Sofuoğlu family

• Bahattin Sofuoğlu was a successful motorcycle racer for the Turkish Honda team. As son of a motorcycle dealer, he started racing in 1997 at the age of nineteen. After a brief but successful career, Bahattin died on October 25, 2002, at the age of 24, following a traffic accident.
• Sinan Sofuoğlu was a successful Turkish motorcycle racer. Starting racing at 15, Sinan became drag champion in 1998. He continued his victories with championships won in Group B in 1999, and in Group A in the years 2001, 2002 and 2004. He finished the 2003 season in second. Sinan Sofuoğlu also won the Turkish championship in 2005. He had a single wild-card ride in the Turkish 250 cc round of Moto GP at Istanbul Park in April 2006, where he qualified 26th with a time of 2.05.532 and finished 19th with an overall time of 40.44.241. He died on May 9, 2008, aftermath of severe injuries and traumas he suffered on the race track in Kocaeli during a training for the Turkey Motorcycle Championship.
• Kenan Sofuoğlu is a Turkish former professional motorcycle racer, who won the highest number of Supersport World Championship titles – five, in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016.