List of German people of Turkish descent

The following is a list of notable Germans of Turkish descent, including both original ethnic Turkish immigrants and their descendants who are of full or partial Turkish descent.

Lists of Turks
By Traditional areas of settlement:
By modern diasporas:

Most notable German Turks have come from, or originate from, Turkey; however, there are also notable Germans of Turkish origin who have immigrated from, or descend from, earlier migrations during the Ottoman Empire (e.g. Fatima Kariman[1] and her children Frederick Augustus Rutowsky[2] and Maria Anna Katharina Rutowska, as well as Karl Boy-Ed who was of partial Turkish origin[3][4]) In addition, there are notable people in Germany who have come from, or descend from, ethnic Turkish communities groups from other post-Ottoman nation-states, especially from the Balkans (e.g. Ozan Güven is of Bulgarian-Turkish origin, and Cemile Giousouf is of Western Thracian-Turkish origin), the island of Cyprus (e.g. Rüya Taner is of Turkish Cypriot origin), the Levant (e.g. Bilal Aziz Özer is of Lebanese-Turkish origin), etc.

Musician
Kool Savas
Haftbefehl
Mero
Ufo361
Summer Cem
Eko Fresh

German-speaking rapper (male)

German-speaking rapper (female)

Ebow

Turkish-speaking rapper (female + male)

German-speaking singer

Muhabbet
Elif Demirezer
Bahar Kızıl

Turkish-speaking singer

English-speaking singer

Rest

Athletes
Mesut Özil
İlkay Gündoğan
Emre Can
Mehmet Scholl
Hamit Altıntop
Halil Altıntop
Nuri Şahin
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Serdar Tasci
Kerem Demirbay
Suat Serdar
Malik Fathi

Combat sport

Basketball

Billiard

Ice Hockey

Hockey

Rugby

Skiing

Taekwondo

Volleyball

Football (male)

Football (female)

Sara Doorsoun
Hasret Kayikçi

Football managers

Politicians


Cansel Kızıltepe


TV & filming

Actors (male)

Actresses

Film directors, producers & screenwriters



Comedians

TV personalities & presenters


Serdar Somuncu
Özcan Coşar
Menderes Bağcı

Social media

German-speaking Youtuber

Saliha Özcan
İdil Baydar
Kübra Gümüşay
  • Emrah - over 2.3 million subscribers
  • Sallys Welt - over 1.5 million subscribers
  • Mert - YouTuber for a long time, now he only does rap music, over 1.2 million subscribers
  • İdil Baydar - stand-up-comedian, but she also does regular comedy videos on YouTube
  • Oğuz Yılmaz - part of the former Comedy-trio Y-Titty (over 3,1 million subscribers on YouTube, a long time the German YouTube channel with the most subscribers, dissolution in 2015)
  • Cengiz Doğrul - part of Comedy-trio ApeCrime (over 2.4 million subscribers on YouTube)

Journalism

  • Kübra Gümüşay - journalist, blogger & web activist of Turkish descent

Others
Feridun Zaimoğlu

See also

References
  1. Wilson, Peter (2002), German Armies: War and German Society, 1648-1806, Routledge, p. 86, ISBN 978-1135370534
  2. Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (2011), "Rutowsky", Dictionary of German Biography, 8, Walter de Gruyter, p. 509, ISBN 3110966301, As the illegitimate son of King Augustus II of Poland and Elector of Saxony (Frederick Augustus I) and a Turkish woman who later became Frau von Spiegel R. was educated at Parisian and Sardinian courts.
  3. Sulick, Michael J. (2014), Spying in America: Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War, Georgetown University Press, ISBN 9781626160668, Karl Boy-Ed was half German and half Turkish and was an experienced naval attaché, if not a professional intelligence officer.
  4. Goebel, Ulrike (2000), German Propaganda in the United States, 1914-1917 -- a Failure?, University of Wisconsin-Madison, p. 16, Karl Boy-Ed, son of a Turkish father and a German mother, had received a special executive training and had served as naval attaché in several parts of the world.
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