List of Turkish Australians

This is a list of notable Australian Turks.

Academia

• Vecihi Başarın, historian
• Serdar Kuyucak, associate professor at the University of Sydney

Activists

• Pembe Mentesh, campaigner and supporter of women's rights (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[1]

Arts and literature

• Filiz Behaettin, International best-selling author, writer and speaker (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Mutlu Çerkez, conceptual artist (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Mertim Gokalp, artist

Business

• Bulent Hass Dellal, AO , director and chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[2]
• John Ilhan, founder of Crazy John's mobile phone retail chain and the richest Australian under 40 years old in 2003 ^[3]
• Huss Mustafa, OAM , senior executive at Commonwealth Bank; established the Australian Turkish Business Council (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^{[4] [5]}

Cinema and television

Tahir Bilgiç.

• Deniz Akdeniz, actor ^[6]
• Tahir Bilgiç, comedian, film and television actor ^[7]
• Serhat Caradee, filmmaker
• Didem Erol, actress ^[8]
• David Gulasi, social media celebrity
• Ayten Kuyululu, film director
• Sinem Saban, film writer, producer, director, and human rights activist (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[9]
• Serpil Senelmis, broadcaster

Fashion and design

• Leyla Acaroglu, designer, sustainability innovator, and educator
• Şener Besim, jeweller ^[10]
• Abdulla Elmaz, surrealist fashion photographer ^[11]

Food

• Ibrahim Kasif, celebrity chef (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[12]
• Somer Sivrioğlu, celebrity chef
• Ismail Tosun, celebrity chef (Turkish and Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[13]

Music

• Albert Arlen, AM , pianist ^[14]
• Işın Çakmakcıoğlu, violinist and a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Turkish German origin) ^[15]
• Maya Jupiter, rapper (Turkish mother) ^[16]
• Deniz Tek, a founding member of Australian rock group Radio Birdman (Turkish father) ^[17]

Politics

John Eren.

• John Eren, member of the Labour party ^[18]
• Tayfun Eren, former member of the Labour party, and first Turkish-born politician to be elected to a Parliament in Australia ^{[19] [20]}
• Hutch Hussein, State President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) between 2016 and 2019 (Turkish Cypriot origin)
• Adem Somyurek, member of the Labour party ^[21]
• Nazlı Süleyman, member of the Labour party (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[22]
• Mehmet Tillem, member of the Labour party

Sports

Aziz Behich.

Nazim Erdem.

Servet Uzunlar.

• Jack Aziz, Australian rules football player (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[23]
• Tansel Başer, football player ^[24]
• Aziz Behich, football player (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[25]
• Kerem Bulut, football player
• Tayfun Devrimol, football player
• Taylin Duman, Australian rules football player
• Nazim Erdem, OAM , wheelchair rugby Paralympic gold and silver medalist
• İsyan Erdoğan, football player
• Şeyma Erenli, football player
• Ali Eyigun, football player
• Aytek Genc, football player ^[26]
• Errol Gulden, Australian rules football player
• Emre Guler, rugby player
• Ersan Gülüm, football player
• Musa Ilhan, wrestler
• Ersin Kaya, football player
• Birkan Kirdar, football player
• Gülcan Koca, football player
• Selin Kuralay, football player ^[27]
• Funda Nakkaşoğlu, basketball player
• Levent Osman, football player (Turkish Cypriot origin) ^[28]
• Tolgay Özbey, football player ^[29]
• Susie Ramadan, boxer
• Aiden Sezer, rugby player (Turkish father)
• Sedat Sir, Australian rules football player
• Tarık Solak, kickboxing promoter
• Yaren Sözer, football player
• Ufuk Talay, football player
• Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu, football player ^[30]
• Mehmet Yağcı, weightlifter
• Servet Uzunlar, football player ^[31]

Others

• Hakan Ayik, drug trafficker

See also

• Turkish Australians
• List of Australians

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