List of Turkish Germans
The following is a list of notable Turkish Germans. This includes people of full or partial ethnic Turkish origin born in Germany, as well as ethnic Turkish immigrants who have arrived in Germany either from the Seljuk and Ottoman territories or from post-Ottoman modern nation-states.
Most notable Turkish Germans originate from the Republic of Turkey; however, there are also notable Germans of ethnic Turkish origin who came from Seljuk Anatolia and the Ottoman Empire. In addition, there are notable ethnic Turks who come from other post-Ottoman modern nation-states, especially from the Balkans, the island of Cyprus, the Levant, etc.
This list is arranged alphabetically by surname following the Turkish alphabet arrangement. Notable ethnic Turks who originate from outside the modern borders of Turkey are listed with their origin. Furthermore, individuals who are of partial Turkish origin are listed with their dual identity.
Academia and medicine
- , political scientist; co-founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Ufuk Akcigit, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago
- Gülşen Aktaş, educator
- Ian F. Akyildiz, Chair Professor in Telecommunications
- , Professor of Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin
- , sociologist; Professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main
- Götz Aly, journalist, historian and political scientist
- , social scientist; lecturer at the HafenCity University Hamburg
- , legal scholar and founding member of Dokuz Eylül University
- Ülkü Azrak, Professor of Political Sciences
- Yaşar Bilgin, doctor and politician; co-founder and chairman of the Turkish-German Health Foundation
- , doctor and art collector
- , psychiatrist
- , co-founder of Qiagen
- , Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Waterloo
- , sociologist
- , political scientist
- , ergonomist; editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Behaviour & Information Technology
- , teaches at the University of Cologne
- , president of Technische Universität Berlin
- , founder of the Ararat-Verlag publishing house
- , linguist and educational scientist
- , psychologist and sociologist
- Semra Eren-Nijhar, sociologist
- , architect
- Ali Ertürk a neuroscientist, inventor, He is the director of a new Helmholtz Institute on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine in Munich
- , doctor and philosopher
- , Professor of Cardiology
- , Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Siegen
- , physician
- , Germanist
- Alexander Görlach, senior research associate at Cambridge University
- Zümrüt Gülbay-Peischard, Professor of Business Law at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
- Onur Güntürkün, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at Ruhr University Bochum
- Dilek Gürsoy, heart surgeon; the first female surgeon in Europe to implant an artificial heart
- , Professor of Law at the University of Hagen
- , Professor of Turkish Literature at the University of Duisburg-Essen
- , philosopher and internist
- , Turkologist; Vice President for Internationality and Diversity at the University of Bremen
- Necla Kelek, feminist and social scientist
- , Professor of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
- Caghan Kizil, neuroscientist and geneticist
- , social scientist; managing director of Allianz Kulturstiftung
- , sociologist; Professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover
- , cardiologist
- , historian and expert on the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey
- , Professor of Engineering at the Institute for Mechanical Engineering / Materials Science at the Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
- , Vice President of the University of Kassel
- , doctor and former politician
- , historian
- , chemist
- , geoscientists and Professor of Hydrogeology at the Free University of Berlin
- , dentist; awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2007
- Ziya Saylan, former president of the European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- , Germanist, ancient historian, writer and translator
- Uğur Şahin, Professor of Experimental Oncology at the University of Mainz; co-founder of BioNTech which developed the first approved messenger RNA-based vaccine against COVID-19
- Faruk Şen, former director of the Stiftung für Türkeistudien und Integrationsforschung and professor at the University of Essen
- , literary scholar
- , founder of SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
- Sabriye Tenberken, tibetologist and co-founder of the organisation Braille Without Borders
- , Turkologist
- , Professor of Experimental Physics at the TU Dortmund University
- Sefaattin Tongay, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University
- , Professor of Educational Sciences at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- , director of the Zentrum für Islamische Theologie at the University of Tübingen
- Özlem Türeci, physician and scientist; Privatdozentin at Johannes Gutenberg University; co-founder of BioNTech which developed the first approved messenger RNA-based vaccine against COVID-19
- , political scientist
- , Professor of Islamic Studies at the Osnabrück University
- , psychologist; head of the Foundation Center for Turkish Studies and Integration Research
- , Professor for Urban Development and Planning Practice at the Technical University of Cologne
- , doctor; he received the Order of Merit of Berlin in 1993
- , Professor of Music Theory at the Robert Schumann Hochschule
- , ethnologist
- , Professor and Director of the Research Center for Turkish Law at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
- , political scientist
- , Germanist and literary critic
- , economist and sociologist; director of Harriet Taylor Mill Institute for Economics and Gender Studies at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
- , Professor of Sociology; Director for Berlin Institute of Migration Research at the Humboldt University of Berlin
- , Professor of German at Trakya University
Arts and literature
- , author
- , journalist
- , audio book speaker
- , writer
- , author
- , theater director
- Doğan Akhanlı, historical novelist
- , author
- , writer, radio and television journalist
- , journalist and writer
- , installation and performance artist
- , journalist and writer
- Hakan Albayrak, journalist and activist
- Ozlem Altin, visual artist
- , author and migration policy expert
- Ayşe Arman, journalist and columnist
- , writer
- , artist and painter
- , writer and poet
- , journalist
- , cabaret artist, satirist and performing artist
- Fatma Aydemir, author and journalist
- , author and campaigner; co-founder of Kanak Attak
- , graffiti artist, breakdancer, and beatboxer
- , cartoonist and satirist
- Esmahan Aykol, novelist
- , cabaret artist, book author, and integration activist
- , author and social worker
- , author
- , journalist and author
- , writer
- Fakir Baykurt, author and trade unionist
- Murad Bayraktar, journalist and editor
- Habib Bektaş, writer
- , writer
- Şakir Bilgin, writer
- , journalist
- , cartoonist, playwright and journalist
- , journalist and radio presenter
- , author
- İnci Bürhaniye, co-founder of Binooki Verlag
- , journalist
- , poet
- , early authors on the "Literature of Migrants" in Germany
- , children's book author
- , author
- , interior designer
- , journalist, author and pilot
- Nevfel Cumart, writer, speaker, literary translator and journalist
- Sabri Çakır, poet
- , choreographer and interdisciplinary performance artist
- , journalist
- , author of children's and youth literature
- Zehra Çırak, poet
- , painter and graphic artist
- , writer and theatre actress
- , publisher and literary translator; founder of the Dağyeli Verlag publishing house
- Güney Dal, writer
- , poet
- , author of children's and youth literature
- Adil Demirci, journalist
- , journalist
- , architect based in Cologne and Frechen
- , theater director, cabaret artist, and author
- , author
- , journalist and author
- , journalist, translator and author
- , theater director
- Cengiz Doğu, poet and activist
- , author
- Özlem Özgül Dündar, author and translator
- , writer and doctor
- , painter and object artist
- Işıl Eğrikavuk, artist
- , poet and translator from Russian into Turkish
- , literary translator
- , satirist
- , writer
- , journalist
- , author and social worker
- Ayşe Erkmen, visual artist
- İsmet Ergün, painter and stage designer
- Aslı Erdoğan, writer and author
- , theater director and author
- , author and journalist
- Semra Ertan, writer and activist
- , author; managing board member of the Documentation Center and Museum about Migration in Germany
- , author and journalist
- , journalist and poet
- , children's book author
- , mime artist, director and theatre teacher
- , writer
- , artist
- , journalist
- , co-founder and board member of the à la turca theater
- , author
- , author
- Mehmet Güler, painter
- , journalist and publicist
- Kübra Gümüşay, journalist, blogger, and activist
- , painter, sculptor, writer, and comedian
- , editor and literary translator; co-founder of Buntbuch-Verlag publishing house
- , journalist; former head of the Turkish-language editorial team at Deutsche Welle
- , journalist
- , journalist, publicist, and non-fiction author
- Tatjana Gürbaca, opera director
- , author and poet
- , journalist
- , writer and playwright
- Osman Kalin, built the Baumhaus an der Mauer in Berlin
- Celal Kandemiroglu, graphic artist
- Yadé Kara, writer
- , writer
- , theater director
- Suzan Emine Kaube, writer, painter and pedagogue
- , writer and publicist
- , writer
- Murat Kaya, comics author
- , comic artist
- , non-fiction author
- , puppeteer; master of Karagöz and Hacivat
- , sculptor and painter
- Kemal Kurt, author, translator and photographer
- Şeyda Kurt
- , writer
- Nuray Lale, writer
- Şermin Langhoff, director of the Maxim Gorki Theater
- , author and alternative practitioner in psychotherapy
- Souad Mekhennet, journalist
- , dancer and choreographer
- , journalist
- , cartoonist
- , writer
- , cartoonist and founder of Kabarett Knobi-Bonbon
- Aras Ören, writer
- , journalist and author
- Emine Sevgi Özdamar, dramatist and playwright
- , writer
- , poet
- , writer
- , poet and literary translator
- , journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of Business Insider
- , author
- , crime writer
- , novelist and non-fiction writer
- Ertuğrul Özkök, journalist
- , author and translator
- , cabaret artist
- , writer and cabaret artist
- , cabaret artist
- Yüksel Pazarkaya, writer and translator
- Akif Pirinçci, writer
- , author, journalist, and theater pedagogue
- , painter
- , novelist
- , author
- , dancer
- , writer
- Saliha Scheinhardt, writer
- ,
- , writer
- , author
- , journalist and author
- , visual artist
- , journalist, radio presenter and writer
- , artist and author
- Murad Sezer, photographer
- , writer, publicist and journalist
- , journalist
- Necmi Sönmez, curator, art critic and writer
- , artist
- , writer and publicist
- Asli Sungu, performance artist and painter
- , journalist, author, and editor
- , theater director; founder of Arkadaş Theater
- , editor-in-chief of the magazine "Ayasofya"
- Nedim Şener, writer and journalist
- Zafer Şenocak, writer, translator, and poet
- , author; winner of the Olympe-de-Gouges-Preis in 2013
- , poet
- , writer and theater director
- , journalist and crime writer
- , author
- , writer
- , writer, theater director and satirist
- Arzu Toker, writer, journalist, publicist and translator
- , dancer and acrobat
- Canan Topçu, writer
- , journalist
- , journalist and radio presenter
- , photojournalist
- , journalist
- Şadi Üçüncü, writer
- , theater director and cartoonist
- Hüdai Ülker, writer
- , writer
- , journalist and photographer
- Selma Wels, co-founder of Binooki Verlag
- , non-fiction author
- , writer
- , writer
- , theatre actor and theatre director
- , artistic performer and dancer
- , literary critic
- , writer
- , comic artist and comic author
- Bahar Yilmaz, author
- , author, interpreter, editor and publisher
- , journalist and book author
- , theater director
- Deniz Yücel, journalist and publisher
- Feridun Zaimoğlu, author and visual artist
- , journalist
- , dancer and choreographer
"Booty Turks" (''Beutetürken">:de:Beutetürken">Beutetürken'') and descendants
- Leopold Freiherr von Zungaberg,, Baron
- Carl Osman, Rügland
- , Ottoman soldier and kammertürke at the court of Elector Frederick I of Prussia
- Joseph Borgk, converted to Christianity and became a Lutheran pastor in a village near Windsheim
- Augusta Marianna Cölestine Fatme, daughter of an Ottoman pasha; married to Count Friedrich Magnus zu Castell-Remlingen
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hassan, kammertürke of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
- , captured off Vienna in 1683 and served as "Chamber Turks" for Sophia of Hanover; their graves are the oldest surviving Islamic tombs in Germany dating to 1691
- , spent her life at the Electoral Saxon court and then as a Protestant pastor's wife
- , Ottoman Turk captured in 1685 and converted to Christianity
- Ernst August Mustafa, valet of Elector Georg Ludwig
- , believed to be the first documented Turkish German; he was baptized Christian in 1305
- Maria Aurora von Spiegel, Ottoman Turkish mistress of Augustus II the Strong
- *children:
- *Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, Saxon Field Marshal
- *Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska, noblewoman
- Johann Ernst Nicolauß Strauss, opened one of the first coffee houses in Germany in 1697 in Würzburg; he was baptized on June 24, 1695
Business
- , entrepreneur; owner of Kanal Avrupa
- Baklan, founders of the Baktat food manufacturing company
- , entrepreneur and former athlete
- Musa Celik co-founder of the SK Gaming esports clan
- , entrepreneur; co-founder of Sevenload
- Hüseyin Gelis, CEO of Siemens Turkey
- , entrepreneur; founder of MEG AG
- , founder and director of European Games Group AG and Gründer der Playata GmbH; chairman of Computec Media
- , entrepreneur
- Murat Günak, head of the Volkswagen design department
- Remzi Kaplan, entrepreneur
- Adil Kaya, CEO of SIGOS
- , entrepreneur; president and main partner of Türkgücü München
- Kadir Nurman, restaurateur
- , entrepreneur; CEO of "Global Digital Women"
- , entrepreneur
- Kemal Şahin, entrepreneur and a textile tycoon; founder of Şahinler Holding
- , entrepreneur
- , entrepreneur; founder of the SRH Hochschule Berlin
- Saygın Yalçın, entrepreneur
- Şakir Yavuz, business executive and philanthropist.
