Rüştü Reçber is a Turkish former professional footballer and a current sports executive. During his professional career, he played as a goalkeeper for Antalyaspor, Fenerbahçe, Barcelona and Beşiktaş.
Berkant Göktan is a Turkish-German former footballer. He was considered one of the hottest prospects in Germany during the late 1990s.
Efe İnanç is a Turkish footballer who last played for Kocaeli Birlik Spor as attacking midfield position.
Atilla Özmen is a Turkish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for TFF Second League club Isparta 32 SK.
Yakubu Abubakar Akilu is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Västerhaninge IF.
Körfez SK, formerly Kocaeli Birlik Spor, is a Turkish sports club from Körfez, Kocaeli Province. After five years playing non-league football, the club gained a place back in the Third League for the 2007–08 season. That year they gained another promotion. From the 2008–09 season, the team has competed in the TFF Second League 1st group.
Atilla Engin (1946-2019) was a Turkish American fusion jazz drummer. From 1974 to 2001 he was active in Denmark as a musician and educator; he organized music festivals and represented Denmark as a musical ambassador. In 2001, he left Denmark for the United States, where he formed an orchestra.
Atilla Manizade was a Turkish Cypriot opera singer (bass). Manizade was praised as an artist of great versatility. He had an extensive repertoire of more than forty operas ranging from dramatic roles to buffo parts. Manizade was also distinguished member of the State Conservatory of Istanbul Technical University.
Attila Yıldırım is a Turkish-Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tarsus İdman Yurdu.
Edafe Egbedi is a Nigerian footballer who plays for IFK Malmö. He is notably a right-footed winger.
Atilla is a variant spelling of Attila, ruler of the Huns from 434 to 453.
Atilla Aybars Garhan is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for TFF Third League club Hacettepe 1945 SK. He made his Süper Lig debut on 23 October 2011 for Ankaragücü.
KSF Prespa Birlik was a Swedish football, culture, and sports association founded in 1973 in Malmö. The football section of the club was dissolved in 2023.
1461 Trabzon Futbol Kulübü, formerly Hekimoğlu Trabzon, is a Turkish sports club located in Trabzon, Turkey. The football team currently plays in the TFF Second League.
The Turkey women's national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Turkey and is governed by the Turkish Football Federation.
Dušan Mladenović is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish club KSF Prespa Birlik.
Leyla Birlik is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a former member of the Gran National Assembly of Turkey. She is currently a member of the executive council and the head of the Women Committee in the Kurdistan National Congress.
Hacı Lokman Birlik was killed during the conflict between it and the Turkish Army on 2 or 3 October 2015. His dead body was tied to an armoured police vehicle in Şırnak, Turkey, an event that the Turkish police filmed, and shared on social media. The Turkish Ministry of the Interior confirmed the dragging of the dead body, justifying it by saying that authorities were concerned that a bomb may have been attached to the body.
The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 20th UEFA European Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Hungary hosted the tournament. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.
Birlik is a surname which is mostly used in Turkey. Notable people with the surname are as follows:
