List of Turkish Canadians

The following is a list of Turkish Canadians, including both original immigrants of full or partial Turkish descent who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants.

Most notable Turkish Canadians have come from, or originate from, Turkey but there are also notable Canadians of Turkish origin who have immigrated from, or descend from, the other former Ottoman territories, especially Turks from the Balkans (e.g. Mesut Mert has a Turkish-Bulgarian), the island of Cyprus (e.g. Ozay Mehmet and Anna Silk have a Turkish Cypriot background), the Levant, and North Africa (e.g. Nihal Mazloum, has a Turkish-Egyptian.

Some notable Turkish Canadians have also come to Canada from areas where there is a modern Turkish diaspora; for example, Viola Yanik has a Turkish-German background.

Academia

Feridun Hamdullahpur.

M. Tamer Özsu.

• Yaprak Baltacioğlu, Chancellor of Carleton University
• Henri Barki, social scientist
• Izak Benbasat, Professor of Information Systems and Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of British Columbia
• Selim Deringil, Professor of History at Boğaziçi University
• Cigdem Eskicioglu, Professor of Engineering at the University of British Columbia
• Ramazan Gençay, Professor of Economics at University of Windsor, Carleton University, and Simon Fraser University
• Feridun Hamdullahpur, President of the University of Waterloo[1]
• Ozay Mehmet, Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University (Turkish Cypriot origin)[2]
• Tuncer Ören, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Ottawa
• M. Tamer Özsu, Professor of Computer Science at University of Waterloo
• Semih Tezcan, Professor of Engineering and second president of Boğaziçi University
• Murat Tuncali, Professor of Mathematics at Nipissing University
• Aycan Yurtsever, physicist at the Université du Québec

Arts and Literature

• Üstün Bilgen-Reinart, writer
• Alkan Chaglar, journalist (Turkish Cyptiot origin)
• Timothy Guy Kent, painter (Turkish father)
• Nil Köksal, journalist
• Nihal Mazloum, artist (Turkish-Egyptian origin)[3]

Cinema and Television

Anna Silk.

• Ennis Esmer, actor[4]
• Arda Ocal, TV and radio broadcaster
• Anna Silk, actress (British-Turkish Cypriot mother)

Fashion

• Erdem Moralioğlu, fashion designer (Turkish father)[5]

Music

• Ozan Boz, musician and producer
• Mercan Dede, composer, ney and bendir player, DJ and producer[6]
• Orhan Demir, jazz musician
• Minor Empire, Turkish-Canadian progressive music group
• Evren Ozdemir, rapper[7]

Religion

• Ahmet Fuad Sahin, founder of the International Development and Relief Foundation

Sports

Tuğba Karademir.

• Melisa Ertürk, women's football player
• Meryem İyin, taekwondo player
• Tuğba Karademir, figure skater
• Mesut Mert, football coach (Turkish-Bulgarian origin)
• Viola Yanik, wrestler (Turkish-German origin)

See also

• Turkish Canadians
• List of Canadians

References

1. University of Waterloo. "The Hamdullahpur era begins today". Retrieved 2011-05-20.
2. Cyprus Mail. "Amazing twists of a fascinating past". Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
3. Nihal Mazloum, Canadian Museum of History, 2000, retrieved 20 September 2017, Of Turkish-Egyptian ancestry, Nihal Mazloum was born in Paris in 1951 and grew up in Cairo, in an affluent and multilingual family. After receiving a Bachelor's degree in anthropology from Cairo's American University, she left Egypt to study ethnology in Paris. She remained there for seven years and then immigrated to Canada in 1978. She lives in Montreal.
4. CTV. "Travelling to Turkey the ideal summer vacation for 'The Listener's' Ennis Esmer". Retrieved 2012-09-06.
5. The Independent (2008-09-15). "Star in the making: Designer Erdem Moralioglu". London. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
6. "Mercan Dede ile kutlama". Hürriyet. 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2021. ...son olarak Türk asıllı Kanadalı sanatçı Mercan Dede sahne alacak.
7. MSN News. "Cdn songwriter celebrates Eurovision success". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

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