research this matter.

Angelo Dallas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.199.32.197 (talk) 15:26, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Bob Dylan
Add Bob Dylan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.25.21 (talk) 02:02, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.14.19 (talk) 22:38, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Bob Dylan isn't Turkish, and for that matter, neither is Charles bloody Bronson... wtf? Someone remove it, it's locked. Charles Bronson isn't Turkish... lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.100.38 (talk) 14:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

What makes you so sure? Do you know him in person? Me not but i know his biography and his interviews about this tropic. His grandma spoke and sung turkish at home. Dylans jewish grands came from Trabzon in Turkey like my relatives. Buy his biography and inform you better! He is of turkish jewish descent! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.129.248.146 (talk) 00:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Engineers
Could someone remove Mihran Mesrobian from this list as well, please? He is Armenian. Yes, born in what is Turkey today, but that's the case for almost all notable Armenian-Americans from the early to mid-twentieth century. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.69.190.75 (talk) 04:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ozcan Inci, Mechanical Engineer at Mercedes-Benz, responsible for the brake systems. Founder of TurkNorthAmerica.com
 * Özalp Babaoğlu, professor of computer science.

Academics

 * Timur Kuran —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deutsch-Türkçe-English (talk • contribs) 11:52, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Isn't Dani Rodrik Turkish-American? Why isn't he included in the list of Turkish-American Economists?

120.59.44.151 (talk) 05:24, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Music
Sinem Saniye, Turkish American singer in New York.Sinem saniye official web site —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilgegezgin (talk • contribs) 12:24, 10 July 2009 (UTC) Fairuza Balk Actress —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.64.164.35 (talk) 19:22, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

traci dinwiddie
Traci Dinwiddiei is not Turkish!!!.. Don't you know difference between syrian and turkish!!!

Edit request from User1637, 27 September 2011
Arzu Yonak should be added to the list of Turkish Americans. She is most notable as Turkish-American model; she was Miss Model of USA in the Miss Model of the World competition in 2005: http://www.intmodel.com/2005contestants6.asp and modeled with agencies in Turkey at that time where she did runway shows, tv and magazines. I think (can't verify), this should also makes her the only Turkish person to represent the United States in an International competition (at least for beauty).

She is also a fashion writer, she has a website ( http://www.socialitestyle.com ) in New York -- it has bio and appears she works in public relations.

User1637 (talk) 10:43, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * We do not have an article on Arzu Yonak, see NOT.  Chzz  ► 04:47, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Architect

 * Eser Turan,

Publisher

 * Eser Turan,

Academics
Gurkan Dinc, Professor of Business Professionalism in Allied Health Careers and of Communications at Concorde Career College

199.27.232.69 (talk) 04:08, 6 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please see the lead section of the article, where it says: "To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Turkish American or must have references showing they are Turkish American and are notable." --Stfg (talk) 09:20, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Academics Gurkan Dinc, Professor of Business Professionalism in Allied Health Careers and Lecturer of Communications at Concorde Career College. Concorde Career College has a long history as a nationally recognized institution that provides career education in healthcare. Recognized as the youngest full-fledged college Professor by the age of 27.

Gurkandinc123 (talk) 05:16, 7 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please see the previous request. Neither you nor Concorde Career College have Wikipedia articles yet. --Stfg (talk) 14:26, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Cem Kaner
Cem Kaner is not Turkish, even if his name seems to be purely Turkish. Please remove. Schlingel0017 (talk) 05:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

✅ The inclusion criteria are "people who have Turkish ancestry (or have or had Turkish citizenship for those of non-Turkish ethnic descent) and are citizens of the United States." - which, given his name, seems highly likely. However, "To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Turkish American or must have references showing they are Turkish American and are notable." Cem Kaner's article makes no mention of him being Turkish, or of Turkish descent, let alone giving a reference. Arjayay (talk) 10:38, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 September 2014
Music: Melih Cangurel (aka Gurel), classical and jazz French hornist and pianist and composer; graduate of Ankara Music Conservatory in Turkey; performed with Dizzy Gillesie, Bud Powell and Chet Baker; also with Freddy Bell and others; composed multiple symphonies, concertos, jazz and contemporary music pieces; composed 'Tribute to New York' after 9/11. Lives with wife in Texas.

