List of Azerbaijanis in Turkey

This is a list of notable Azerbaijani Turkish people which refers to people of full or partial Azerbaijani descent living in the Republic of Turkey.

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Number Name Image Background
1 Ataol Behramoğlu   poet, translator and author
2 Cem Karaca rock musician
3 Çağla Şikel[1] Miss Turkey (1997)
4 Kadi Burhan al-Din poet, ruler
5 Nuray Hafiftaş poet, ruler
6 Servet Tazegül   2012 Olympic gold medal winner
7 Servet Çetin   footballer
8 Sinan Şamil Sam boxer
9 Süreyya Ağaoğlu first female lawyer in Turkey
10 Tamer Karadağlı actor
11 Haydar Hatemi painter
12 Ramil Guliyev   sprinter
13 Ali bey Huseynzade   writer, thinker, philosopher, artist and doctor; creator of the Flag of Azerbaijan
13 Almas Ildyrym   poet
14 Yasin Karaca footballer
15 Naghi Sheykhzamanli political figure
16 Sinan Oğan   won a seat in the Turkish parliament in 2011 for Iğdır
17 Aghasi Mammadov boxer
18 Ahmet Ağaoğlu   political figure
19 Vasıf Arzumanov wrestler
20 Rasim Başak professional basketball player
21 Nuri Berköz general
22 Tuğba Ekinci   pop singer
23 Hafız Süleymanoğlu weightlifter
24 Alihan Samedov folk musician
25 Samin Baghtcheban   musician, composer, author and translator
26 Nesrin Javadzadeh actress
27 Aref Ghafouri illusionist
28 Kiznaz Türkeli politician
29 Süreyya Ağaoğlu Writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.[2][3]
30 Tezer Taskıran Writer, politician and enlightener.
31 Samet Ağaoğlu Poet and politician.
32 Abbas Ali Çetin Politician, lawyer and judge.
33 Elchin Aliyev Wrestler, sportsman
34 Nuri Saryal scientist, engineer
35 Yaşar Karadağ politician
36 Adem Kılıççı Boxer, old survivor's gamer

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References edit

  1. ^ "Cem Karaca: Yakında ben de geliyorum" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 10 February 2004.
  2. ^ Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Scarecrow Press; 19 December 2012. ISBN 978-0-8108-7086-4. p. 355–.
  3. ^ Fahri Sakal. Ağaoğlu Ahmed Bey. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi; 1999. ISBN 978-975-16-1112-3. p. 13, 47, 62.