List of Turkish Armenians

Turkish Armenians include:

Arts and entertainment

• Rober Hatemo (born 1974), singer
• Şahan Arzruni (born 1943), pianist
• Nonna Bella, singer
• Hayko Cepkin (born 1978), musician
• Jaklin Çarkçı (born 1958), mezzo-soprano
• Masis Aram Gözbek (born 1987), conductor of Bosphorus Jazz Choir
• Ara Güler (1928–2018), photojournalist
• Sami Hazinses [tr] (1925–2002), actor
• Ani İpekkaya [tr] (born 1939), actress
• Sirvart Kalpakian Karamanuk (1912–2008), composer
• Cem Karaca (1945–2004), rock musician (Armenian mother)
• Toto Karaca (1912–1992), actress
• Ferdi Özbeğen (1941–2013), musician (Armenian mother)
• Udi Hrant Kenkulian (1901–1978), oud player
• Yaşar Kurt (born 1968), rock artist
• Adile Naşit (1930–1987), actress (Armenian mother)
• Selim Naşit Özcan [tr] (1928–2000), actor (Armenian mother)
• Kenan Pars (1920–2008), actor
• Sibil Pektorosoğlu pop singer
• Ruhi Su (1912–1985), folk musician
• Cenk Taşkan [tr], musician
• Anta Toros [tr] (born 1948), actress
• Onno Tunç (1948–1996), musician
• Ari Edirne [tr] (born 1978), opera singer
• Alin Taşçıyan [tr](born 1969), veteran film critic, journalist, and editor

Religion

• Patriarch Karekin II Kazancıian (1927–1998)
• Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafian (1956–2019)
• Patriarch Shenork I Kaloustian (1913–1990)
• Levon Zekian (born 1943), Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul

Sciences

• Daron Acemoglu (born 1967), economist, winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal
• Agop Dilâçar (1895–1979), linguist and first Secretary General of the Turkish Language Association^[1][2]

Sports

• Can Arat (born 1984), soccer player
• Alen Markaryan (born 1966), leader of Çarşı, leading fan group of Beşiktaş J.K., journalist
• Aras Özbiliz (born 1990), football (soccer) player playing for the Armenia national team

Writers

• Arat Dink (born 1979), son of Hrant Dink, editor of Agos
• Hrant Dink (1954–2007), former editor of the weekly Agos
• Vartan İhmalian [tr] (1913–1987), writer
• Hrand Nazariantz (1880–1962), journalist and poet
• Zahrad (1924–2007), poet
• Sevan Nisanyan (born 1956), writer and linguist

Other people

• Selina Özuzun Doğan (born 1977), lawyer and politician
• Garo Paylan (born 1972), politician
• Artin Penik (1921–1982), committed suicide in response to ASALA bombings

See also

• Armenians in Turkey
• List of Ottoman Armenians
• Lists of Armenians
• Armenians in Istanbul

References

1. Aidan Russell (2019). Truth, Silence and Violence in Emerging States : Histories of the Unspoken. Milton: Routledge. ISBN 9781351141109. The modern Turkish alphabet based on Latin was composed by Hakob Martayan (Agop Dilâçar)
2. Adam J. Goldwyn; Renée M. Silverman (2016). Mediterranean modernism : intercultural exchange and aesthetic development. New York: Springer. p. 224. ISBN 9781137586568. With the establishment of the Turkish republic in 1923 and the language reforms initiated by Mustafa Kemal in 1928, the language went through a radical transformation: it would no longer be written in the Arabic alphabet but in the Latin, and it would be purified of its Arabic and Persian vocabulary. Concurrently, it would no longer be called Ottoman Turkish but simply Turkish. A language committee was established to adapt the Latin script to the phonetic demands of Turkish, resulting in a new alphabet of 29 letters. The script was founded by an Armenian, Hagop Martayan (1895-1979).