- Sevda Doğan, entrepreneur
- Avni Yerli, co-founder of Crytek
- Cevat Yerli, co-founder of Crytek
- Faruk Yerli, co-founder of Crytek
- , entrepreneur
Cinema and television
- Numan Acar, actor and film producer
- , documentary filmmaker
- , actor
- Fatih Akin, film director, screenwriter and producer
- Bülent Akinci, director and script writer
- , actor
- Sinan Akkuş, director, writer and actor
- , actor
- Züli Aladağ, film director, film producer, and screenwriter
- , film director
- Sinan Albayrak, actor
- Erden Alkan, actor
- , actor and model
- , TV presenter
- Jale Arıkan, film and television actress
- , actor
- Thomas Arslan, film director
- Yılmaz Arslan, film director
- , actor
- , model for Playboy
- Django Asül, actor and comedian
- Erdoğan Atalay, actor
- Pinar Atalay, television and radio presenter
- , actor
- , actor
- , documentary director
- , film director and screenwriter
- , actress
- Tayfun Bademsoy, actor
- Almila Bagriacik, actress
- , winner of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (season 10)
- , actress
- Tevfik Başer, film director and screenwriter
- , stand-up-comedian
- , actor
- Sertan Baykara, broadcast journalist and presenter
- , director and screenwriter
- Aslı Bayram, actress and winner of Miss Germany
- , actress and model
- , documentary filmmaker
- , actress
- , dancer and Playboy model
- , actor
- , actress
- , actress
- , film director and screenwriter
- , actor
- , actor
- , actress
- , actor
- , actress
- , actor
- , actress
- , director, screenwriter and film producer
- , actress
- , comedian
- , actor
- , actress
- Bülent Ceylan, comedian
- , comedian, actor, presenter and model
- , entertainer
- İlker Çatak, film maker
- Serkan Çayoğlu, actor
- Fırat Çelik, actor
- , actor
- Bora Dağtekin, screenwriter
- , actress
- , actress
- , winner of Miss Turkey
- Baki Davrak, actor
- , actress and producer
- , director and screenwriter
- Renan Demirkan, actress
- , actor
- , actor
- , director
- , film maker
- , actor
- , filmmaker
- , comedian
- , actor
- , director and film producer
- Şebnem Dönmez, actress, TV host, and former model
- , actress
- Ercan Durmaz, actor
- , actor
- Hülya Duyar, actress
- Senay Duzcu, comedian
- , actress and film producer
- Nazan Eckes, TV presenter
- , actor
- , actor
- Şiir Eloğlu, actress
- Erhan Emre, actor
- , actress
- , actress
- Selma Ergeç, actress
- , actress
- , actress
- Vedat Erincin, actor
- , actress
- , actor
- , screenwriter; created the KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst television series
- , actor
- , actress
- Fahriye Evcen, actress
- Özay Fecht, actress
- Nur Fettahoğlu, actress
- , voice actress
- , director and screenwriter
- , actor
- Jasmin Gerat, actress
- , silent film actress and dancer
- , film director and screenwriter
- , film director and screenwriter
- Demir Gökgöl, actor
- Demet Gül, actress
- , television journalist, documentary filmmaker and writer
- , actor, stuntman and director
- , actor
- Ozan Güven, actor
- , actor
- Lilli Hollunder, actress
- Lilay Huser, actress
- , actress
- , actor
- , actor
- Yasin Islek, actor
- , actor
- , actor
- Arman İnci, actor
- , actor
- , documentary film director and film editor
- , actress
- İlker Kaleli, actor
- Gülcan Kamps, TV presenter
- Meltem Kaptan, actress and comedian
- , actor and director
- , actor
- Nefise Karatay, actress, TV presenter, and model
- Lale Karci, actress and model
- , director, screenwriter and film producer
- , actor
- Aykut Kayacık, actor
- Sibel Kekilli, actress
- Berrin Keklikler, winner of Miss Universe Turkey 2013
- , actor and filmmaker
- , director
- , actress
- , director, screenwriter, actor, playwright and producer
- Nursel Köse, actress
- Asuman Krause, actress, TV presenter, and model
- Tunçay Kulaoğlu, filmmaker, journalist and translator
- , director
- Mehmet Kurtuluş, actor
- Tekin Kurtuluş, actor
- , filmmaker and actor
- , actor
- Devrim Lingnau, actress
- , reality show actress
- , winner of Miss Germany
- , filmmaker, journalist and presenter
- Adnan Maral, actor
- , documentary film producer
- Maxim Mehmet, actor
- Sema Meray, actress
- Erdal Merdan, actor
- , actor
- Hakan Savaş Mican, filmmaker and playwright
- , television presenter
- , actress and model
- Denis Moschitto, actor
- Gandi Mukli, actor
- , actor
- , film director
- , film director
- Baran bo Odar, film and television director and screenwriter
- , actor
- , film maker
- , actor and film producer
- , filmmaker
- Özgür Özata, actor
- , actor
- Ercan Özçelik, actor
- Oktay Özdemir, actor
- , TV presenter
- , director and screenwriter
- Gülsel Özkan, film director and screenwriter
- , actress
- Okan Patirer, actor
- Meral Perin, actress
- , filmmaker and actress
- Haluk Piyes, actor
- Ayşe Polat, script writer and film director
- , actress
- , actress
- , actress
- Ayse Romey, actress
- , actor
- , film producer and actor
- , actor
- , actor
- , puppet cartoon director
- , film director
- Erol Sander, actor
- , broadcasting manager of Kanal Avrupa
- , television journalist and presenter
- , actor
- , actor
- Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer, actress, TV presenter, and model
- , news anchor and television presenter
- , actor
- Nezâ Selbuz, actress
- , pornographic actor
- , actor
- Tim Seyfi, actor
- , actor
- , actor and model
- , actor
- , actor
- , actress
- , actor
- , TV writer and journalist
- , comedian
- , actress and LGBT activist
- , actress
- , film maker
- Kadir Sözen, film maker
- Hilmi Sözer, actor
- , actor
- Sıla Şahin, actress
- , film maker
- Türkiz Talay, actress
- , television presenter
- , filmmaker
- , actor
- , actor
- Aylin Tezel, actress and dancer
- , actor
- , comedian
- , actress
- , actor
- Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, actress, model, and winner of Miss Turkey
- , director and screenwriter
- , actor
- , actor
- , actor
- Meryem Uzerli, actress
- , actor
- , actor
- , film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor and actor
- , actor
- Birol Ünel, actor
- İdil Üner, actress
- , actress
- , TV and radio presenter
- Funda Vanroy, TV presenter and actress
- Marcus Vetter, documentary filmmaker
- Kaya Yanar, comedian
- , actress
- Mennan Yapo, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- , comedian
- Fahri Yardım, actor
- Erol Yesilkaya, screenwriter
- Özgür Yıldırım, film director
- , actor
- , actor
- , actor
- , actor
- Mürtüz Yolcu, actor
- , actor
Fashion
- , fashion designer
- , fashion designer
Food
- , Michelin star chef
- , restaurateur
- , Michelin star chef
- Attila Hildmann, cookbook author and far-right conspiracy theorist
- , restaurateur and author of cookbooks on Turkish cuisine
- , runs Germany's most successful YouTube channel on cooking and baking
- , celebrity chef
Law
- , the first Berliner with Turkish roots to serve as a judge at the Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin
- , legal scholar
- , lawyer
- , lawyer and politician
- , father who fought for the right of access to his son after the German mother unilaterally released him for adoption after giving birth without Görgülü's knowledge; the case reached the European Court of Human Rights
- , lawyer and entrepreneur
- , lawyer and legal advisor to the DITIB Federal Association
- , lawyer and federal manager of the German Fire Brigade Association
- Sinan Selen, lawyer; Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
- , lawyer and general secretary of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany
- Erkut Sogut, lawyer and sports agent
- Tülin Ünal, first former Turkish citizen to become a German civil servant.
