List of British Turks
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The following is a list of British Turks.
| Name | Life | Notability | Turkish link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nej Adamson Nej Adamson Nej Adamson , also credited as Nejdet Salih, is a British actor.-Career:Although born in London, Adamson is of Turkish Cypriot descent. He played Ali Osman in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, a role he played from the series' inception in 1985 until 1989... |
1958 | Actor | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Matthew Metin Ahmet Matthew Ahmet Matthew Ahmet is a London born practitioner of Shaolin Kung Fu who is best known for appearing in the acclaimed Shaolin Temple show Wheel of Life Superstars of Dance Matthew Ahmet is the only non-Chinese Shaolin Disciple of the Shaolin Temple to perform alongside the famous Shaolin Wheel of life... |
1988 | Shaolin monk | British-born to Turkish father |
| Bora Aksu Bora Aksu Bora Aksu is a London-based Turkish fashion designer. Aksu set up his fashion label upon graduation from his MA at Central Saint Martins. Awarded New Generation sponsorship, he catapulted straight onto the London Fashion Week scene and has showcased his collections for eight years. His collection... |
Fashion designer | Immigrant from Turkey | |
| Mert Alas Mert and Marcus Mert and Marcus are Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, fashion photographers. Their work and style is heavily influenced and shaped by the photography of Guy Bourdin and also the use of digital manipulation of which they have pioneered the use... |
1971 | Fashion photographer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Erol Alkan Erol Alkan Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London.... |
1970 | DJ | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Armando Alemdar Ara Armando Alemdar Armando Alemdar Ara is an artist and art historian of Turkish origin, living and working in London, United Kingdom.-Life:... |
1972 | Artist | Immigrant from Macedonia |
| Arifs Arifs (gang) The Arifs are a South East London-based Turkish Cypriot criminal organization heavily involved in armed robbery, contract killing, drug trafficking and other racketeering-related activities within London's underworld since the late 1960s... |
Criminal gang | British-born to Turkish Cypriots | |
| Mustafa Aslanturk Mustafa Aslanturk Mustafa Aslanturk is a Turkish Cypriot fashion designer who currently resides in London, England.Aslanturk graduated from the London College of Fashion in 2005 and had previously studied Interior Architecture in Cyprus. The architectural influence is very much apparent in his Autumn/Winter... |
1972 | Fashion designer | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Kutluğ Ataman Kutlug Ataman Kutluğ Ataman is a filmmaker and contemporary artist. He lives in Istanbul.-Life and career:Kutluğ Ataman received his school education in Istanbul before doing his university studies in the US. His interest in film started an early age, and led him to do film studies at UCLA where he graduated... |
1961 | Film director | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Adem Atay Adem Atay Adem Arda Atay is a Turkish and English professional footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Wanderers F.C.-Club career:He trained at the Fenerbahçe academy and then Ipswich Town F.C... |
1985 | Football player | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Peri Aziz Babutsa Babutsa is a British-Turkish Cypriot music band. The group is named after Opuntias which is a fruit particular to Cyprus. The band was formed of three soloists whose members include Peri Aziz, Ali Sönmez, and Soner Türsoy. Babutsa sings popular traditional Turkish Cypriot folklore songs... |
1981 | Singer | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Süleyman Başak Suleyman Basak Süleyman Başak is a financial economist of Turkish Cypriot origin. He is currently Professor at the Institute of Finance and Accounting of the London Business School, an MBA-granting part of the University of London and has previously taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania... |
Professor | Immigrant from Cyprus | |
| Atif Bashir Atif Bashir Atif Bashir Qureshi is a German Turkish-Pakistani footballer, who plays for Barry Town in the Welsh Football League First Division and at international level for the Pakistan national team.-Early career:... |
1985 | Football player | German born to a German-Turkish mother and British-Pakistani father |
| Sami Berik Sami Berik Sami Berik is a Turkish professional mixed martial artist who is a Cage Rage veteran, and has competed in the Cage Rage Contenders series. Berik has fought current Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Dan Hardy, Terry Etim, and Ross Pearson... |
