famous people from turkey furkan-ömer

WE “TURKS” IN THE WORLD

FIVE SENSES COMENIUS

SPORTS

MEHMET OKURbasketball player

• Achievements and Awards

• NBA All-Star Game (2007)

• NBA Championships (2004)

HİDAYET TÜRKOĞLUbasketball player

• Achievements and Awards

• 2001 NBA Rookie of the Second Five-Year

• 2008 NBA Most Improved Player Award

• Top Five of the 2010 FIBA Tournament

SEMİH SAYGINERbilliard player

• Achievements and Awards• 1994 World Cup Champion (Gent-

Belgium)• 1998 World Cup Champion

(Goynuk, Turkey)• 1998 World Cup 2nd Place

(Antwerp-Belgium)• 1999 World Cup 2nd Place

(Lasvegas USA)• 1999 European champions (Porto-

Portugal)• 2003 World Cup champion

(Lasvegas USA)• 2003 World champion (Valladolid-

Spain)• 2006 European Championship

silver medalist• 2006 2nd place in the European

Club Championship

ŞAHİKA ERCÜMENscuba diver

• Achievements and Awards

• 91 METER DIVING WAS MAKING THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER

SİNAN ŞAMİL SAMboxer

• Achievements and Awards

• Turkey championship nine times

• 1992 Junior World Championships

• 1993 Mid-European championship

• 1995 World runner• 1999 World

Championship in Great

Naim Süleymanoğlu

is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting.

He won three Olympic,

seven world Championships

and six European titles and

set 46 world records.

Halil Mutlu

is a professional Turkish weightlifter with several

World and Olympic championships. Mutlu is one of

the four weightlifters achieving three consecutive

gold medals at the Olympic Games.

Footballers

Mesut Özil

İlkay Gündoğan

Arda Turan

Burak Yılmaz

Fatih Terim

Fatih Terim, is a Turkish association football manager and former player who is manager of the Turkish national football team. His Turkish nickname is İmparator, and his Italian nickname is Imperatore. Both names mean "emperor".

Terim received a nomination

for UEFA manager of the

year 2008, and Eurosport

named him the best coach

at UEFA Euro 2008

By Furkan and Ömer Faruk

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