Military
- , Ottoman prisoners of war
- Karl Boy-Ed, naval attaché to the German embassy in Washington during World War I
- Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, Saxon Field Marshal
Music
- Aziza A., rapper
- , DSDS Finalist 2014
- Aydo Abay, singer and songwriter
- , music producer, composer, and songwriter
- , rapper
- , singer, songwriter, composer, and DJ
- Tansel Akzeybek, operatic tenor
- , rapper
- , rapper
- Apache 207, rapper
- , music producer
- , R&B singer
- , composer, arranger, and music producer
- Aylin Aslım, singer and songwriter
- Ateed, singer
- , rap duo
- Aynur Aydın, singer and songwriter
- , rock and electronic musician
- , musician
- , rapper
- , rapper
- , rapper
- , musician
- , singer and composer
- , hip-hop producer
- Bernd Begemann, singer, guitarist and entertainer
- , rapper
- Capo, rapper
- , rapper
- , opera singer
- Cartel, rap group
- Summer Cem, rapper
- , singer and songwriter
- , rapper and singer
- , singer
- , musicologist
- , rapper
- Işın Çakmakcıoğlu, violinist and a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Kazım Çalışgan, musician; part of the Çalışgan & Heuser duo
- , pianist
- Esra Dalfidan, jazz singer
- Elif Demirezer, pop singer
- Atiye Deniz, singer
- , folk group
- Parah Dice, DJ and record producer
- Kemal Dinç, folk artist
- , singer
- Güler Duman, singer, songwriter, and composer
- Erci E, rapper
- Akın Eldes, guitarist
- Emre Elivar, concert pianist
- Ercandize, rapper
- Erci E, musician, producer and radio host
- Simone Eriksrud, musician, singer and composer
- , songwriter and bookseller
- Len Faki, DJ and music producer
- Eko Fresh, rapper
- Islamic Force, Oriental hip hop group
- , hip-hop duo
- , rapper
- , jazz pianist
- , DSDS Finalist 2017
- , R&B singer
- , rapper
- Alpa Gun, rapper
- , singer
- , composer, conductor and pianist of classical music
- , music producer
- , musician
- Haftbefehl, rapper
- Killa Hakan, rapper
- Ümit Han, electronic musician, producer and composer
- Hava, rapper
- , musician and composer
- , rapper
- Turgay Hilmi, French horn player
- , rapper
- , DJ
- , rapper
- , rapper
- , rapper
- , singer
- Gültekin Kaan, musician and singer
- , musician and singer-songwriter
- , songwriter and folk singer
- , musician, songwriter, lyricist, director and music producer
- , rap group
- Timur Karakuş, lead singer of the rock band Schöngeist
- Martin Kesici, singer and songwriter
- , pianist
- Bahar Kizil, singer
- , rock group
- Deniz Koyu, disc jockey and electronic dance music producer
- , rapper
- Alev Lenz, record producer, singer/songwriter and composer
- , music band
- , musician
- , rapper
- , rap group
- Massaka, rapper
- , singer, rapper and songwriter
- , musician
- Mero, rapper
- , rapper
- , rapper
- , rapper
- MOK, rapper
- , singer
- Muhabbet, singer
- Ozan Musluoğlu, member of Athena
- Engin Nurşani, folk musician
- , rapper and songwriter
- , DJ
- Cem Oral, musician
- Nilüfer Örer, pop singer
- , singer and saz player
- Engin Öztürk, musician
- Hande Özyürek,
- Da Crime Posse, Oriental hip-hop group
- , singer and rapper
- , producer and rapper
- DJ Quicksilver, DJ and music producer
- , singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
- Rafet el Roman, singer
- Freddy Sahin-Scholl, singer and composer
- DJ Sakin, trance music producer
- Kool Savas,
- , singer and composer
- , folk musician
- Benyamin Sönmez, classical cellist
- Pamela Spence, singer
- Muhammed Suiçmez, member of Necrophagist
- , jazz musician
- Reyhan Şahin, rapper, linguist and former radio host
- Sürpriz, pop group; represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
- Mousse T., DJ and record producer
- , rapper, hip-hop musician and producer
- , singer, rapper, and hip-hop musician
- Rüya Taner, pianist
- , band
- Tarkan Tevetoğlu, singer and songwriter
- , rapper
- , folk poet
- , music producer and DJ
- , songwriter
- Ufo361, rapper
- , former member of Jamatami; pop singer, dancer, choreographer and model
- , rock band
- , pop singer
- , pop singer
- İsmail YK, pop singer
- Meriç Yurdatapan, jazz singer
- , music producer and managing director of the music label Plak Music
- Orhan Osman, musician and bouzouki artist
Politics
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- Lale Akgün, member of the SPD
- , member of the Greens
- , former General Secretary of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland
- Selin Arikoglu, member of the Greens
- , member of the CDU
- Ayse Asar, member of the Greens
- , political scientist; works for the CDU's Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- Nezahat Baradari, member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the Greens
- Danyal Bayaz, member of the Greens
- , member of the SPD
- Cem Berk, member of the SPD
- Yaşar Bilgin, member of the CDU; doctor
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the Greens
- Ozan Ceyhun, former member of the Greens and the SPD; MEP ; Turkish ambassador to Austria
- Ezhar Cezairli, member of the CDU
- , member of the SPD
- , former press spokesman and board member of the WASG
- , director for Institutional Relations in the Berlin office of the Open Society Foundations
- , member of the SPD
- Sevim Çelebi-Gottschlich, member of the Greens; the first MP of Turkish origin in a German parliament
- , member of the Left; Vice President of the Hamburg Parliament
- , chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland
- , former member of the FDP; lawyer
- Ekin Deligöz, member of the Greens
- Hakan Demir (politician), member of the SPD
- , member of the CDU
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the Greens
- , former member of the SPD and current member of the AKP
- Engin Eroglu, Chairman of the Free Voters Hesse and the vice-chairman of Free Voters; MEP
- Ismail Ertug, member of the SPD; MEP
- Elif Eralp, German politician
- Zübeyde Feldmann, First Lady of Frankfurt; married to Peter Feldmann who is the Mayor of Frankfurt-am-Main
- Cemile Giousouf, member of the CDU
- , member of the Greens; deputy chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde Hamburg und Umgebung
- Nebahat Güçlü, former member of the Greens and current member of the SPD
- Serap Güler, member of the CDU
- , member of the Left
- Mustafa Güngör (politician), member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- Ates Gürpinar, deputy chairmen of the Left
- Metin Hakverdi, member of the SPD
