List of Turkish Belgians
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This is a list of notable Belgian Turks.
Academia
- Mateo Alaluf, professor of sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
- Yasemin Arda, management scientist
- Koray Konuk, researcher in archaeology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique[1]
Arts and literature
- Anthony Asael, international photographer
- Kenan Görgün, writer.
- Mahmut Karadağ, fashion designer[2]
- Bahar Kimyongür, writer and activist
- Mehmet Koksal, journalist.
- Fatma Taspinar, journalist.
Business
- Şefik Birkiye, architect and founder of Vizzion Architects and Vizzion Europe.
Cinema and television
- Cem Akkanat, actor
- R. Kan Albay, film director[3]
- Erol Altunbay, film producer
- Sahin Avci, actor
- Kadir Balci,, director
- Gökhan Girginol, actor
- Kadèr Gürbüz, actress and TV presenter
- Öznur Karaca,, comedian
- Hande Kodja, actress[4]
- Gönül Meral, Miss Hainaut (2013)
- Faroek Özgünes, TV presenter
- Zeynep Sever, winner of Miss Belgium 2009[5]
- Aylin Yay, actress
Music
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Politics
- Meyrem Almaci, President of the Groen party[10]
- Kemal Bilmez, member of the Workers' Party of Belgium
- Cemal Çavdarlı, former member of the SP.A and the LDD; current member of the AKP[11]
- Nawal Ben Hamou, member of the PS
- Meryem Kaçar, member of the Groen[12]
- Serdar Kilic, member of the PS[13]
- Emir Kir, Mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode[14]
- Ahmet Koç (politician), member of the SP.A
- Selahattin Koçak, former member of the SP.A and current member of the VLD[15]
- Hasan Koyuncu, member of the PS
- Mahinur Özdemir , youngest and first female member of parliament with hijab; former member of cdH[16]
- Özlem Özen, member of the PS[17]
- Emin Özkara, former member of the PS[18]
- Fatma Pehlivan, member of the SP.A[19]
- Resul Tapmaz, member of the SP.A
- Ergün Top, member of the CD&V[20]
- Güler Turan, member of the SP.A[21]
- Funda Oru member of Vooruit
- Hilâl Yalçin, member of the CD&V[22]
- Ayse Yigit, member of the PVDA
- Veli Yüksel, member of the VLD[23]
Sports
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- Izzet Akgül, football player
- Bülent Akın, football player
- Murat Akın, football player[24]
- Yunus Bahadır, football player
- Hakan Bayraktar, football player
- Sami Bayraktar, futsal player[25]
- Engin Bekdemir, football player
- Kadir Bekmezci, football player
- Hakan Bilgiç, football player
- Ümit Bilican, football player[26]
- Sinan Bolat, football player
- Cihan Çanak, football player
- Fuat Çapa, football manager
- Ramazan Çevik, football player
- Kahraman Demirtaş, football player
- Murat Direkçi, middleweight kickboxer[27]
- Ferhat Dogruel, football player
- Yunus Gülnar, football player
- Umut Gündoğan, football player
- Emrullah Güvenç, football player
- Serdal Güvenç, football player[28]
- Abdullah İçel, futsal player[29]
- Sefa İşçi, football player
- Adnan Januzaj, football player[30][31][32]
- Yasin Karaca, football player
- Ahmet Karadayi, football player
- Burak Kardeş, football player
- Gökhan Kardeş, football player
- Ferhat Kaya, football player
- Onur Kaya, football player
- Ersan Keleş, futsal player[33]
- Anıl Koç, football player
- Fazlı Kocabaş, football player
- Halil Köse, football player
- Ömer Kulga, football player
- Mert Kurt, football player
- Mohamed Ali Kurtuluş, football player[34]
- Muhammed Mert, football player
- Ahmet Öcal, football player[35]
- Hasan Özkan, football player
- Alpaslan Öztürk, football player[36]
- Ferhat Poyraz, football player
- Aziz Sağlam, futsal player[37]
- Enes Sağlık, football player
- Kubat Selim, boxer
- Erdem Şen, football player
- Taner Taktak, football player
- Mickaël Tirpan, football player (Turkish father)
- Önder Turacı, football player
- Fatih Turan, football player
- Adnan Ugur, football player
- Alper Uludağ, football player
- Cem Unal, football player
- Talha Ülvan, football player
- Cüneyt Vicil, futsal player
- Ali Yaşar, football player
- Hüseyin Yıldız, futsal player[38]
- Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş, football player[39]
- Sara Yuceil, female football player
Victims of crime
- Songül Koç, shot by Hans Van Themsche in 2006.