1979 | Mixed martial artist | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Adam Booth Adam Booth Adam Booth is a British boxing trainer. He is best known as the trainer of English professional boxer, and former WBA World Heavyweight Champion David Haye. Booth's father is a Turkish Cypriot and his training camp is based in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus... |
Boxing trainer and manager of David Haye David Haye David Deron Haye is a retired English professional boxer,Haye is the former WBA heavyweight champion. He is also the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and also the former European cruiserweight champion.- Amateur :Haye... |
British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father | |
| Abs Breen Abs Breen Richard Abidin "Abs" Breen is a British singer, rapper, dancer, and DJ. He was formerly a member of London-based boyband Five. In 2003, he released his first solo album called "Abstract Theory".-Early life:... |
1979 | Singer | British-born to Turkish father |
| Feri Cansel Feri Cansel Feriha "Feri" Cansel was a Turkish Cypriot actress.She was born Lefkoşa , Cyprus and spent her early youth in the United Kingdom, acquiring British citizenship and she became a hairdresser in London... |
1944 | Actress | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Zümrüt Cansel Zümrüt Cansel Zümrüt Cansel is a Turkish Cypriot actress. Cansel is best known for her roles in the Yeşilçam films. She is the daughter of the famous Turkish Cypriot actress Feri Cansel.-Filmography:-External links:... |
1963 | Actress | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Mutlu Çerkez Mutlu Çerkez Mutlu Çerkez was a London-born British-Australian-Turkish Cypriot conceptual artist. Çerkez was known for titling his work based upon a future date which he would remake it, although not necessarily in its original form... |
1964-2005 | Artist | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Rocky Chakir | Boxer | Immigrant from Turkey | |
| Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan MBE is a British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1993.- Biography :... |
1970 | Fashion designer, MBE | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Andrew Chandler Andrew Chandler (golfer) Andrew "Chubby" Chandler is a retired English professional golfer and current Managing Director of Cheshire-based sports management firm ISM .-Golf career:... |
1953 | Professional golfer | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi also known as Kamil Tevfik is a Turkish Cypriot professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Bucaspor in the Süper Lig. Born in London, Çörekçi attended Cateram High School and was a key member of the Redbridge District team Coached by Benn Goddard... |
1992 | Football player | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Mehmet Dalman Mehmet Dalman Mehmet Dalman is a British-Turkish Cypriot investment banker. He is a Partner and Executive Vice Chairman at Toscafund Asset Management LLP and serves as an Independent Director at the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation. Prior to this, he founded the WMG Group in 2004... |
Investment banker | Immigrant from Cyprus | |
| Prof. Mustafa Djamgoz Mustafa Djamgoz Prof. Mustafa Bilgin Ali Djamgoz is the leading professor of cancer biology at Imperial College London and chairman of the College of Medicine’s Science Council.-Biography:... |
1952 | Head of Imperial College Cancer Research Department | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Bilge Ebiri Bilge Ebiri Bilge Ebiri is a Turkish American journalist and filmmaker. He was born in 1973 in York, England. Currently, Ebiri is a film critic for New York Magazine and Nerve.com... |
1973 | Journalist | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Meral Ece Meral Ece Meral Hussein Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece, OBE is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to be a member of either house of Parliament after she was appointed a Liberal Democrat working peer on May 28, 2010.-Early life:Baroness Hussein-Ece... |
1953 | Politician, Baroness | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Canan Ediboglu Canan Ediboglu Canan Ediboglu was born in 1956 in London. She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Turkish arm of Shell Oil. She was elected as The Most Powerful Woman Manager in Turkey in 2003. She has also obtained many other awards from finance newspapers.... |
1956 | Entrepreneur | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Emma Edhem | Barrister | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents | |
| Coşkun Ekim Coşkun Ekim Coşkun Ekim is an English professional footballer who currently plays for 1461 Trabzon on loan from Trabzonspor. Ekim is of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Career:... |
1991 | Football player | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Tracey Emin Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin RA is a British artist of English and Turkish Cypriot origin. She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs .... |
1963 | Artist | British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father |
| Murat Erdoğan Murat Erdogan Murat Erdoğan is a British-born Turkish former footballer. He also played for Sivasspor, Ankaraspor, Galatasaray, Gaziantepspor, İstanbulspor, Malatyaspor, Mersin İdman Yurdu, Sakaryaspor, Ankaragücü and Manisaspor.... |
1976 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Mehmet Ergen Mehmet Ergen Mehmet Ergen is a Turkish-born theatre director, producer and entrepreneur, currently based in London Borough of Hackney. Ergen came to London from Istanbul in 1989 aged 22 speaking minimal English and with no intention on settling in the Capital... |
1951 | Theatre director | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Gönül Başaran Erönen Gönül Başaran Erönen Gönül Başaran Erönen is the first female justice of the Supreme Court in Cyprus.-Biography:A London native, Erönen was born in 1953. Her mother and father, Sema and Orhan Başaran, were Turkish Cypriots who emigrated to the London in 1950; they had five children, of which Erönen was the only daughter... |
1953 | Judge in the TRNC Supreme Court | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Nilsen Ersoy | Boxer | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent | |
| Mem Ferda Mem Ferda Mehmet "Mem" Ferda is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Biography:Ferda was born in Chelsea, London in 1963 to Turkish Cypriot parents. At the age of six, his mother took him to Cyprus, where his father was the Minister of Agriculture... |
1963 | Actor | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Ramadan Güney Ramadan Güney Ramadan Hüseyin Güney was a British-Turkish Cypriot businessman and politician. He was the owner of Brookwood Cemetery, the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom, with the aim of establishing a Turkish cemetery... |
1932-2006 | Owner of Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Cemetery is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in western Europe.-History:... , the largest cemetery in the UK |
Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Sienna Guillory Sienna Guillory Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress, and former model. She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure... |
1975 | Actress | British-born of Cuban-Turkish descent |
| Tamer Hassan Tamer Hassan Tamer Hassan is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs and restaurants and is now the owner, chairman and player/coach of Greenwich Borough and... |
1968 | Actor | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Taser Hassan | 1991 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Hakan Hayrettin Hakan Hayrettin Hakan Ramis-Hayrettin is a British former professional footballer and manager of Isthmian League Division One North club Grays Athletic. He was born in Enfield, London to Turkish Cypriot parents.-Playing career:... |
1970 | Football player | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Aykut Hilmi Aykut Hilmi Aykut Hilmi is a British actor. He is best known for starring in numerous West End theatres and his role in the film Mamma Mia!. Hilmi has also appeared in several TV episodes including: Zen, Spooks, The IT Crowd, and Panorama... |
Actor | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents | |
| Mustafa Hulusi Mustafa Hulusi Mustafa Hulusi is a British artist. His work is diverse and includes fields such as paintings, videos, installation and photography.-Biography:... |
1971 | Artist | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Atila Huseyin Atila Huseyin -Biography:In February 2002, Huseyin was invited by the British jazz musician Bill Ashton to work with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. By June 2005, he had released his first solo CD called "Something Old, Something new" which gained positive reviews... |
Jazz singer | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent | |
| Metin Hüseyin Metin Hüseyin Metin Hüseyin is a British television and film director.-Biography:His debut film, Tight Trousers, was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989, and in 1998 he received an RTS award and a British Academy Television Award nomination for Common as Muck and The History of a... |
1959 | Film director | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Adem Ilhan | Musician | British-born of Turkish descent | |
| Kemal Izzet Kemal Izzet Kemal Izzet is an English professional footballer. He currently plays for Colchester United. His father is a Turkish Cypriot, and his older brother, Mustafa Izzet, was a Turkish international footballer.-Career:... |