- , anti-discrimination officer of the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family
- Timur Husein, member of the CDU
- Uğur Işılak, member of the AKP
- , member of the SPD
- Dilek Kalayci, member of the SPD
- Macit Karaahmetoǧlu, member of the SPD
- , member of the Left
- Metin Kaya, member of the Left
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- Hakkı Keskin, member of the Left; former chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland
- , member of the CDU
- Akif Çağatay Kılıç, member of the AKP
- , member of the Greens
- Cansel Kızıltepe, member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- Kenan Kolat, member of the SPD; former chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland
- Elvan Korkmaz, member of the SPD
- , member of the CHP
- , member of the SPD
- Serpil Midyatli, member of the SPD
- Özcan Mutlu, member of the Greens
- Belit Onay, member of the Greens; Mayor of Hanover
- , member of the SPD; MEP
- , former member of the FDP; doctor
- , former migrant advisor
- Vural Öger, member of the SPD; MEP
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- , former chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland
- Timur Özcan, member of the SPD; Mayor of Walzbachtal
- , member of the Greens
- Cem Özdemir, member of the Greens
- Mahmut Özdemir, member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD; awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1994
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- Aygül Özkan, member of the CDU
- , member of the SPD
- Aydan Özoğuz, member of the SPD
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the SPD
- Ziya Pir, member of the HDP
- Filiz Polat, member of the Greens
- , member of the FDP
- , member of the SPD
- Melis Sekmen, member of the Greens
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD
- , member of the SPD; chairman of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland
- , member of the Left
- Azize Tank, member of the Left
- , member of the SPD
- Ismail Tipi, member of the CDU
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the FDP
- , former member of the SPD and current member of the CDU
- Derya Türk-Nachbaur, member of the SPD
- , member of the Greens
- , member of the Greens
- Özlem Ünsal, member of the SPD
- , spokesman of the ruling CDU/CSU group in the German Bundestag
- , member of the CDU
- , member of the DEVA
- , chairman of the Turkish-founded political party BIG
- , member of the SPD
- Gülistan Yüksel, member of the SPD
- , former member of the SPD; deputy chairman of the UID
Religion
- , scholar of Islam; chairman of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs
- , former chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Christian-Islamic Dialogue
- Seyran Ateş, lawyer and feminist; founder of the Ibn Rushd-Goethe mosque
- Johannes Avetaranian, was originally a mullah in Turkey who converted from Islam to Christianity
- Ridvan Aydemir, ex-Muslim activist
- , religious scholar, imam, and co-founder and managing director of the Maimonides Jewish-Muslim educational institute
- , chairman of the Islamic Community Millî Görüş
- , chairman of HASENE International
- Mustafa Özcan Güneşdoğdu, Qur'an reciter
- , co-founder of the Alhambra Society
- Antuan Ilgit, Catholic Jesuit priest
- , chairman of the Dialogue and Education Foundation; co-founder of the House of One - one of the world's first houses of prayer for Islam, Christianity and Judaism
- , chairman of the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany
- , former chairman of the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany
- , executive chairwoman and project manager of the "Sozialdienst muslimischer Frauen"
- , scholar of Islam and imam; former spokesman of the Coordination Council of Muslims in Germany
- , chairman of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs
- , chairman of the Islamic Community Millî Görüş
- , former chairman of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs
- , activist in interreligious dialogue
- Bülent Uçar, Islamic scholar
Royalty
- Deniz Kaya, Princess of Bavaria
- Hande Macit, House of Mecklenburg
- Sema Meray, married to Hubertus, Prinz von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Alexander Prinz von Sachsen, Head of the Royal House of Saxony
- Ra'ad bin Zeid, Head of the Royal Houses of Iraq and Syria
- Alexandra Zhukovskaya, daughter of Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky and Countess of the Russian Empire
Sports
- Abdulkadir Kalender, karate master
- , football player
- Tunay Açar, football player
- Berkan Afşarlı, football player
- Ertuğrul Ağca, freestyle wrestler
- Dilan Ağgül, football player
- Mahir Agva, basketball player
- , volleyball trainer
- Kaan Akça, football player
- Murat Akça, football player
- Alper Akçam, football player
- Sinan Akdag, ice hockey defenceman
- Aykut Akgün, football player
- Mehmet Akgün, football player
- , football player
- Serhat Akın, football player
- Atakan Akkaynak, football player
- İsmet Akpınar, basketball player
- Taşkın Aksoy, football manager and former football player
- Orhan Aktaş, football player
- , boxer
- , football player
- Ufuk Akyol, football player
- Erhan Albayrak, football manager and former football player
- Uğur Albayrak, football player
- Berkan Algan, football player
- Selçuk Alibaz, football player
- Deniz Almas, sprinter
- Ünal Alpuğan, football player
- Salih Altın, football player
- Volkan Altın, football player
- Koray Altınay, football player
- Tevfik Altındağ, football player
- Halil Altıntop, football player
- Hamit Altıntop, football player
- Burak Altıparmak, football player
- Drahşan Arda, world's first female football referee
- , boxer
- , futsal player
- Ahmet Arslan, football player
- Ensar Arslan, football player
- Firat Arslan, boxer
- Tolgay Arslan, football player
- Volkan Arslan, football coach and former football player
- Jyhan Artut, darts player
- Hakan Aslantaş, football player
- Serkan Atak, football player
- Ismail Atalan, football manager
- , football player
- , basketball coach
- Barış Atik, football player
- Osman Atılgan, football player
- Engin Atsür, basketball player
- Kerim Avcı, football player
- Deniz Aycicek, football player
- Levent Ayçiçek, football player
- İbrahim Aydemir, football player
- Selim Aydemir, football player
- Semih Aydilek, football player
- Anıl Aydın, football player
- Erhan Aydın, football player
