people This list includes notable ethnic Turkish people with Azerbaijani citizenship. Many Turkish Azerbaijanis come from the Turkish Meskhetian community or from Turkey. In addition, there are notable individuals from the Turkish diaspora who have obtained Azeri citizenship, especially from the Turkish German and Turkish Dutch communities. , artist (Turkish Meskhetian origin) , journalist (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Devran Ayhan, football player Isgender Aznaurov, National Hero of Azerbaijan who fought in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Ufuk Budak, football player (Turkish German origin) , football player (Turkish German origin) Mert Çelik, football player , literary critic (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Baris Ekincier, football player (Turkish German origin) Tuğrul Erat, football player (Turkish German origin) , military doctor (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Cem Felek, football player (Turkish German origin) , ashik (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Ali Gökdemir, football player (Turkish German origin) , scientist (Turkish Meskhetian origin) , scientist (Turkish Meskhetian origin) , literary critic (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Ozan Kökçü, football player (Turkish Dutch origin) Muslim Magomayev, opera and pop singer (maternal Turkish grandfather) , football player (Turkish father and Russian mother) Movlud Miraliyev, Olympic judoka (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Omar Faig Nemanzadeh, journalist (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Emin Nouri, football player (Turkish Bulgarian origin and naturalised Swedish and Azerbaijani citizen) Cihan Özkara, football player (Turkish German origin) Ahmad bey Pepinov, politician (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Mehmet Akif Pirim, Olympic sports wrestler Amel Senan, actress (Turkish Iraqi father) , one of the first female journalists, educators, writers and philanthropists in Azerbaijan (Turkish Meskhetian origin) Ilter Tashkin, football player (Turkish German origin) , football player (Turkish German origin) Deniz Yılmaz, football player (Turkish German origin) See also Azerbaijan–Turkey relations Azerbaijanis in Turkey Battle of Baku Turks in the former Soviet Union References Bibliography . . . . . . . Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan