List of Swiss Turks
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This is a list of notable Swiss Turks
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Turks in Switzerland
Turks in Switzerland are Swiss citizens of Turkish origin. Over the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in the diversity of culture, language and customs in the Swiss population...
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| Name | Life | Notability | Turkish link |
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| Diren Akdemir Diren Akdemir Diren Akdemir is a Swiss-Turkish football defender who plays for FC Vaduz in the Swiss Super League.- Career :He played at youth level for FC Basel and in 2005 joined FC Vaduz.He has played for Vaduz in the UEFA Cup.- References :... |
1985 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Erkan Aki Erkan Aki Erkan Aki is a Swiss cross-over singer between pop music and classics with Turkish Turkish descent. The classically trained tenor sings in seven languages.-Career:... |
1969 | Singer | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Emel Aykanat Emel Aykanat Emel Aykanat better known as Emel, is a Turkish-Swiss singer. Her first big success came with the single Somebody Dance With Me with DJ BoBo.- Career :... |
1975 | Singer | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Dany Bahar Dany Bahar Dany Taner Bahar is the Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus Plc having joined in September 2009. Prior to joining Lotus, Bahar was employed at Ferrari S.p.A..-Personal life:... |
1971 | Chief Executive Officer of Lotus Cars Lotus Cars Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics... |
Immigrant from Turkey |
| Bendeniz Bendeniz Bendeniz is a Turkish pop musician, well known in Turkey.-Discography:* Bendeniz, 1993* Bendeniz II, 1995* Bendeniz III, 1996* Bendeniz'den, 1998* Kurtulamıyorum, 1999... |
1973 | Singer | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Yves Behar Yves Behar Yves Béhar is a designer, entrepreneur, and sustainability advocate. He is the founder of fuseproject, the San Francisco and New York based design and branding firm he established in 1999... |
1967 | Industrial designer | Swiss-born to Turkish father |
| Ergün Berisha Ergün Berisha Ergün Berisha is a Turkish-Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays in Italy for Serie A club Udinese.-Career:Born in Zürich with Swiss nationality, Berisha started his career at Grasshopper Club Zürich and on 25 June 2009 joined Udinese.After played nil for the Udine club, he left for... |
1988 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Edouard Brunner Edouard Brunner Edouard Brunner was a Swiss diplomat, ambassador, and United Nations mediator of Bernese origin.Brunner was born in Istanbul. A product of a diplomatic family, he studied law in Geneva and entered the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in 1956... |
1932–2007 | Diplomat | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Fernando Corena Fernando Corena Fernando Corena was a Turkish Swiss bass who had a major international opera career from the late 1940s through the early 1980s. He enjoyed a long and successful career at the Metropolitan Opera between 1954 and 1978, and was a regular presence at the Vienna State Opera between 1963 and 1981... |
1916–1984 | Opera singer | Swiss-born to Turkish farther |
| Önder Çengel Önder Çengel Önder Çengel is a Turkish-Swiss football playerAt the start of the 2004-05 season, Turkish champion Fenerbahçe tried Önder and Gökhan İnler in the season start training camp in Germany, but coach Christoph Daum declared that both players could not play for Fenerbahçe.Although wearing shirt no.7,... |
1982 | Football player | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Ferhat Çökmüş Ferhat Çökmüs Ferhat Çökmüş is a Turkish footballer who plays for Manisaspor in the Süper Lig.-Club career:He plays in either the rightback or defensive midfielder positions. Standing at 180 cm and weighing 75 kg, he has previously played for FC Ostermundigen, BSC Young Boys and Trabzonspor. His... |
1985 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Samet Gunduz Samet Gunduz Samet Gündüz is a Swiss footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.- Career:... |
1987 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Gökhan Inler Gökhan Inler Gökhan İnler is a Turkish-Swiss football player who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A side Napoli.-Early career:İnler started his career at FC Basel, but was later loaned out to FC Schaffhausen... |
1984 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Altay Kahraman Altay Kahraman Altay Kahraman is a footballer from Switzerland who previously played as midfielder for FC Aarau in the Swiss Super League.-References:... |
1989 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Enes Kanter Enes Kanter Enes Kanter is a Turkish basketball player drafted by the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association in 2011 NBA Draft.-Early life:... |
1992 | Basketball player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Erhan Kavak Erhan Kavak Erhan Kavak is a Turkish-Swiss football player, he currently plays for Karşıyaka.- Career :In January 2006 he was transferred from FC Münsingen of 1. Liga to BSC Young Boys in Bern... |
1987 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Erdal Kızılçay Erdal Kizilcay Erdal Kizilcay is a multi-instrumental musician of Turkish birth who has worked with, among others, David Bowie. He lives in Aegerten, Switzerland.-With David Bowie:*Never Let Me Down... |
1950 | Musician | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Baykal Kulaksızoğlu | 1983 | Football player | Immigrant from Turkey |
| Zoran Lalvani | Writer | ||
| Makale | Music band | Swiss-born to Turkish parents | |
| Dilaver Satılmış Dilaver Satilmis Dilaver Satılmış is a Swiss football player.Satılmış previously played for Trabzonspor and Diyarbakirspor in the Turkish Super Lig.-References:... |
1979 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Gürkan Sermeter Gürkan Sermeter Gürkan Sermeter is a footballer from Switzerland who plays as midfielder for AC Bellinzona in the Swiss Super League.-External links:* at T-Online.de * *... |
1974 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Serkan Şahin Serkan Sahin Serkan Şahin is a Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for Konyaspor in the Turkish Super League.Şahin began his career at amateur club SC Dornach in 2005 before moving on to the Under-21 side of FC Basel in 2006. He was promoted to Basel's senior squad during the 2008/09 Winter break and... |
1988 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Atilla Şereftuğ Atilla Sereftug Atilla Şereftuğ is a Swiss-Turkish songwriter.-Career:In 1986, Şereftuğ participated in the Swiss heats of the Eurovision Song Contest as composer of the song Pas pour moi. The song's co-composer was Nella Martinetti. Pas pour moi won the Swiss final and, performed by Daniela Simmons, represented... |
Song writer | Swiss-born to Turkish parents | |
| Kubilay Türkyilmaz Kubilay Türkyilmaz Kubilay "Kubi" Türkyilmaz is a former Swiss footballer of Turkish descent. He completed his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 62 appearances between 1988 and 2001, equalling the performance of Max Abegglen... |
1967 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Murat Ural Murat Ural Murat Ural is a Swiss footballer currently playing for FC Gossau in the Swiss Challenge League.- Career :Ural began his career with the Grasshopper-Club Zürich. After one year he joined the junior team of the FC St. Gallen where he stayed for two years. In July 2008 he was lent to the FC Vaduz... |
1987 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern. He was member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.-Personal life:... |
1977 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Murat Yakin Murat Yakin Murat Yakin is a Swiss-Turkish football coach and former Swiss national player. He is currently the coach of FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League.-Playing career:... |
1974 | Football player | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Lale Yavaş Lale Yavas -Biography:Born in 1978 in Zürich, she studied arts at the University of Bern. After finishing her studies, she landed roles in Alles wird gut, I was a Swiss banker, and Imbissness. In 2005, she received a lot of praise for her role in the film Zeit der Wünsche, and was subsequently rewarded with... |
1978 | Actress | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |
| Genç Osman Yavaş Genç Osman Yavas Genç Osman Yavaş is the former vocalist of the Turkish rock band Mavi Sakal, who appeared in the band's third offering, İki Yol , during Tibet Ağırtan's absence between his two-term frontmanship with the band.... |
1971 | Singer | Swiss-born to Turkish parents |