born-basketball player Hakan Hayrettin, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Yiğitcan Hekimoğlu, Turkish Cypriot-born Turkish sprinter Mustafa Hussein, football player (Turkish Cypriot origin) Kemal Izzet, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot father) Muzzy Izzet, British-born Turkish football player (Turkish Cypriot father) İzzet Kaçmaz, football player and coach Erol Kahraman, British-born Canadian and Turkish ice hockey player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Jem Karacan, British-born Turkish football player (Turkish Cypriot father) Şerif Ogan Karabıyıklı, female football player Ahmet Karlankuş, football player Colin Kazim-Richards, British-born Turkish football player (Turkish Cypriot mother) Dervis Konuralp, British-born Paralympic swimmer (Turkish Cypriot father) Billy Mehmet, British-born Irish and TRNC football player (Turkish Cypriot father) Dave Mehmet, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Deniz Mehmet, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Kemal Molla, football player Tarkan Mustafa, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Önder Mutsuzlar, football coach Ahmet Ogan, coach and sports manager Reşat Oğuz, athlete Yılmaz Orhan, Turkish Cypriot-born American football player Levent Osman, Australian-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Erhun Oztumer, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) İrfan Özbay, football player Kenan Özer, football player Bayram Özgün, football player Ahmet Patterson, British-born boxer (Turkish Cypriot father) Meliz Redif, female sprinter/track runner Omer Riza, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Başak Ruso, female football player Mustafa Salk, football player Danis Salman, Turkish Cypriot-born British football player Memduh Sarıoğlu, football player Salih Say, football player Esin Sonay, football player Fatih Terim, Turkish-born football player; former manager of the Turkey national football team (1993–96; 2005–09; and 2013–17) and current manager of Galatasaray (Turkish Cypriot father) Acelya Toprak, British-born martial artist; youngest winner at the European Judo Championships (Turkish Cypriot parents) Tamer Tuna, British-born football player (Turkish Cypriot parents) Mustafa Vardi, football player Özel Vasıf, tennis player Fatima Whitbread, British-born javelin thrower (Turkish Cypriot mother) Halil Zorba, British-born weightlifter (Turkish Cypriot parents) Others Patrick Azimkar, British-born soldier killed during the Massereene Barracks shooting in 2009 (Turkish Cypriot father) Arifs, British criminal gang (Turkish Cypriot origin) Aysha Frade, British-born victim killed during the 2017 Westminster attack (Turkish Cypriot father) References Turkish Cypriot people Turks