- Mehmet Can Aydin, football player
- , swimmer
- Okan Aydın, football player
- Oğuzhan Aydoğan, football player
- Taylan Aydoğan, football player
- Ercan Aydogmus, football player
- Necat Aygün, football player
- Şahin Aygüneş, football player
- Kaan Ayhan, football player
- Onur Ayık, football player
- Deniz Aytekin, football referee
- Can Ayvazoğlu, volleyball player
- Bilal Aziz, football player
- , karateka
- Sezer Badur, football player
- Yohannes Bahçecioğlu, football player
- Feride Bakır, football player
- Sinan Bakış, football player
- Alper Balaban, football player
- Orkan Balkan, football player
- Hakan Balta, football player
- Deniz Barış, football player
- , football player
- Barbaros Barut, football player
- Atif Bashir, football player
- Barış Başdaş, football player
- , football player
- Muhittin Baştürk, football player
- Yıldıray Baştürk, football player
- Malik Batmaz, football player
- , football player
- Ensar Baykan, football player
- Mithat Bayrak, Olympic wrestler
- Durmuş Bayram, football player
- Engin Baytar, football player
- Efkan Bekiroğlu, football player
- Abdulkadir Beyazıt, football player
- Ferhat Bıkmaz, football player
- Oğuzhan Bıyık, football player
- Ali Bilgin, football player
- Burak Bilgin, football player
- , football player
- Atilla Birlik, football player
- Murat Bosporus, wrestler
- Can Bozdoğan, football player
- Gökhan Bozkaya, football player
- Mehmet Boztepe, football player
- İsmail Budak, football player
- , taekwondoin
- Ufuk Budak, football player
- Erol Bulut, football player
- , football player
- Onur Bulut, football player
- İrfan Buz, football manager and former football player
- Kerem Bülbül, football player
- Marvin Sinan Büyüksakarya, football player
- Emre Can, football player
- Görkem Can, football player
- Müslüm Can, football player
- Ahmet Canbaz, football player
- Fatih Candan, football player
- , pool player
- Erdem Canpolat, football player
- Onur Capin, football player
- Ahmet Cebe, football player
- Selina Cerci, football player
- Gülhiye Cengiz, football player
- Hakan Cengiz, football coach and former football player
- , bodybuilder
- Ali Ceylan, football player
- , boxer
- , kickboxer
- Tolcay Ciğerci, football player
- Tolga Ciğerci, football player
- Daniyel Cimen, football manager and football player
- , football player
- Can Coşkun, football player
- Ecem Cumert, football player
- , wrestler
- Hamza Çakır, football player
- Hakan Çalhanoğlu, football player
- Kerim Çalhanoğlu, football player
- Muhammed Çalhanoğlu, football player
- Serkan Çalık, football player
- Taşkın Çalış, football player
- Gökhan Çalışal, football player
- Kaan Çaliskaner, football player
- Nizamettin Çalışkan, football player
- Halet Çambel, fencer; the first Muslim woman to compete in the Olympic Games
- Tarık Çamdal, football player
- Ali Çamdalı, football player
- Burak Çamoğlu, football player
- , football player
- , football player
- Ekin Çelebi, football player
- Erdal Çelik, football player
- , taekwondo practitioner
- Mete Çelik, football player
- Musa Çelik, football player
- Neco Çelik, football player
- Okan Aydın
- , football player; he was the first blind footballer to score the goal of the month in August 2018
- , football player
- Onur Çenik, football player
- Ferhat Çerçi, football player
- , football player
- Berk Çetin, football player
- Şahverdi Çetin, football player
- , taekwondo athlete
- Hikmet Çiftçi, football player
- Orkan Çınar, football player
- Şamil Çinaz, football player
- Yusuf Çoban, football player
- Bilal Çubukçu, football player
- Berkay Dabanlı, football player
- Ümit Davala, assistant manager of Galatasaray S.K. and former football player
- , e-athlete
- Gülşen Degener, carom billiards player
- , bodybuilder
- Ersin Demir, football coach and former football player
- Mete Kaan Demir, football player
- , football player
- Kerem Demirbay, football player
- , football player
- , football player
- Mithat Demirel, basketball player
- Yeşim Demirel, football player
- Ünal Demirkıran, football player
- Uğur Demirkol, football player
- Ahmet Dereli, football player
- Okan Derici, football player
- Volkan Dikmen, football player
- , basketball player
- Eren Dinkçi, football player
- Selin Dişli, football player
- Abdullah Doğan, football player
- Deniz Doğan, football player
- Hüzeyfe Doğan, football player
- İshak Doğan, football player
- Muhammed Ali Doğan, football player
- Mustafa Doğan, football player
- Pakize Gözde Dökel, football player
- Sara Doorsoun, football player
- Murat Doymus, football player
- Taylan Duman, football player
- , football player
- Burcu Düner, football player
- , football player
- İlkay Durmuş, football player
- Ahmet Dursun, football player
- Serdar Dursun, football player
- Kasim Edebali, American football player
- Cem Efe, football manager and former football player
- Hasan Egilmez, football manager
- Volkan Eğri, football player
- Yasin Ehliz, ice hockey player
- Mehmet Ekici, football player
- Volkan Ekici, football player
- Baris Ekincier, football player
- Ahmet Engin, football player
- , football player
- Tuğrul Erat, football player
- Aykut Erçetin, football player
- Alparslan Erdem, football player
- , futsal player
- Lena Erdil, windsurfer
- Okan Erdoğan, football player
- Ömer Erdoğan, football player
- Ümit Ergirdi, football player
- Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk, football player
- Sertan Eser, football player
- Pierre Esser, football player
- Muhsin Ertuğral, football manager
- Erkan Eyibil, football player
- Malik Fathi, football player
- Cem Felek, football player
- Engin Fırat, football manager
- Serkan Fırat, football player
- Benjamin Fuchs, football player
- , futsal and football player
- Emrehan Gedikli, football player
- Turgay Gemicibasi, football player
- , football referee
- Ayhan Gezen, football player
- Serkan Göcer, football player
- Ali Gökdemir, football player
- Berkant Göktan, football player
- Turgay Gölbaşı, football player
- Anil Gözütok, football player
- Lukas Gottwalt, football player
- Sergio Gucciardo, football player
- Dilaver Güçlü, football player
- Faruk Gül, football player
- Gökhan Gül, football player
- , football player
- Bilal Gülden, football player
- Rabia Gülec, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
- Tahir Güleç, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
- Semih Güler, football player
- , football player
- Ceyhun Gülselam, football player
