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Top 25 Turkish Influencers on Instagram

Turkish creators hold the country's attention in the same feed as its footballers and its professors.

Football and fan culture sit alongside finance, science explainers, comedy and everyday family life, with fandom doing most of the heavy lifting.

Denis GolubevDenis Golubev4 min readLast updated: 3 Aug 2026

How this list was built

A public shortlist from the ClickAnalytic creator database

ClickAnalytic tracks 400M+ creator profiles. We found 1,345,336 profiles matching this ranking and selected 25 for the public shortlist; inside the platform you can search the full set, compare audience quality and unlock verified contacts.

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What the numbers say

Turkish creators here engage 5.0x the platform average

The 25 accounts on this list are the standouts: their posts pull about 5.0x the engagement a normal Instagram account their size gets, and on average about 78.6% of their followers read as real people rather than bought.

ME
#1
Mert Hakan YandaşMega
997.4K
Followers
23.98%
Engagement rate
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

FENERBAHÇE ♾️

20.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Football and matchday campaigns. Mert Hakan Yandaş plays for Fenerbahçe and his bio says nothing else, which is exactly what his audience turns up for. His 23.98% engagement rate is the highest on this list by a wide margin, on 997,425 followers.

AH
#2
Ahmet ŞanlıMega
997.2K
Followers
6.86%
Engagement rate
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

Speakervent @speakervent_ajans

39.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Broad entertainment reach. Ahmet Şanlı is booked through the Speakervent agency, the only thing his bio commits to, so ask for a content deck before briefing. His 61% audience-quality score is the lowest on this list and worth checking first.

SA
#3
Samet KocabaşMega
996.6K
Followers
3.17%
Engagement rate
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

@juventus @likapafc 📩

16.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Football fan content. Samet Kocabaş tags Juventus and Likapa FC in his bio and reaches 996,647 followers, so club, kit and betting-adjacent brands get a ready-made audience. His 3.17% engagement rate sits just under the 3.25% list median.

PR
#4
Özgür DemirtaşMega
996.4K
Followers
0.62%
Engagement rate
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

Akademisyen, 15 yıl ABD, Şimdi Sabanci University Finans Kürsü Başkanı. Uzmanlık: Finans. İlgi-Alanları: Teknoloji-Uzay-Tıp.

13.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Finance and business authority. Özgür Demirtaş heads the finance chair at Sabancı University after 15 years in the US, which makes him a credibility buy for fintech and investor education. His 0.62% engagement rate is the lowest here, so plan for reach, not replies.

AS
#5
Asitmen | Yasin AydınMega
995.0K
Followers
1.06%
Engagement rate
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

Bilim ve Teknoloji 🧪⚡️ bazen de eğlence 🤪 👇🏼 Tavsiye ettiğim tüm linkler 👇🏼

24.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Consumer tech launches. Asitmen posts science and technology explainers with occasional comedy and already runs a recommended-links list in his bio, so product placement fits the format. His 1.06% engagement rate runs below the 3.25% list median.

BE
#6
Begüm Bahar DemirMacro
499.4K
Followers
1.57%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post

YENİ VİDEO YAYINDA👇🏻

33.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Video-led brand storytelling. Begüm Bahar Demir pushes followers to a new video from her bio and is booked through a company address, so she suits longer briefs rather than one-off posts. Her 67% audience-quality score sits under the 78.6% list average.

HE
#7
Heranın BabasıMacro
499.3K
Followers
5.97%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post

Hera 🕊️ ∞ @pawtagram.app İletişim:

17.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Family and pet brands. The account is built around Hera and links the pet app @pawtagram.app, which gives pet-food, insurance and family brands a natural entry point. A 5.97% engagement rate on 499,252 followers is well clear of the 3.25% median.

PE
#8
Kadir & KeremMacro
498.9K
Followers
5.05%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post

REKLAM VE İŞ BİRLİĞİ İÇİN DM 📥

20.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Entry-level paid collaborations. The bio is a single line inviting brands to DM, so partnerships are already part of the plan on this account. It is unverified, but a 5.05% engagement rate on 498,924 followers beats the 3.25% list median comfortably.

