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Most Famous Turkish Athletes

Sports 289
Turkey 942
5,015 AT Arda Turan Arda Turan Turkish Football b. 1987
18,349 NŞ Nuri Şahin Nuri Şahin Turkish Football b. 1988
19,744 BY Burak Yılmaz Burak Yılmaz Turkish Football b. 1985
20,103 EM Emre Mor Emre Mor Turkish Football b. 1997
20,347 NS Naim Süleymanoğlu Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkish Weightlifter 1967–2017
21,708 CE Caner Erkin Caner Erkin Turkish Football b. 1988
26,712 Sİ Selçuk İnan Selçuk İnan Turkish Football b. 1985
26,885 SS Sabri Sarıoğlu Sabri Sarıoğlu Turkish Football b. 1984
27,397 EÜ Enes Ünal Enes Ünal Turkish Football b. 1997
28,017 ME Mevlüt Erdinç Turkish Football b. 1987
29,338 SU Salih Uçan Salih Uçan Turkish Football b. 1994
29,831 Eİ Ersan İlyasova Ersan İlyasova Turkish Basket b. 1987
30,511 OT Ozan Tufan Ozan Tufan Turkish Football b. 1995
32,320 EÇ Emre Çolak Emre Çolak Turkish Football b. 1991
34,590 UB Umut Bulut Umut Bulut Turkish Football b. 1983
36,590 SK Semih Kaya Semih Kaya Turkish Football b. 1991
37,140 RÖ Ramazan Özcan Ramazan Özcan Turkish Football b. 1984
40,470 RR Rüştü Reçber Rüştü Reçber Turkish Football b. 1973
42,756 SÇ Servet Çetin Servet Çetin Turkish Football b. 1981
42,962 GG Gökhan Gönül Gökhan Gönül Turkish Football b. 1985
43,752 HŞ Hasan Şaş Hasan Şaş Turkish Football b. 1976
45,106 YB Yıldıray Baştürk Turkish Football b. 1978
46,106 LK Lefter Küçükandonyadis Lefter Küçükandonyadis Turkish Football 1925–2012
46,123 TÇ Tanju Çolak Turkish Football b. 1963
46,202 NÇ Nadir Çiftçi Turkish Football b. 1992
46,221 TZ Tolga Zengin Tolga Zengin Turkish Football b. 1983
46,275 MD Mustafa Denizli Mustafa Denizli Turkish Football b. 1949
46,910 CÜ Cengiz Ünder Cengiz Ünder Turkish Football b. 1997
48,962 ŞÖ Şener Özbayraklı Şener Özbayraklı Turkish Football b. 1990
49,233 EP Ergün Penbe Turkish Football b. 1972
52,188 GK Gökdeniz Karadeniz Gökdeniz Karadeniz Turkish Football b. 1980
55,972 AP Alper Potuk Alper Potuk Turkish Football b. 1991
58,551 OK Onur Kıvrak Onur Kıvrak Turkish Football b. 1988
59,478 AY Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık Turkish Football b. 1994
60,161 MP Mustafa Pektemek Turkish Football b. 1988
60,800 UB Uğur Boral Turkish Football b. 1982
61,032 TC Tolga Ciğerci Tolga Ciğerci Turkish Football b. 1992
61,849 AK Aykut Kocaman Aykut Kocaman Turkish Football b. 1965
61,885 OA Olcan Adın Olcan Adın Turkish Football b. 1985
66,091 ES Ertuğrul Sağlam Ertuğrul Sağlam Turkish Football b. 1969
68,502 MT Mehmet Topuz Turkish Football b. 1983
69,897 AA Ayhan Akman Ayhan Akman Turkish Football b. 1977
70,766 SŞ Selçuk Şahin (footballer (Born 1981)) Selçuk Şahin (footballer (Born 1981)) Turkish Football b. 1981
72,045 OY Okay Yokuşlu Turkish Football b. 1994
74,344 AT Atila Turan Atila Turan Turkish Football b. 1992
78,943 MG Mert Günok Mert Günok Turkish Football b. 1989
84,499 HH Hamza Hamzaoğlu Hamza Hamzaoğlu Turkish Football b. 1970
86,225 SÖ Serdar Özkan Serdar Özkan Turkish Football b. 1987
86,972 İÜ İbrahim Üzülmez İbrahim Üzülmez Turkish Football b. 1974
87,561 MD Muhammet Demir Muhammet Demir Turkish Football b. 1992
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Inside Turkey Athletes

289 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous turkey athletes born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Turkey Athletes peaked in the 1990s with 106 people.

What Turkey Athletes Are Known For

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Football are Turkey Athletes's biggest group — 78% of all notables (225).

Turkey Athletes over-index on wrestler — 9.8× the global rate.

  1. Football225
  2. Wrestler14
  3. Sport8
  4. Basket6
  5. Athletic6
  6. Runner4
  7. Boxer4
  8. Judo3
  1. Wrestler149.8×
  2. Football2258.4×
  3. Basket62.5×
  4. Athletic62.2×
  5. Sport81.6×

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Cities that over-produce Turkey Athletes compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.