104.58.164.10 (talk) 02:13, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 02:56, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Mehmet Cercioglu-Add in Others
Add Mehmet Cercioglu in Others/Engineer section. Below is the link for details on him https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehmetcercioglu http://sunvalleysolarinc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=92

Mcercioglu (talk) 19:51, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌: subject does not appear to be notable. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 20:07, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Turkic, not Turkish
I sometimes have a feeling this list refers to Turkic people, not Turkish people, could this be the case?

Non-Notable People
Why are there so many not notable people listed on this page, e.g. people who doesn't have a Wikipedia article about themselves?

Semi-protected edit request on 17 May 2016
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enes_Kanter

2602:306:8358:A310:2C75:DC57:D28D:5627 (talk) 03:00, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 03:58, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 March 2017
we should add Ebru keskin 2A02:A03F:1664:3200:DD99:587A:8EE5:211F (talk) 22:34, 3 March 2017 (UTC) we should add Ebru Keskin she's a turkish singer in the US
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Turkish American or must have references showing they are Turkish American and are notable. DRAGON BOOSTER   ★  16:31, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 December 2017
Please change Cagan Sekercioglu's title from assistant to associate professor 172.56.39.62 (talk) 21:56, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 01:04, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2018
This page has lots of red links that do not have refs that are independent and are sufficient to show that the person meets wiki notability standards at all. Those should be deleted. But the page is protected. Please delete them. User:DRAGON BOOSTER pointed out this was necessary a year ago -- but they all remain. I see another editor complained above before that about the same thing. That is a long time to leave non notable people here. Just because they exist is not enough.2604:2000:E016:A700:1943:3B27:4E78:CD1B (talk) 06:21, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting comment.svg Note: Every person on the list should have a Wikipedia article or should have sources supporting that they are notable. There was only one red link which was un-cited. I removed the entry. regards,  DRAGON BOOSTER   ★  08:22, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but it is not enough to have a ref that shows that the person exists. The refs have to show the person meets wikipedia standards. So for example look at the first red link you left in. It has a ref. But the ref is to the person's resume. It shows the person is an associate professor. It is not an independent RS source. And the fact that the person is an associate professor does not meet wikipedia's notability standards. All the other red links are pretty much the same. Or worse. Many are this - which does not appear to be an RS and does not appear to work either. They do not show the person meets either gng or the specific notability standard for what that person does. Also -- a number, like this one, certainly while not RS also don't even show that the person in Turkish American -- which is a total requirement to be listed here in the first place .. it is what the list is about .. how can we allow that to stay in on the basis of these non-working, non-RS refs that don't say the person is Turkish American? They should have been deleted long ago. Please do it now.


 * Also, it looks as though even some blue links should be deleted. Because their articles don't say the person is Turkish American either. For example, Taner Akçam and İlhan Aksay and Özalp Babaoğlu and Çiğdem Balım Harding and Feza Gürsey and M. Şükrü Hanioğlu and Alp Ikizler and Mehmet Toner and Nur Yalman and Osman Yaşar -- somebody listed here every Turkish (no evidence of US citizenship) person teaching in the US ... even when there is no evidence they are Turkish-American .. which is what this list is for. This has been tagged for their removal at the top of the page for over a year. It is time. Please remove them, and the others that do not meet the standards of that tag (I just pointed out the blues in the first section that should be deleted .. which sadly are most of them. Thank you very much.

2604:2000:E016:A700:70B4:99EA:A267:D633 (talk) 12:46, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * : There does not appear to be consensus for this change. If you gain consensus for it in the future (see WP:CONACHIEVE for ways this can be accomplished), but it is not implemented within a reasonable timeframe, you are then welcome to submit another edit request for this change. '''[[User:Life of Tau|Life ]][[User talk:Life of Tau|of ]]Tau''' 01:02, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Eren Ozmen and Fatih Ozmen
Two Turks need to be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Basat (talk • contribs) 22:48, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 October 2018
Please add: "Jihan Zencirli, visual artist" to the list under artists because she is a notable Turkish American artist, the first female artist collaborator with the New York City Ballet, and has been profiled in numerous publications, including New York Magazine and the New York Times. Knightnewhall (talk) 19:35, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ L293D (☎ • ✎) 01:33, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2019
Add Jenny Slate to list of Turkish-Americans 2601:182:200:371B:CA4:3E2E:D180:9E34 (talk) 20:40, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  Orville1974 talk 02:23, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2020
Erdogan Cesmeli, PHD, MBA Head,Hybrid & Multicloud Ecosystem at IBM Watson Health, Boston, USA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.233.64.246 (talk) 15:42, 27 February 2020 (UTC)