Türkmen (surname)
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Türkmen is a Turkish surname.[1] As of 2014, there are 77,013 people with the surname Türkmen in Turkey, making it the 139th most common surname in the country.[2] Notable people with the surname are as follows:
- Behçet Türkmen (1899–1968), Turkish military officer
- Cem Türkmen (born 2002), Turkish football player
- Ekin Türkmen (born 1984), Turkish actress
- Elif Doğan Türkmen (born 1962), Turkish politician
- Gökhan Türkmen (born 1983), Turkish singer
- Hüseyin Türkmen, (born 1998), Turkish football player
- İlter Türkmen (1927–2022), Turkish diplomat
- Mehmet Tayfun Türkmen (born 1962), Turkish football manager
- Muhammed Türkmen (born 1986), Turkish football player
- Özer Türkmen (born c. 1939), head of the army of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Tayfun Türkmen (born 1978), Turkish football player
References
[edit]- ^ Meltem Türköz (2017). Naming and Nation-building in Turkey: The 1934 Surname Law. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-137-56656-0.
- ^ "Türkmen". Forebears. Retrieved 13 January 2024.