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.

Main article: Azerbaijanis in Turkey
Lists of Azerbaijanis
by country

List
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

References
  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.
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