1980 | Football player | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Muzzy Izzet | 1974 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Boris Johnson Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008... |
1964 | Mayor of London | British-born to a Turkish great-grandfather |
| Jo Johnson Jo Johnson Joseph Edmund "Jo" Johnson is a Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Orpington since the general election in May 2010 .-Family, early life and schooling:... |
1971 | Politician | British-born to a Turkish great-grandfather |
| Rachel Johnson Rachel Johnson Rachel Johnson is an English editor, journalist and author based in London.Johnson is the daughter of former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson and artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl , the daughter of Sir James Fawcett, a prominent barrister and president of the European Commission of Human Rights... |
1965 | Journalist | British-born to a Turkish great-grandfather |
| Stanley Johnson | 1940 | Politician | British-born to a Turkish grandfather |
| Dr. Deniz Kandiyoti Deniz Kandiyoti Deniz Kandiyoti is an author and an academic of research in the fields of gender relations and developmental politics in the Middle East, specifically Turkey. She holds a PhD from London School of Economics.... |
Academic | Immigrant from Turkey | |
| Işın Karaca Isin Karaca Işın began her musical career as vocalist for Sezen Aksu. In 1997, she performed songs in the Turkish translation of Disney's Hercules' Soundtrack. She also performed the Turkish translations of this album. In 1999 she became the lead vocalist of the musical group "Panic Attack", but the group... |
1973 | Singer | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Jem Karacan Jem Karacan Jem Paul Karacan is an English-born Turkish footballer who plays for Reading as a midfielder. He has played internationally for the Turkish youth team, and has captained the U-21 side.-Early life:... |
1989 | Football player | British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father |
| Tolga Kashif Tolga Kashif Tolga Kashif is a British born musical conductor, composer, orchestrator, producer and arranger of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:... |
1962 | Music conductor | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Fuad Kavur Fuad Kavur Fuad Kavur is a British opera and film director and producer.Fuad came to London in 1963 when his uncle, Kemal N. Kavur, was the Turkish ambassador. Fuad comes from a family of diplomats: one paternal uncle, Kemal N... |
1950 | Film producer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Colin Kazim-Richards Colin Kazim-Richards Colin Kazim-Richards , commonly known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is an English-born Turkish footballer who plays for Galatasaray, and internationally for Turkey having qualified for Turkish nationality through his mother's ethnicity... |
1986 | Football player | British-born to a Turkish Cypriot mother |
| Ali Kemal Bey Ali Kemal Bey Ali Kemal Bey was a liberal Ottoman journalist, newspaper editor and poet who was briefly Minister of the Interior in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was murdered during the Turkish War of Independence... |
1867–1922 | Journalist | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Yıldız Kenter Yildiz Kenter Yıldız Kenter is a famous Turkish actress and lecturer of English and Turkish descent. - Filmography :* Vatan İçin * Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür * Anneler ve Kızları * Pembe Kadın... |
1928 | Actress | English and Turkish descent |
| Skandar Keynes Skandar Keynes Skandar Keynes is a British actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia film series since 2005. He has appeared in all three installments, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and most recently The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was... |
1991 | Actor | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Eylem Kızıl | 1984 | Singer | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Dervis Konuralp Dervis Konuralp Dervis Konuralp is a British Paralympic swimmer who has represented Great Britain at four Paralympic Games, three World Championships and four European Championships.-Biography:... |
1980 | Paralympic swimmer | British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father. |
| Alexis Korner Alexis Korner Alexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"... |
1928-1984 | Musician | Immigrant from France born to a half-Turkish mother |
| Alp Mehmet Alp Mehmet Alp Mehmet is a former British diplomat and one of the United Kingdom's first two ethnic minority ambassadors, along with Anwar Choudhury.... |
