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Özdemir is both a Turkish masculine given name and a surname meaning "pure iron." Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Özdemir Asaf (1923–1981), Turkish poet and writer
• Özdemir Bayraktar (1949–2021), Turkish entrepreneur and engineer
• Özdemir Erdoğan (born 1940), Turkish musician
• Özdemir Pasha (died 1561), Circassian Mamluk general for the Ottoman Empire
• Özdemir Sabancı (1941–1996), Turkish businessman
• Ozdemir Turan (born 1950), Turkish acrobat

Surname

• Abdulkadir Özdemir (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Ali Özdemir (1923–2009), Turkish wrestler
• Ali Talip Özdemir (born 1953), Turkish politician and former leader of the Motherland Party
• Bayram Özdemir (born 1976), Turkish wrestler
• Berat Özdemir (born 1998), Turkish footballer
• Bestemsu Özdemir (born 1992), Turkish actress
• Burak Özdemir (born 1994), Turkish chef and restaurateur
• Cansu Özdemir (born 1988), German politician of Kurdish descent
• Cem Özdemir (born 1965), German politician of Turkish descent
• Cem Özdemir (born 1992), Turkish footballer
• Cüneyt Özdemir (born 1970), Turkish journalist
• Demet Özdemir (born 1992), Turkish actress, dancer and model
• Ela Naz Özdemir (born 2006), Turkish female swimmer
• Emre Ozdemir (born 1981), Turkish cartoonist and illustrator
• Enes Özdemir (born 2002), Turkish karateka
• Engin Özdemir (born 1968), Turkish footballer
• Evren Ozdemir (born 1977, Turkish-Canadian rapper, producer and songwriter
• Gülper Özdemir (born 1994), Turkish actress
• Halil Özdemir (born 2005), Turkish footballer
• Hasan Özdemir (born 1947), Turkish former police chief and politician
• Hasan Özdemir (born 1964), Turkish footballer
• İbrahim Özdemir (born 1960), Turkish philosopher
• İlkay Özdemir (born 1981), Turkish female performer of stage magic
• Kaan Özdemir (born 1998), Turkish footballer
• Kayra Özdemir (born 1988), Turkish-French judoka
• Mahinur Ozdemir (born 1982), Belgian politician
• Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent
• Muzaffer Özdemir (born 1955), Turkish actor
• Nihat Özdemir (born 1950), Turkish businessman
• Nilay Özdemir (born 1985), Turkish female volleyball player
• Nimet Özdemir (born 1970), Turkish entrepreneur and politician
• Oktay Özdemir (born 1986), Turkish-German actor
• Orkun Özdemir (born 1995), Turkish footballer
• Osman Özdemir (born 1961), Turkish football player and manager
• Özer Özdemir (born 1998), Turkish footballer
• Özgür Özdemir (born 1995), Turkish footballer
• Pervin Özdemir (born 1951), Turkish female ceramics artist
• Pınar Özdemir (born ----) Miss Turkey winner in 1991.
• Şaban Özdemir (born 1981), Turkish journalist and TV producer
• Samuel Ozdemir (born 1942), Turkish-Belgian prelate
• Serkan Özdemir (born 1976), Turkish football player
• Seçkin Özdemir (born 1981), Turkish actor and former TV presenter, radio personality, and disc jockey (DJ)
• Şenay Özdemir (born 1969), Turkish-Dutch television presenter, journalist, and women's rights activist
• Turan Özdemir (1952–2018), Turkish actor and voice actor
• Volkan Oezdemir (born 1989), Turkish-Swiss MMA artist
• Yasemin Özdemir (born 1965), Turkish doctor
• Yusuf Özdemir (born 2001), Turkish footballer

Places

• Özdemir, Elmalı, a village in the Elmalı district of the Antalya Province of Turkey
• Panik, Turkey, a town in the Iğdır Merkez district of the Iğdır Province of Turkey, known as Özdemir before 2014