Temel
Temel is a Turkish male given name of Greek origin and family name , cf. Modern Greek θεμέλιο and Turkish temel (= basis, foundation) or the family name Θέμελης . The letter theta is pronounced like “t” in modern Greek in Asia Minor.
In Turkish jokes, Temel is the name given to a Black Sea Turk, often portrayed as clumsy.
Name bearer
First name
- Hikmet Temel Akarsu (* 1960), Turkish writer and satirist
- Temel Cingöz (1941–1991), Turkish Brigadier General
- Temel Karamollaoğlu (* 1941), Turkish politician
family name
- Abdurrahman Temel (* 1950; †), Turkish football player
- Can Temel (* 1991), German rower
- Cantuğ Temel (* 1994), Turkish football goalkeeper
- Robert Temel (* 1969), Austrian journalist, architecture and urban researcher
- Serkan Temel (* 1985), German-Turkish actor