- Neşat Gülünoğlu, football player
- Sinan Gümüş, football player
- Gökhan Gümüşsu, football player
- İlkay Gündoğan, football player
- Selim Gündüz, football player
- Berkant Güner, football player
- Çetin Güner, football player
- Ali Güneş, football player
- Serdar Güneş, football player
- Umut Güneş, football player
- , football player
- Mustafa Güngör, rugby player
- Koray Günter, football player
- Emre Güral, football player
- , basketball coach
- Ahmet Gürleyen, football player
- Cenk Güvenç, football player
- Günay Güvenç, football player
- Sercan Güvenışık, football player
- Göksu Hasancik, football player
- , football player
- Tayfur Havutçu, football player
- Özer Hurmacı, football player
- Fatma Işık, football player
- Cem Islamoglu, football player
- Şenol İbişi, football player
- , football player
- Uğur İnceman, football player
- Cenk İşler, football player
- Deniz Kadah, football player
- Cagatay Kader, football player
- Hasan Ali Kaldırım, football player
- , football player
- Fuat Kalkan, football player
- , football player
- Murat Kalkan, football player
- , football player
- Özge Kanbay, football player
- , football player
- Burak Kaplan, football player
- , football player
- Cihan Kaptan, football player
- Fatma Kara, football player
- Mehmet Kara, football player
- Arzu Karabulut, football player
- Aydın Karabulut, football player
- Cem Karaca, football player
- , carambola player
- , football player
- , football player
- Kenan Karaman, football player
- Burak Karan, football player
- Ümit Karan, football manager and former football player
- , football player
- Atakan Karazor, football player
- Özgür Kart, football player
- Sinan Karweina, football player
- Yusuf Kasal, football player
- Fatih Kaya, football player
- Güngör Kaya, football player
- Hasan Kaya, football player
- , football player
- Saffet Kaya, football player
- Nurettin Kayaoğlu, football player
- Hasret Kayikçi, football player
- Burhanettin Kaymak, football player
- Oğuzhan Kefkir, football player
- Umut Kekıllı, football player
- , badminton
- Erdal Keser, football player
- Polat Keser, football player
- Serdar Kesimal, football player
- Fuat Kılıç, football manager and former football player
- Erdal Kılıçaslan, football player
- Fatih Kıran, football player
- Ferhat Kıskanç, football player
- , wrestler
- Lucky Kid, wrestler
- Muhammed Kiprit, football player
- Abdul Kizmaz, football player
- Bertul Kocabaş, football player
- Kenan Kocak, football player
- Yasin Kocatepe, football player
- Cengiz Koç, heavyweight boxer
- Filiz Koç, football player
- Süleyman Koç, football player
- Celaleddin Koçak, football player
- Guido Koçer, football player
- Umut Koçin, football player
- Özkan Koçtürk, football player
- Çağla Korkmaz, football player
- Serhat Koruk, football player
- Tayfun Korkut, football player
- , football player
- Serhat Kot, football player
- Bahattin Köse, football player
- Tevfik Köse, football player
- , football player
- Cüneyt Köz, football player
- Oktay Kuday, football player
- Ahmet Kulabas, football player
- Burakcan Kunt, football player
- Mehmet Kurt, football player
- Okan Kurt, football player
- Sinan Kurt (1995), football player
- Sinan Kurt (born 1996), football player
- Ahmet Kuru, football player
- Büşra Kuru, football player
- Taygun Kuru, football player
- Ahmed Kutucu, football player
- , football player
- Mert Kuyucu, football player
- , football player
- Enes Küç, football player
- Gökhan Lekesiz, football player
- Yunus Mallı, football player
- İlhan Mansız, football player
- Sümeyye Manz, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
- Erkan Martin, football player
- Ersen Martin, football player
- Cemil Mengi, football player
- Levent Mercan, football player
- Patrick Mölzl, football player
- Emre Nefiz, football player
- , football player
- Faruk Namdar, football player
- Ali Odabas, football player
- Barış Odabaş, football player
- Muhayer Oktay, football player
- Volkan Okumak, football player
- Samed Onur, football player
- Mahir Oral, boxer
- Selin Oruz, field hockey player
- Timur Oruz, field hockey player
- Filiz Osmanodja, chess player
- , football player
- Erhan Önal, football player
- Barış Örücü, football player
- Noyan Öz, football player
- Barış Özbek, football player
- Ufuk Özbek, football player
- , glider pilot
- , football player
- Berkay Özcan, football player
- Salih Özcan, football player
- Furkan Özçal, football player
- Özgür Özdemir, football player
- , boxer
- , basketball player
- , boxer
- Aykut Özer, football player
- , football player
- Abdulkadir Özgen, football player
- , football player
- Mesut Özil, football player
- Can Özkan, football player
- Mustafa Özkan, football player
- Cihan Özkara, football player
- Yasin Öztekin, football player
- Levin Öztunalı, football player
- Aykut Öztürk, football player
- Emre Öztürk, football player
- Erdal Öztürk, football player
- Erkan Öztürk, football player
- Kurtulus Öztürk, football player
- Sezer Öztürk, football player
- Tanju Öztürk, football player
- , basketball player
- Ali Pala, football player
- Mustafa Parmak, football player
- Melike Pekel, football player
- Tayfun Pektürk, football player
- , football player
- İris Rosenberger, Olympic swimmer
- Jasmin Rosenberger, swimmer
- Kemal Rüzgar, football player
- Erol Sabanov, football player
- Ahmet Sağlam, football player
- Görkem Sağlam, football player
- Murat Sağlam, football player
- Mahir Sağlık, football player
- , football player
- Murat Salar, football manager and former football player
- Nazım Sangaré, football player
- Sercan Sararer, football player
- , basketball player
- Adem Sarı, football player
- Halil Savran, football player
- Tekin Sazlog, football player
- , football player
- Lucas Scholl, football player
- Mehmet Scholl, football player
- , boxer
- Suat Serdar, football player
- , football player
- Yusuf Soysal, football player
- Rahman Soyudoğru, football player
- Kubilay Sönmez, football player
- , futsal and football player
- Fırat Suçsuz, football player
- Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu, football player
- Aytaç Sulu, football player
- Abdullah Elyasa Süme, football player
- Asiye Özlem Şahin, boxer
- Hülya Şahin, boxer
- Kenan Şahin, football player
- Nuri Şahin, football player
- Olcay Şahan, football player
- Selçuk Şahin, football player
- Sinan Şamil Sam, heavyweight boxer
- Busem Şeker, football player
- Eren Şen, football player
