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Turks should be those of Turkic blood from the paternal line and not people who are just born in Turkey and immigrated (such as Jews) or those with Turkish mothers only as that is the maternal line. Also they should havea Turk name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.13.165 (talkcontribs) 20:06, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A person does not need to have a Turkish name to be Turkish! Especially in the UK... many Turks end up changing their name so that they wont be discriminated against within the workplace. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.214.190 (talk) 14:00, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And this list is only about people of Turkish decent; it should not include all Turkic people neither should it include jews. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.214.190 (talk) 14:02, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced entries

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I have removed all unsourced entries from the list. In case anyone wants to reinstate them, supported by a reliable source, I have listed those entries that were removed below, as they appeared before I removed them. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:29, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name Life Notability Turkish link
Melih Abdulhayoğlu 1968 Entrepreneur Immigrant from Turkey
Emre Aracı 1968 Music historian, conductor and composer Immigrant from Turkey
Ogan Aydın 1979 Singer Immigrant from Turkey
Sertan Baykara 1980 Journalist and presenter German-born to Turkish parents
Haydar Bolat Medical Doctor from Kahraman Maras. Born in Turkey to Turkish farmer family. Migrated to England with his family in 1990 and studied at the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Alkan Chaglar 1981 Journalist British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents
En Derin 1989 Musician Immigrant from Cyprus
Ali Eraslan 1951 Actor Immigrant from Turkey
Nick Gunaydin Producer of The Weakest Link British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents
Yusuf Güney 1984 Singer Immigrant from Turkey
Alp Haydar 1982 Actor British-born to Turkish Cypriot parents
Müsfik Kenter 1932 Actor English and Turkish descent
Mustafa F. Özbilgin 1970 Academic Immigrant from Turkey
Eren Ozker Puppeteer Immigrant from Turkey
Pamela Spence 1973 Singer German-born to a British American father and a Turkish mother
Osman Türkay 1927–2001 Poet and nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature (1988) Immigrant from Cyprus

missing names

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please include the following: Mustafa Kiamil (entrepreneur/millionaire- immigrant from Cyprus) [1], Mehmet Dalman (entrepreneur/banker Turkish Cypriot descent) [2], Erhun Aksel Öztümer (football player- Turkish Cypriot descent) [3], Hakan Duyan (football player) [4], Yusuf Mersin (football player) [5], Mete Serdar Çoban (football player- immigrant from Cyprus) [6], Crista Ermiya (writer- Turkish Cypriot descent) [7], Nebil Avas (designer- Turkish Cypriot descent) [8], Jay Moussa (director- Turkish Cypriot descent) [9], Ozzie Aziz (singer- Turkish Cypriot descent) [10], Cem Ahmet (dancer- Turkish Cypriot descent) [11], Mustafa Hulusi (artist- Turkish Cypriot descent) [12], Guven Akkir (artist- Turkish Cypriot descent) [13], Andrew Chandler (golf player/agent- Ottoman Turkish descent)[14], Dean Selim Florence (football player- Turkish descent) [15], Johnny Doulas known as "Doulas the Turk" (Wrestler- Immigrant from Cyprus) [16], Ramsey & Fenn (Radio Dj's both of Turkish Cypriot descent) [17], Farah Zeynep Abdullah (actress- Turkish descent) [18], Ayesha (Singer- Turkish Cypriot descent) [19], Arif Yozcu (football player- Turkish Cypriot descent) [20], Erkan Okay (football player) [21], Carl Osman (football player) [22] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.157.105.232 (talk) 19:52, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

add comedian Naz Osmanoglu too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.114.209 (talk) 12:25, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
we also need sources for British speed skater Aydin Djemal.Turco85 (Talk) 18:19, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Help me

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Is Richard Osman Turkish ?

No. Primefac (talk) 20:23, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How about Mesut Özil?

Still no. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 21:04, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]