List of Macedonian Turks

Last updated May 18, 2025

Academia

Sadettin Dilbilgen, Ottoman and Turkish philatelist.

Arts and literature

Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Ottoman and Turkish poet and author^[1]
Alaettin Tahir, author, researcher and journalist

Business

Şarık Tara, billionaire; founder of Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş.

Cinema and television

Filiz Ahmet, Macedonian and Turkish actress
Sabina Ajrula, actress
Pelin Akil, Turkish actress (maternally of Turkish Macedonian origin)
Özgü Namal, Turkish actress (Turkish Macedonian father)
Muhterem Nur, actress and pop singer
Ertan Saban, actor
Erman Saban, actor
Leyla Sayar, actress, author, ballerina, beauty queen, and singer (Turkish Macedonian father)

Military

Tekin Arıburun, chief commander of the Turkish Air Force ^[2]
Huseyin Avni, commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment of the Ottoman Army at Gallipoli
Kâzım Dirik, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
Naci Eldeniz, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
Akif Erdemgil, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
Mehmet Suphi Kula, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
Süleyman Sabri Pasha, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
Tahsin Yazıcı, Turkish army officer
Hüseyin Avni Zaimler, officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
İlker Başbuğ, 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey (Turkish Macedonian parents)

Music

Selda Bağcan, Turkish singer (Turkish Macedonian father)
Ajri Demirovski, singer
Şebnem Ferah, Turkish singer (Turkish Macedonian parents)
Mesut Kurtiş, singer
Sibel Redzep, Swedish singer
Usnija Redžepova, singer (Turkish mother)

Politics

Tekin Arıburun, the last Turkish president to be born outside the territory of modern-day Turkey
Ali Rıza Efendi, father of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (family from the Turkish Macedonian village of Kodžadžik)
Elvin Hasan, politician and government minister
Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey from 2000 to 2007 (born in Afyonkarahisar to Turkish Macedonian parents from Serres, Central Macedonia, Greece)
Enes Ibrahim, MP in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia (2014–present)
Srgjan Kerim, diplomat and former President of the United Nations General Assembly
Ali Fethi Okyar, second Prime Minister of Turkey
Özgür Özel, current chairman of Republican People's Party (CHP) (Turkish Macedonian father)

Sports

Serdar Aziz, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian father)
Erol Bekir, Swedish football player
Elif Elmas, football player
Ilami Halimi, football player
Adem İbrahimoğlu, Turkish football player
Semih Kaya, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian grandfather)
Denis Mahmudov, football player
Oktay Mahmuti, basketball coach
Emre Mor, Turkish football player (Turkish Macedonian mother)
Muarem Muarem, football player
Caner Osman, Turkish basketball coach (Turkish Macedonian father)
Cedi Osman, basketball player
Yksel Osmanovski, Swedish football player
Erdal Rakip, Swedish football player
Redžep Selman, Olympic triple jumper
Ziya Taner, football manager
Muarem Zekir, football player
Semih Şentürk, football player

References

↑ Antoloji. "Yahya Kemal Beyatlı" . Retrieved 2010-09-25.
↑ Zaman. "Çanakkale'de esir düşen Avustralyalı subayı şaşırtan resim". Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

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[1] Antoloji. "Yahya Kemal Beyatlı" . Retrieved 2010-09-25.

[2] Zaman. "Çanakkale'de esir düşen Avustralyalı subayı şaşırtan resim". Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

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