British Ambassador to Iceland in 2004 | Immigrant from Cyprus | |
| Billy Mehmet Billy Mehmet Billy Mehmet is an Irish professional football player who plays for Australian A-League club Perth Glory. Born in England, Mehmet is of part English, Irish and Turkish Cypriot descent and has played for the Republic of Ireland U21 team.Mehmet is the youngest ever player to have played in a first... |
1984 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Dave Mehmet Dave Mehmet David Nedjate "Dave" Mehmet is an English former professional Association football player of Turkish extraction. His clubs included Millwall, Charlton Athletic, and Gillingham, where he made over 130 Football League appearances. He went on to play for a large number of non-league clubs and was... |
1960 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Deniz Mehmet | 1992 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Dogan Mehmet Dogan Mehmet Dogan Mehmet is a British folk singer of Turkish Cypriot descent. Mehmet writes a unique mixture of English and Turkish Cypriot folk songs and tunes. He was a finalist in 2008's BBC Young Folk Awards; in the same year his EP "Unlimited" was released and his album "Gypsyhead" in November... |
Singer | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent | |
| Erdem Moralioğlu Erdem Moralioğlu Erdem Moralioğlu, more commonly known as Erdem is a Canadian-British-Turkish fashion designer.-Biography:... |
1977 | Fashion designer | Immigrant from Canada born to a Turkish father |
| Mem Morrison Mem Morrison Mem Morrison, born as Mehmet Muhaurem Ramadan, is a British performance artist. His work draws upon personal complexities by acknowledging cultural differences.-Biography:... |
Actor | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent | |
| Gulnur Muradoglu Gülnur Muradoglu Gülnur Muradoğlu is a professor of finance and director of Ph.D. programmes at Cass Business School .Muradoğlu has worked for Manchester School of Accounting and Finance as the Director of the MSc. Finance Program and for Bilkent University as assistant and associate professor respectively... |
Professor | ||
| Sam Mussabini Sam Mussabini Scipio Africanus "Sam" Mussabini was an athletics coach best known for his work with Harold Abrahams. In total he coached athletes to a total of eleven Olympic medals over five Olympics... |
1867–1927 | Athletics coach | British-born to Italian-Turkish parents |
| Erkan Mustafa Erkan Mustafa Erkan Mustafa is a British actor and television presenter of Turkish descent, most noted for the part of Roland Browning in Grange Hill... |
1970 | Actor | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Tarkan Mustafa Tarkan Mustafa Tarkan Mustafa is a British football right-sided defender or winger who currently plays for Canvey Island. He has previously played in the Football League for both Barnet and Rushden & Diamonds... |
1973 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Asil Nadir Asil Nadir Asil Nadir is a Turkish Cypriot businessman, who was Chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company, growing it during the 1980s to become one of the United Kingdom's top 100 FTSE-listed companies, with interests in consumer electronics, fruit distribution and packaging... |
1941 | Entrepreneur | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Cosh Omar Cosh Omar Coşkun Ömer, more commonly known as Cosh Omar, is a British actor and playwright of Turkish Cypriot descent. Omar’s most notable plays include "The Battle of Green Lanes" and "The Great Extension" which deal with multicultural issues in London with the use of comedy... |
Actor | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents | |
| Lara Ömeroğlu Lara Ömeroğlu Lara Melda Ömeroğlu is a British pianist who was the winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year in May 2010.-Biography:... |
1994 | Pianist | British-born to Turkish parents |
| Funda Onal Funda Onal Funda Onal is a British model and dancer. She has starred in a range of campaigns like Nike and Adidas as well as appearing in music videos for Calvin Harris, Tinie Tempah and Kid Cudi. Onal is also known for starring in the British reality soap Made in Chelsea. She is of Turkish descent.-External... |
Model | British-born to Turkish parents | |
| Leon Osman Leon Osman Leon Osman is an English football player who plays for Everton in the Premier League. He has spent his whole career as an Everton player, though he has spent time on loan at Carlisle United and Derby County.-Biography:... |
1981 | Football player | British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father |
| Naz Osmanoglu Naz Osmanoglu HIH Prince Şehzade Nazım Ziyaeddin Nazım Osmanoğlu , more commonly known as Naz Osmanoglu, is a British comedian and nineteenth in line to Turkey's former Ottoman throne. Osmanoglu is the winner of the 2009 "Amused Moose Laugh-off", runner-up in "So You Think You're Funny" in 2009, and member of... |
