Tanju

This article covers the Turkish first name. For the Japanese cultivated form of the same name, see Tancho .

Tanju is a Turkish male given name . The first name has its origin in the 6th to the 8th century; at that time were Göktürks by the Chinese as Tujue referred (突厥). The first name occurs predominantly with men.

Name bearer

• Tanju Çalıkıran (* 1977), German-Turkish singer, rapper and television actor
• Tanju Çolak (* 1963), Turkish soccer player
• Tanju Kayhan (* 1989), Austrian-Turkish soccer player
• Tanju Kirjakow (* 1963), Bulgarian sports shooter
• Tanju Öztürk (* 1989), German soccer player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Türk Dil Kurumu : Tanju in the name dictionary of the Institute for the Turkish Language