Bosniaks in Turkey refers to citizens of Turkey who are, or descend from, ethnic Bosniak people, originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak and other former Yugoslav republics.
In the 1965 Census, 17,627 Turkish citizens spoke Bosnian as a first language, which is only 0.05% of the population. These people were mostly living in Kocaeli (1.2%), Sakarya (0.7%), Kırklareli (0.4%) and Izmir (0.2%). Another 34,892 spoke Bosnian as a second language. There are currently an estimated 106,000 Turkish citizens identifying as Bosniaks; however, an article published in Milliyet in 2008 suggests that there may be as high as 2 million people of Bosniak descent in Turkey, with high concentrations living in Adapazarı, Izmir, and Manisa.
Adem Huduti, Turkish army general
Bülent Ecevit, politician, served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times
Cem Adrian, singer-songwriter
Ayşe Kulin, novelist and columnist
Ekrem Akurgal, archaeologist
Emir Preldžić, basketball player
Hüseyin Beşok, basketball player
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, actor and model
Metin Boşnak, scholar
Ömer Çatkıç, footballer
Cem Uzan, businessman
Hedo Türkoğlu, basketball player
Meliha İsmailoğlu, volleyball player
Tuncel Kurtiz, actor
Semih Erden, basketball player
Suat Atalık, chess grandmaster
Sabiha Gökçen, aviator, first Turkish female combat pilot
Mirsad Türkcan, former basketball player
Emina Jahović Sandal, singer and sister of Mirsad Türkcan
Cedi Osman, basketball player
Zijad Švrakić, former footballer
Saffet Sancaklı, former footballer
Asım Pars, former basketball player
Sead Halilagić, former footballer
Almir Gegić, former footballer
Nedim Dal, former basketball player
Elvir Bolić, former footballer
Elvir Baljić, former footballer
Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, late footballer
