Turkish Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Was a Turkish footballer,[1] notable for his career at Altay S.K., being the first professional foot

Was a Turkish footballer,[1] notable for his career at Altay S.K., being the first professional football player in Turkey, being the first Turkish player to ever play for a foreign club,[2] and being the first black player to represent Turkey in an international game.[2] He chose his last name based on his love for Altay (lit. "Pure/Real Altay").[2] Özaltay was born in 1908 in Istanbul. He was the son of a civil servant. When he was 10 years old his family moved to Aydin. Shortly after the Greek Occupation of Izmir on 21 May 1919, his family moved to Kastamonu. He started his football career in Kastamonu.

Is a boxer from Turkey, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Ligtweight (– 60 kg) division at the

Is a boxer from Turkey, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Ligtweight (– 60 kg) division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark, alongside Italy's Christian Giantomassi. Issever represented his native country at the 1996 Su

Is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler in the up to 52 kg weight class. He is an 1996 Olympic Games champ

Is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler in the up to 52 kg weight class. He is an 1996 Olympic Games champion, seven time champion of the World, seven times champion of Europe, and the only wrestler to hold 10 medals (7 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze) from World C

Is a Bulgarian footballer currently (as of July 2002[update]) playing for Lokomotiv Sofia as a goalk

Is a Bulgarian footballer currently (as of July 2002[update]) playing for Lokomotiv Sofia as a goalkeeper. He was raised in Lokomotiv Sofia's youth teams. So far he has 19 games in the national championship and in Bulgarian cup.

Is a footballer currently playing for Terek Grozny.Iliev started his career at his home town Vratsa,

Is a footballer currently playing for Terek Grozny.Iliev started his career at his home town Vratsa, where he played for the local team Botev Vratsa. In June 2001 he signed with Ukrainian club Metalurg from Zaporizhzhya. But for three years Valentin participated in only 21 matches and scored one goal. In November 2004 Iliev joined CSKA Sofia.

Is a Bulgarian football administrator. He is a former president of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU

Is a Bulgarian football administrator. He is a former president of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) and the current president of the Bulgarian Professional Football League (PFL). he played for Akademik Svishtov while he was studying at the Higher Instit

Is a Bulgarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

Is a Bulgarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

A Bulgarian singer who contended in the first season of the Bulgarian television series “Music Ido

A Bulgarian singer who contended in the first season of the Bulgarian television series “Music Idol”. She reached the Top 10 position. During the final stage of the competition Valentina performed three songs before she was voted out.Her first couple of performances were back in kindergarten. In third grade she started singing in a choir and then she was noticed by the music teacher, who decided to expand little Valentina’s vocal capabilities. For four years she sings in a duet, earning success at important competitions: first and second places at “Seasons”, “Sarandev” and other competitions. Valentina has several TV appearances. As a child she could have been seen at the kid TV show “Like the Lions”

Is a Bulgarian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a Bulgarian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays for Hertha BSC.He had his major breakthrough in A PFG

Is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays for Hertha BSC.He had his major breakthrough in A PFG during the 2004-05 season and earned himelf the place of a first-choice striker for the team despite his young age. He has remarkable technical and scoring skills and has attracted the attention of top European clubs from the age of 20.

A Bulgarian football striker who plays for Manchester City of the English Premier League.A promising

A Bulgarian football striker who plays for Manchester City of the English Premier League.A promising youngster, Bozhinov settled in Lecce and continued his studies there while playing for U.S. Lecce youth teams. He debuted in Italian Serie A on January 22, 2002, at the age of 15 years and 11 months for U.S. Lecce, becoming the youngest foreign player to make an appearance in the top level of Italian football. His first goal in the top division came on January 6, 2004 in a home 1-2 defeat against Bologna and becomes the youngest non-national to score in Serie A.

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for FC Vihren Sandanski as a defender. Georgiev is

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for FC Vihren Sandanski as a defender. Georgiev is a left and central defender. Valeri is 1.77 m tall and weighs 70 kg. He started your career in home town Blagoevgrad in local team Pirin. On 3rd March 2005 Valeri made his official debut in Bulgarian top division in a match against Spartak Varna. He played for 8 minutes.

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Dunav Ruse as a midfielder.

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Dunav Ruse as a midfielder.

Is a Bulgarian poet, screenplay writer, playwright and translator of paternal Jewish origin.Between

Is a Bulgarian poet, screenplay writer, playwright and translator of paternal Jewish origin.Between 1947 and 1950 Valeri Petrov worked in the Bulgarian legation in Rome as a press and cultural attache. During the time he travelled to the United States, Switzerland and France, delegating to various forums.

A popular Bulgarian female singer. She is one of the most prolific performers in the pop-folk music

A popular Bulgarian female singer. She is one of the most prolific performers in the pop-folk music style in Bulgaria.Ivana’s father worked along the Black sea coast with his orchestra. One night, their singer got sick and his daughter Ivana had to sing several Bulgarian folklore songs in place of her. Ivana was perfect. She was immediately offered to perform with the orchestra for the summer. She was 14 years old and really liked being on the stage. After that she made a female formation called "Prima +", including her, Stoqna and Rumen Radoinov. The group was invited to sing at the hotel estate `Prikazkite` (translation: "The tales"). Ivana’s talent was noticed by the owner of the musical company Payner – Mitko Dimitrov(Bulgarian: ????? ????????)

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s.

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s.

A popular Bulgarian singer and writer. She's known for her eccentric attitude and image. She has wri

A popular Bulgarian singer and writer. She's known for her eccentric attitude and image. She has written songs for a lot of Bulgarian artists such as Stenli, Antibiotika, Aksiniya, etc. Her first, and only to this date, album is called "In Vitro" and was released in 2003. It gained little success due to poor promotion. Today, Vanya is the vocalist of the group MatchPoint. They released their first single in July 2007 charting #1 on MAD TV BG Top 10. Her first book "Obraztsov dom" was published in 2005 and since then has become one of the best selling books in Bulgaria by a contemporary author.

Is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and captain of the Bulgarian national squad.

Is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and captain of the Bulgarian national squad.

Was a Bulgarian basketball player. She has played for Slavia Sofia from 1950 to 1968, winning the Eu

Was a Bulgarian basketball player. She has played for Slavia Sofia from 1950 to 1968, winning the European Champions' Cup in 1959 and 1963 and Bulgarian league 12 times from 1953 to 1965. With the Bulgaria women's national basketball team, she has won sil

Is a Turkish wrestler with Azeri origin who has won a bronze medal in the 2010 World Wrestling Champ

Is a Turkish wrestler with Azeri origin who has won a bronze medal in the 2010 World Wrestling Championships, in his first senior championship.

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Spartak Varna as a midfielder. He is a defensive mi

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Spartak Varna as a midfielder. He is a defensive midfielder.

Is a Bulgarian football defender who plays for Minyor Pernik.

Is a Bulgarian football defender who plays for Minyor Pernik.

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympic

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976.

Was a Bulgarian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 49th in the 18 km event a

Was a Bulgarian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 49th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

Is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Chernomorets Pomorie as a attacker.

Is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Chernomorets Pomorie as a attacker.