1985 | Comedian and 19th in line to the former Ottoman throne | British-born to a Turkish father |
| Arif Ozakca Arif Ozakca Arif Ozakca is a British artist who combines montages with painting. His work is influenced by his Anglo-Turkish-Cypriot heritage by emphasising the differences between Ottoman culture and Baroque culture; thus, his work illustrates the experience of living between two cultures in two worlds... |
1979 | Artist | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek is a Turkish-born fashion designer, known for his exotic, ethnically-inspired outfits. He has been named British Designer of the Year in 1988 and 1992.-Biography:Ozbek was born in Istanbul, Turkey and grew up in in a yali on the Bosphorus... |
1953 | Fashion designer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Prof. Mustafa F. Özbilgin Mustafa F. Özbilgin Mustafa F. Özbilgin is a Turkish-born British academic and social scientist. He is Professor of Human Resource Management at Brunel Business School, Brunel University and since 2010 the editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Management. He is also co-chair of Management and Diversity at... |
1970 | Academic | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Huseyin Ozer | Chef | Immigrant from Turkey | |
| Hal Ozsan Hal Ozsan Halil Özşan, better known as Hal Ozsan , is a British actor and singer-songwriter of Turkish Cypriot descent. He is best known for his roles as Michael Cassidy in the hit ABC Family series Kyle XY, Todd Carr in the WB's Dawson's Creek, and Miles Cannon in 90210.-Life:Ozsan was born to Turkish... |
1976 | Actor | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Sav Remzi Sav Remzi Sav Remzi is responsible for a number of ventures over the past 20 years, most notably the prolific label Nuphonic Records, The Blue Note Club in Shoreditch, the London Xpress radio shows for Xfm, Tirk Records, the Lovebox Festival, and the championing of various hit bands including New Young Pony... |
1965 | Record producer | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Ömer Rıza Ömer Riza Ömer Kerim Ali Rıza is a footballer who plays for Histon as a striker.-Career:Born in Edmonton, London, of Turkish Cypriot descent, Rıza started his career as a youth with English club Arsenal and made his first team debut on 2 November 1998 against Derby County in the League Cup... |
1979 | Football player | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Shaha Riza Shaha Riza Shaha Riza, , is a World Bank employee currently on external assignment at the Foundation for the Future, a "semi-independent foundation to promote democracy" in the Middle East and North Africa... |
1953 | World Bank staffer | Libyan-born to a Turkish father |
| Silvena Rowe Silvena Rowe Silvena Rowe is a British chef, food writer, television personality and restaurateur.-Biography:Rowe was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria to a Bulgarian mother and a Turkish father. Rowe's father, who was a newspaper editor of the largest Bulgarian newspaper, Bulgarianised his name due to Bulgaria's... |
Chef and food writer | Immigrant from Bulgaria born to a Turkish father | |
| Lawrence Rustem Lawrence Rustem Lawrence Rustem, has been active in the BNP since 1991 and was the Chairman of the "Ethnic Liaison Committee" of the British National Party, a group set up in 2001 to co-ordinate work between the party and non-British people with similar aims. Rustem is half English and half Turkish Cypriot.He... |
1974 | Politician | British-born to a Turkish Cypriot father |
| Atesh Salih Atesh Salih Atesh Salih is a British actor and male model. He is best known for his stint for Giorgio Armani and has also done photo shoots for fashion magazines such as Wallpaper*, GQ and Vogue Hommes... |
1972 | Actor | Immigrant from Nigeria born to a Turkish Cypriot father |
| Tolga Safer Tolga Safer Tolga Safer is a British actor who is best known for playing Igor Karkaroff's Aide in the movie version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.-Biography:... |
1982 | Actor | British born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Ziynet Sali Ziynet Sali Ziynet Sali is a British-Turkish Cypriot singer famous in Cyprus and Turkey.-Biography:Ziynet was born in Cyprus on April 29, 1975 to Turkish Cypriot parents. Her father had been living in the United Kingdom since 1963 and had met her mother once he returned to his native Cyprus whilst he was on... |
1975 | Singer | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Danis Salman Danis Salman Danis Mahmut Mehmet Salman is a Turkish Cypriot-born British former professional footballer who played as a defender, making over 500 appearances in the Football League.-Career:Born in Cyprus, Salman grew up in England and began his career with Brentford... |