- Utku Şen, football player
- Ömer Şişmanoğlu, football player
- Turgay Tapu, football player
- Varol Tasar, football player
- Serdar Tasci, football player
- , football player
- Şebnem Taşkan, football player
- Berkan Taz, football player
- Servet Tazegül, taekwondo
- Selim Teber, football player
- Sinan Tekerci, football player
- , poker player
- , football player
- Ogün Temizkanoğlu, football player
- Mahmut Temür, football player
- Erkan Teper, boxer
- Uğur Tezel, football player
- Esra Sibel Tezkan, football player
- Ömer Tokaç, football player
- Deran Toksöz, football player
- Ömer Toprak, football player
- , football player
- Azad Toptik, football player
- Tunay Torun, football player
- , football player
- Cenk Tosun, football player
- Murat Tosun, football player
- , boxer
- Ünal Tosun, football player
- Tufan Tosunoğlu, football player
- , amateur boxer
- Gökhan Töre, football player
- Enes Tubluk, football player
- , football player
- , football player
- Levent Tuncat, Olympic taekwondo practitioner
- Firat Tuncer, football player
- Emre Turan, football player
- Olcay Turhan, football player
- , karateka
- Dilara Türk, football player
- Suat Türker, football player
- Haluk Türkeri, football player
- Cem Türkmen, football player
- Burak Uça, football player
- Duygu Ulusoy, Olympic skier
- Deniz Undav, football player
- Dilara Uralp, Olympic sailor
- Oktay Urkal, Olympic boxer
- Meryem Uslu, kickboxer
- Soner Uysal, football manager and former football player
- Tugay Uzan, football player
- Ömer Uzun, football player
- , boxer
- Ebru Uzungüney, football player
- , football player
- Hasan Ülker, football player
- Tolga Ünlü, football player
- Volkan Ünlü, football player
- Onur Ünlüçifçi, football player
- Bahtiyar Can Vanlı, football manager
- Deniz Vural, football player
- Cansu Yağ, football player
- Eser Yağmur, football player
- Güven Yalçın, football player
- Robin Yalçın, football player
- Taner Yalçın, football player
- Meryem Yamak, football player
- Volkan Yaman, football player
- Aycan Yanaç, football player
- Viola Yanik, wrestler
- Timur Yanyali, football player
- Serhat Yapıcı, football player
- Aylin Yaren, football player
- , e-athlete
- Mithat Yavaş, football player
- Ferhat Yazgan, football player
- Zafer Yelen, football player
- Müslüm Yelken, football player
- Gülnur Yerlisu, taekwondo practitioner
- Tennur Yerlisu, taekwondo practitioner
- Samed Yeşil, football player
- , football player
- Erdoğan Yeşilyurt, football player
- Atilla Yildirim, football player
- Aygün Yıldırım, football player
- , football player
- , boxer
- Özkan Yıldırım, football player
- Ramazan Yıldırım, football player
- , football player
- Fuat Yıldız, Olympic wrestler
- Hakkı Yıldız, football player
- Rıfat Yıldız, Olympic wrestler
- Kenan Yıldız, football player
- Deniz Yılmaz, football player
- Fatih Yılmaz, football player
- Mahmut Yılmaz, football player
- Mert Yılmaz, football player
- , football player
- Ozan Yılmaz, football player
- Sefa Yılmaz, football player
- Uğur Yılmaz, football player
- Yasin Yılmaz, football player
- Yusuf Yılmaz, football player
- Sertan Yiğenoğlu, football player
- , futsal player
- Mehmet Yozgatlı, football player
- Ersin Zehir, football player
- Serhan Zengin, football player
- Furkan Zorba, football player
Victims of crime
- , regarded as one of the first known victims of right-wing extremist violence in the Federal Republic of Germany
- Tuğçe Albayrak, victim murdered in Offenbach am Main after intervening on behalf of two young women who were being harassed by a man
- , believed to have been shot by a right-wing extremist
- Sevda Dağ, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting
- Hüseyin Dayıcık, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting
- Diren Dede, an exchange student in the United States who was shot dead in Missoula, Montana
- , 56-year-old man attacked by two neo-Nazis; his death led to demonstrations against right-wing extremism
- , 19-year-old student attacked by three neo-Nazi German brothers; Ekşi's funeral in November, 1991, was attended by 5,000 people
- , missing 10-year-old girl in 1999 which triggered the largest search operation in Hamburg since the Second World War
- Satır family, seven people died and another 23 were injured from the Duisburg arson attack in 1984.
- Susanna Feldmann, a 14-year-old girl who was raped and killed in 2018 in Wiesbaden by an asylum seeker from Iraqi Kurdistan
- Mevlüde Genç, German ambassador for peace who lost two daughters, two granddaughters and a niece in the 1993 Solingen arson attack
- , victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground
- Selçuk Kiliç, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting
- Can Leyla, killed in the 2016 Munich shooting
- , victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground
- Enver Şimşek, victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground
- , victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground
- , victim of a murder by the PKK terrorist group
- , victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground
- , victim killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground
"Wall victims" (''Maueropfer">:de:Todesopfer an der Berliner Mauer">Maueropfer'') at the Berlin Wall
- Cengaver Katrancı, an 8-year-old boy who drowned in the river Spree in 1972; West Berlin fire department could not intervene after they unsuccessfully attempted to obtain permission for the entry into the river. An East German fireboat and a tanker were present but did not take the rescue operation.
- , a 5-year-old boy drowned in the river Spree in 1975; West Berlin police and fire brigade were not allowed to intervene because of the state border running along the bank. Çetin received no help from East Berlin either.
Others
- Safiye Ali, was a Turkish physician. She was the second female doctor in the Republic of Turkey
- Necati Arabaci, crime boss
- 36 Boys, criminal gang active from 1987 to the mid-1990s
- , awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007 for her commitment to the integration of Turkish women and her commitment to the German Red Cross
- Bahtiyar Duysak, Twitter employee who deactivated Donald Trump's account on November 2, 2017
- Semra Ertan, set herself on fire in protest against racism, specifically, against the treatment of Turks in Germany
- , largest German gaming live streamer on Twitch
- , YouTuber
- Black Jackets