Turan (name)
Turan is a Turkish male first name and family name . It refers to the land of Turan , which plays an important role in Persian mythology.
Name bearer
First name
- Turan Shah (around 1180–1260), prince of the Ayyubid dynasty
- Turan Doğangün (* 1941), Turkish football player
- Turan Dursun (1934–1990), Turkish imam and mufti; Atheist, religious critic and civil rights activist
- Turan Ekici (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
family name
- Ali Turan (* 1983), Turkish football player
- Arda Turan (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Atila Turan (* 1992), French-Turkish soccer player
- Aykut Turan (* 1993), Turkish soccer player
- Berç Turan (1920–1997), Turkish architect and politician of Armenian descent
- Berkan Burak Turan (* 1998), Turkish soccer player
- Cemil Turan (* 1947), Turkish football player
- Elif Turan (* 1984), Turkish musician and pop singer
- Emre Turan (* 1990), Turkish football player
- Fatih Turan (* 1993), Belgian-Turkish football player
- Hakan Turan (* 1992), Turkish soccer player
- İlter Turan (* 1941), Turkish political scientist
- Osman Turan (1914–1978), Turkish politician and historian
- Sali Turan (* 1949), Turkish painter
- Semra Turan (* 1985), Danish-Turkish actress
- Sinan Turan (* 1985), Turkish soccer player
- Tevfik Turan (* 1954), Turkish German studies specialist and translator
See also
- Pál Turán ( Paul Turán; 1910–1976), Hungarian mathematician
- Turan Shah