Metin
Metin is a Turkish male given name of Arabic origin, which also occurs as a family name . Translated it means "the steadfast".
Name bearer
First name
- Metin Akan (* 1983), Turkish soccer player
- Metin Akpınar (* 1941), Turkish actor
- Metin Aktaş (* 1977), Turkish soccer player
- Metin Altıok (1941–1993), Turkish-Alevi poet
- Metin Arditi (* 1945), French-speaking writer, patron and entrepreneur
- Metin Aslan (* 1978), Austrian football player of Turkish descent
- Metin Ataç (* 1946), Turkish admiral
- Metin Aydın (* 1993), Turkish soccer player
- Metin Buz (* 1960), German Germanist and author
- Metin Colpan (* 19 **), German entrepreneur
- Metin Depe (* 1981), Turkish soccer player
- Metin Diyadin (* 1968), Turkish football player and coach
- Metin Eloğlu (1927–1985), Turkish writer and painter
- Metin Erksan (1929–2012), Turkish film director and art historian
- Metin Erol (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Metin Fakıoğlu (* 1961), Turkish-German radio journalist and poet
- Metin Göktepe (1969–1996), Turkish journalist
- Metin Gür (* 1939), Turkish-German journalist, publicist and author
- Metin Hakverdi (* 1969), German politician (SPD)
- Metin Kaplan (* 1952), Turkish fundamentalist, the so-called "Caliph of Cologne"
- Metin Kazak (* 1972), Bulgarian politician
- Metin Kurt (1948–2012), Turkish football player and coach
- Metin Oktay (1936–1991), Turkish football player
- Metin Tekin (* 1964), Turkish football player
- Metin Tolan (* 1965), German physicist
- Metin Türel (1937–2018), Turkish football player and coach
- Metin Türköz (* 1937), Turkish folk musician
- Metin Yüksel (activist) (1958–1979), Kurdish political activist
- Metin Yüksel (soccer player) (* 1990), Turkish soccer player
family name
- Kayar Metin (* 1990), Liechtenstein karateka
- Mahmut Metin (* 1994), Turkish soccer player
- Tümer Metin (* 1974), Turkish football player
Others
- an online role-playing game from Korea, see Metin2
- an Aldeia in East Timor, see Lahane Oriental
See also
- Requiem for Metin Altıok , oratorio by Fazil Say from 2003
Web links
- Metin on en.wiktionary.org (Engl.)