1960 | Football player | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Meliz Serman How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? was a British television talent series, that was broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One between 29 July and 16 September 2006. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the 2006 Andrew... |
1976 | Stage actress | British born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Dr. Ibrahim Sirkeci Ibrahim Sirkeci İbrahim Sirkeci is a Turkish management scientist who lives in London. He is a Professor in Marketing, Strategy and Law Department at the European Business School London, Regent's College where he teaches international marketing,... |
1972 | Demographer | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Kemal Shahin | 1985 | Big Brother contestant | British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents |
| Ali Sönmez Babutsa Babutsa is a British-Turkish Cypriot music band. The group is named after Opuntias which is a fruit particular to Cyprus. The band was formed of three soloists whose members include Peri Aziz, Ali Sönmez, and Soner Türsoy. Babutsa sings popular traditional Turkish Cypriot folklore songs... |
1970 | Singer | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Jason Tahincioglu Jason Tahincioglu Jason Tahincioglu is a Turkish auto racing driver born into a car racing family.-Career:Tahincioglu started driving mini kart at the age of six. In 1990, he debuted in kart racing. From 1991 on, he became champion in mini kart racing for four successive years. Tahincioğlu moved up then in 1995 to... |
1983 | Racecar driver | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Mumtaz Tahincioglu Mumtaz Tahincioglu Mumtaz Tahincioglu , is current President of the Turkish Motorsports Federation , FIA Council Member, and the General Secretary of Galatasaray S.K..Tahincioglu lived in England between 1968 and 1989... |
1952 | President of the Turkish Motorsports Federation | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Ayse Tezel Ayse Tezel Ayşe Tezel is a British actress who made her debut on the New Zealand television show 'Shortland Street' in 2002. She is best known for her roles in Meet Me in Miami and Court of Lonely Royals .- Biography :... |
1980 | Actress | British-born to a Turkish father |
| Aden Theobald | 1992 | Big Brother contestant | British-born to a Turkish Cypriot mother |
| Mustafa Tiryaki | 1987 | Football player | British-born to Turkish parents |
| Tamer Tuna Tamer Tuna Tamer Hakan Tuna is a Turkish footballer who plays as a striker for Conference South club Bromley.-Career:Tuna, who went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School in Sidcup, joined Charlton Athletic at the age of nine and plays as a striker. He made his first team debut for Charlton in a 2–2... |
1991 | Football player | British-born of Turkish descent |
| Soner Türsoy Babutsa Babutsa is a British-Turkish Cypriot music band. The group is named after Opuntias which is a fruit particular to Cyprus. The band was formed of three soloists whose members include Peri Aziz, Ali Sönmez, and Soner Türsoy. Babutsa sings popular traditional Turkish Cypriot folklore songs... |
1965 | Singer | Immigrant from Cyprus |
| Ümit Ünal Ümit Ünal Ümit Ünal is a film director, screenwriter and author. Born in 1965 in Turkey, he is the scriptwriter for eight Turkish feature films including Teyzem , Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen . He has published one book of stories and two novels. He has been working as a TV commercials director since 1996... |
1965 | Film director | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread MBE is a British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner.-Early life:... |
1961 | Javelin thrower | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Lev Yalcin Lev Yalcin Levent "Lev" Yalçın is an English-born Turkish footballer, currently playing for Spennymoor in the Northern League 1st Division.-Club:... |
1985 | Football player | British-born to Turkish parents |
| Zihni Yalçın | Entrepreneur | Immigrant from Cyprus | |
| Sezer Yurtseven | 1980 | Big Brother contestant | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |
| Anatol Yusef Anatol Yusef Anatol Yusef is a British stage, film and television actor best known for his work in Last Orders, at The Royal Shakespeare Company and most recently for his portrayal of Meyer Lansky in the television series Boardwalk Empire.- Biography :... |
Actor | British-born of Turkish descent | |
| Halil Zorba Halil Zorba Halil Zorba is a British weightlifter. He broke into the world's top 100 in his weight division, 69kg, at the age of 19.-Biography:... |
1988 | Weightlifter | British-born of Turkish Cypriot descent |