Turan (name)
Appearance
Turan is a given name and a surname. It may refer to:
Given name
[edit]- Turan (mythology), in Etruscan mythology, the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of Vulci
- Turan-Shah (died 1180), Ayyubid prince (emir) of Yemen, Baalbek, Damascus, Alexandria
- Turan Akalın (born 1984), Turkish wheelchair tennis player and wheelchair curler
- Turan Dursun (1934–1990), Turkish mufti
- Turan Güneş (politician) (1922–1982), Turkish politician
- Turan Mirzayev (born 1979), Azerbaijani weightlifter
- Turan Sofuoğlu (born 1965), Turkish footballer
- Turan Bağmanov (born 2000), Azerbaijani musician
Surname
[edit]- Ali Turan (born 1983), Turkish soccer player
- Arda Turan (born 1987), Turkish footballer
- Atila Turan (born 1992), Turkish-French footballer
- Cemil Turan (born 1947), Turkish footballer
- Ekin Tunçay Turan, Turkish stage actress and translator
- Emre Turan (born 1990), Turkish soccer player
- Esin Turan (born 1970), Austrian-Turkish painter and sculptor
- Fatih Turan (born 1993), Turkish footballer
- Frigyes Turán (born 1974), Hungarian rally driver
- Gülistan Turan (born 1997), Turkish female Muay Thai practitioner
- Hakan Turan (born 1992), Turkish soccer player
- İlter Turan, Turkish academic
- Kenneth Turan (born 1946), American film critic
- Mehmet Cahit Turan (born 1960), Turkish civil engineer, civil servant and former government minister
- Murat Turan (born 1975), Turkish para archer
- Nesim Turan (born 1992), Turkish Paralympic table tennis player
- Özdemir Turan (born 1950), Turkish acrobat
- Pál Turán (1910–1976), Hungarian mathematician
- Sali Turan (born 1949), Turkish painter
- Sefer Turan (born 1962), Turkish journalist
- Veysel Turan (1901-2007), Turkish veteran of the Turkish War of Independence
See also
[edit]- Turan (disambiguation)
- Turan-Mirza Kamal (1951–2004), American musician