DO
#9
Serhat DoğramacıMacro
495.4K
Followers
1.37%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post

@michelinguide ⭐️🍀 @mezra.yalikavak @ferhundemeyhanesi @cilbirkahvalti @whiteburgertr @whitepizzamaslak 📩

22.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Restaurants and hospitality. Serhat Doğramacı runs several Istanbul venues and tags the Michelin Guide in his bio, which makes him a food and hospitality partner rather than a general lifestyle one. His 1.37% engagement rate is below the 3.25% list median.

MR
#10
Hikmet EraslanMacro
495.0K
Followers
1.22%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post

Dosso Dossi Holding President & Ceo ''Sanat, insanı iletişimde sosyal, kültürel açıdan zengin, iş hayatında yaratıcı kılar.''

29.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Business and fashion trade. Hikmet Eraslan presents himself as president and CEO of Dosso Dossi Holding, so his audience arrives for business and industry, not lifestyle. At a 1.22% engagement rate on 495,025 followers, buy him for standing rather than clicks.

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AL
#11
Ali DemirMacro
493.5K
Followers
9.38%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 22.0%Average: some noise

✉️:

Best for: High-response mass reach.

Ali Demir gives nothing but a collaboration address in his bio, so brief him on format and check the feed rather than trusting a stated niche. His 9.38% engagement rate is the second highest here, on an unverified account with 493,493 followers.

KO
#12
Muammer DönmezMacro
492.9K
Followers
3.32%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 0.0%Good: clean audience

🌳 şehirden köye göç hikayem 🏡 💌 ⬇️ youtube linki

Best for: Rural living and home brands.

Muammer Dönmez documents his move from the city to a village, which fits garden, tool, food and outdoor briefs with almost no reframing. His 100% audience-quality score is the only perfect one on this list.

DR
#13
Melis Bayram ŞirinoğluMacro
199.8K
Followers
1.48%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 16.0%Average: some noise

Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Uzmanı 👩🏽‍⚕️🦒 DM ❌ 📍Suadiye Mah. Bağdat Cad. Kadıköy, İstanbul

Best for: Baby and childcare brands.

Melis Bayram Şirinoğlu is a pediatrician posting from Kadıköy in Istanbul, a credible voice for childcare products, though her bio closes DMs and her 1.48% engagement rate runs below the 3.25% list median.

ZU
#14
Zümrüt ÇalışkanMacro
199.5K
Followers
3.87%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 11.0%Good: clean audience

@zumrutclskn yeni hesap✨

Best for: Everyday lifestyle collaborations.

Zümrüt Çalışkan points followers to @zumrutclskn as her new account, so confirm which profile is live before booking. Her 89% audience-quality score is among the highest here and her 3.87% engagement rate clears the 3.25% median.

ID
#15
İdris UstaMacro
199.5K
Followers
2.37%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 9.0%Good: clean audience

İdris Usta, Motivasyon ve Amerika 🇺🇸 Reklam ve Kampanyalar için mail 📩

Best for: Motivational and diaspora content.

İdris Usta builds motivational posts around life in the United States for a Turkish-speaking audience, which suits education, travel and money-transfer briefs. His 91% audience-quality score is the second highest on this list.

HA
#16
Hatice EzerMacro
199.3K
Followers
1.41%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 36.0%Poor: high risk

physiotherapist 💌

Best for: Recovery and mobility products.

Hatice Ezer lists physiotherapist as her entire identity, which points at supports, recovery gear and everyday mobility products. Her 64% audience-quality score is one of the three lowest here, so verify the audience before paying.

ME
#17
Tuğba Korkmaz EtienneMacro
199.3K
Followers
1.41%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 16.0%Average: some noise

Content Creator 🎥 Interior Designer Lifestyle | Design | Pets 📍 Florida 🌴 🐶🐶🐶 + 🐱🐱🐱 📩 📩

Best for: Interiors and home decor.

Based in Florida, US, with a Turkish-speaking audience, Tuğba Korkmaz Etienne posts interior design, lifestyle and pets, so treat her as a diaspora buy rather than an in-country one. Her engagement rate is 1.41%.

ME
#18
Melike ÇelikMacro
198.9K
Followers
3.25%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 29.0%Poor: high risk

✉️

Best for: Agency-managed lifestyle posts.

Melike Çelik is booked through Key People Media, the same agency as Samet Kocabaş, and her bio carries nothing else, so ask for a media kit. Her 3.25% engagement rate lands exactly on the list median.

EE
#19
Eylül IşıklıMacro
198.8K
Followers
6.80%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 28.0%Poor: high risk

deu ⋆˙economics 💌

Best for: Student and young-adult campaigns.

Eylül Işıklı pairs a university economics line with an agency address, which points squarely at a student audience for banking, phone and campus briefs. Her 6.80% engagement rate is one of the five highest here.

EL
#20
Elif SaraçMacro
198.8K
Followers
3.13%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 24.0%Average: some noise

✨🪩

Best for: Broad lifestyle reach.

Elif Saraç lists only a Viralif agency address, the same agency behind Dilara Özbalçık, so confirm the content shape from her feed before briefing. Her 3.13% engagement rate is a little under the 3.25% list median.

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CH
#21
Mustafa YüzüdikMacro
198.4K
Followers
1.57%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 12.0%Good: clean audience

Reklam ve isbirligi icin:

Best for: Clean-audience awareness buys.

Mustafa Yüzüdik routes brand work through the Madhauuz agency and carries an 88% audience-quality score, among the highest here. His 1.57% engagement rate is below the median, so use him for reach with low fake-follower risk.

TA
#22
Taha AkgülMacro
198.3K
Followers
3.87%
Engagement rate
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 37.0%Poor: high risk

🚩President of Turkish Wrestling Federation 🥇Olympic Champion 🥇3x World Champion 🥇11x European Champion

Best for: Sport and federation partnerships.

Taha Akgül is an Olympic wrestling champion and president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation, which opens sponsorship at federation level rather than post level. His 63% audience-quality score is the second lowest on this list.

MA
#23
Tuncay ÖzkanMicro
49.7K
Followers
9.11%
Engagement rate
$114-679
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 18.0%Average: some noise

Reklam ve iş birliği için DM den ulaşınız💯💥

Best for: Micro-tier response testing.

At 49,718 followers this is one of only three sub-50K accounts on the list, and the bio is a straight DM invitation for collaborations. Its 9.11% engagement rate is the third highest here, on an unverified account.

DI
#24
Dilara ÖzbalçıkMicro
49.7K
Followers
3.74%
Engagement rate
$114-679
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 17.0%Average: some noise

Koü/Oyunculuk. Overthinkin adı tespit olmuş Nihayetinde konseptim eğlenceymiş.

Best for: Comedy and youth entertainment.

Dilara Özbalçık studies acting and describes her own concept as entertainment built on overthinking, which suits comedy-led product placement. Her 3.74% engagement rate clears the 3.25% list median on 49,701 followers.

SE
#25
Müzeyyen Sena TaşkınMicro
49.6K
Followers
5.08%
Engagement rate
$114-679
Typical $/post
fake followers / suspicious accounts: 27.0%Poor: high risk

🎬 günlük yaşam • bakım · evlilikten tatlı anlar 🥰 💌 İşbirliği:

Best for: Beauty and newlywed home content.

Müzeyyen Sena Taşkın posts daily life, personal care and married-life moments, a natural fit for beauty, home and small-appliance brands. Her 5.08% engagement rate on 49,646 followers is above the 3.25% list median.

Niche analytics

Who's on this list

Most of these accounts are big: 22 of the 25 sit in the macro band, large enough to put a product in front of a national Turkish audience in a single post. Everyday-life and lifestyle creators are the largest group, ahead of the sport figures and business names. Here is what they post and who they are.

4.4%
avg engagement rate
79%
avg real audience
$2.6K-5.7K
estimated price per post

ClickAnalytic pricing model, how we worked this out

What they post
ReelsEveryday life vlogsFootball and fan clipsScience and business explainersFamily and pet momentsBeauty and home routines
Who they are

Football and fan culture

A Fenerbahçe player and a football content creator who tags Juventus and Likapa FC, both close to a million followers.

Business and finance voices

A university finance chair, a holding company CEO and a restaurateur who tags the Michelin Guide.

Everyday life and home

A city-to-village move, a family and pet account, interiors and married-life content.

Qualified professionals

A pediatrician in Kadıköy, a physiotherapist and the president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation.

Science and technology explainers

The list includes a science and technology creator who already publishes a recommended-links list.

Agency-managed creators

Ten bios route brand contact through an agency or company address, with Key People Media and Viralif each holding two of the 25.

Creator sizes

Twenty-two of the 25 are macro accounts, so plan national reach first and use the three accounts under 50,000 followers to test creative before you scale.

Nano

Emerging creators · 1K-10K

0 in this list

Micro

High-efficiency creators · 10K-50K

3 in this list

Mid + Macro

Scale creators · 50K-500K

17 in this list

Mega

Celebrity-level creators · 500K+

5 in this list

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Brand fit

Best brand fits for Turkish influencers

Brand fit here is read off what each creator actually posts and how they present themselves in their bio, not off past campaigns.

Sportswear and football
Best fit

A Fenerbahçe player, a football fan-content creator and an Olympic wrestling champion are all on the list, and the football accounts carry the highest engagement rates here.

Finance, fintech and business education
Strong

A finance chair at Sabancı University and a holding company CEO give credibility to investing, banking and B2B briefs, though both post to low engagement rates.

Food, restaurants and hospitality
Strong

One restaurateur runs several Istanbul venues and tags the Michelin Guide, and a village-life creator covers home cooking and produce.

Home, interiors and garden
Good

An interior designer and a city-to-village creator both build content around houses, land and everyday domestic problems.

Consumer tech and gadgets
Good

The science and technology creator already publishes a list of recommended links, so product explainers fit the format he uses.

Baby, child and family care
Niche

A pediatrician and two family accounts cover this audience, but expect editorial limits on anything health related and no medical claims.

Beauty and personal care
Good

The smaller accounts on the list lean into daily care and married-life routines, which is where beauty briefs land most naturally.

Recommendations are inferred from creator bios and content themes, not invented sponsorship history.

Proprietary data

The Turkish creator economy in numbers

The charts below describe the 25 creators shown on this page, not the whole Turkish creator market. Their combined 10.6M followers earn about 5.0x the engagement of a typical Instagram account of the same size, which comes from an audience-weighted 5.3% engagement rate against an audience-weighted tier benchmark of 1.05%. Average audience quality across all 25 is 78.6%.

Audience gender, age and city splits are available per creator in the database rather than on this page.

Across the 25 Turkish creators shown, posts earn about 5.0x the engagement a typical Instagram account of the same size gets, an average of 78.6% of their followers read as real people, and their audiences add up to 10.6M combined followers.

ClickAnalytic creator database (live) ·

Read the bios and the professionalisation is obvious. Ten of the 25 route brand contact through an agency or company address rather than a personal inbox, and 18 name some route for paid work at all. Two pairs even share representation: Samet Kocabaş and Melike Çelik both list Key People Media, while Elif Saraç and Dilara Özbalçık both list Viralif.

The second pattern is how far apart the engagement rates sit at the same audience size. Mert Hakan Yandaş posts to 997,425 followers at a 23.98% engagement rate; Özgür Demirtaş posts to 996,374 followers at a 0.62% engagement rate. Same scale, completely different behaviour, which is why the list median engagement rate of 3.25% is a more useful yardstick here than the 4.43% average.

Audience quality splits the list too. The 25 shown average 78.6% real-looking followers, but the spread inside that is wide: Muammer Dönmez reads at 100% and Ahmet Şanlı at 61%, so the audience check matters as much as the follower count.

Our verdict

Treat this list as a map of who reaches a Turkish audience at scale, not as a single shopping aisle. For volume, the 22 macro accounts carry most of the 10.6M combined followers across the 25 shown. For response, start with the football and fandom accounts, where engagement rates on this list reach 23.98%.

For credibility in a regulated category, the finance and medical professionals are the safer brief, even though their engagement rates all sit below the 3.25% list median. Then filter the wider Turkish database by audience quality, follower location and estimated price before you send a single message.

Methodology

How we selected these creators

How we picked this shortlist. We started from the Turkish creator accounts in the ClickAnalytic database, kept individual creators associated with Turkey whose measured platform is Instagram, and left out brand, media and organization accounts.

Ranking signals. Creators are ordered by reach, then read against engagement rate and audience quality. Engagement rate is interactions per post as a share of followers; audience quality is the share of followers that read as real people rather than bought or inactive.

The engagement multiple. The 5.0x figure compares the audience-weighted 5.3% engagement rate of the 25 shown against the audience-weighted 1.05% benchmark for accounts of the same follower tiers, taken from the ClickAnalytic Creator Economy Report. It is a different measure from the simple average engagement rate of 4.43% across the 25.

Price guidance. The estimated $2.6K-5.7K per post reflects the Creator Economy Report band for the 100K to 500K follower tier, which is where the list median of 199,837 followers falls. It is a global benchmark, not a quote from any creator here.

Scope. Every number on this page describes the 25 creators displayed unless it is labelled otherwise. The database holds the wider Turkish slice, where you can filter by follower location, audience quality, price and verified contact.

Data date and cadence. Metrics were pulled on 2026-08-03 and the shortlist is reviewed monthly. Engagement and audience-quality scores move, so re-check a creator before you sign a contract.

The figures above are a snapshot pulled on August 3, 2026, not a live feed.

For developers & data teams

Put the data behind this ranking in your own stack

The same live data we used to rank Turkish creators, followers, engagement, audience quality and more across 400M+ creators, is available programmatically through the ClickAnalytic Influencer Marketing API.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything brands ask before shortlisting Turkish creators.

How were these 25 Turkish influencers ranked?

They are ordered by reach, then read against two quality signals: engagement rate and audience quality. Only individual creators associated with Turkey were considered, and brand, media and organization accounts were left out. Across the 25 shown, the median engagement rate is 3.25% and the average audience quality is 78.6%.

Is this list Instagram only?

Yes. Every account here is measured on Instagram, and the follower counts and engagement rates all describe Instagram activity. Several creators also publish on YouTube or TikTok, and Muammer Dönmez links his YouTube channel from his bio, but those audiences are not counted in the numbers on this page.

Do the biggest Turkish accounts get the most engagement?

Not reliably. Mert Hakan Yandaş and Özgür Demirtaş both sit near a million followers, yet their engagement rates are 23.98% and 0.62%. Football and fandom accounts pull the hardest here, while authority accounts trade interaction for credibility. Read engagement rate next to follower count before you shortlist.

How do you check whether a Turkish account has real followers?

Audience quality scores the share of followers that read as real people rather than bought or inactive accounts. Across the 25 shown the average is 78.6%, but the range is wide: Muammer Dönmez reads at 100% while Ahmet Şanlı reads at 61%. Check the score before paying, not after.

What does a post from a creator on this list cost?

The list median of 199,837 followers falls in the 100K to 500K tier, which the ClickAnalytic Creator Economy Report puts at an estimated $2.6K-5.7K per post. Treat that as a global benchmark for planning, not as a quote. Turkish rates are negotiated per creator and per deliverable.

How do I contact these creators or find more Turkish influencers?

Eighteen of the 25 bios name a route for paid work, either an email address or an open DM, and ten of those go through an agency such as Key People Media, Viralif or More Than Social. For everyone else, search the wider Turkish slice in the database and filter by follower location, audience quality and verified contact email.

How we know this

Where the numbers on this page come from.

ClickAnalytic indexes 400M+ creator accounts across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The figures in this ranking come from querying that database, cross-referenced with the Creator Economy Report 2026; card figures reflect the snapshot date shown on this page.

Photos and figures reflect the data snapshot date and may differ from the current profiles.

Denis Golubev

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Denis Golubev

Marketer at ClickAnalytic, turning live data on 400M+ creators into rankings brands can actually act on.

Last updated 3 Aug 20264 min read

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