Özgür Explained

Özgür
Gender:	unisex
Meaning:	free and independent^[1]

Özgür (pronounced as /tr/) is a unisex Turkish given name and a surname meaning "free" and independent.^[2] Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• İsmail Özgür Göktaş (born 1989), Turkish footballer
• Özgür Bayer (born 1979), Turkish football player
• Özgür Buldum (born 1976), Turkish music producer
• Özgür Çek (born 1991), Turkish professional footballer
• Özgür Çevik (born 1981), Turkish singer and actor
• Özgür Dengiz (born 1980), Turkish serial killer and cannibal
• Özgür Gürbulak (born 1981), Turkish wheelchair basketballer
• Özgür İleri (born 1989), Turkish professional footballer
• Özgür Kart (born 1982), Turkish football player
• Özgür Öçal (born 1981), Turkish football player
• Özgür Özata (born 1977), Turkish-German actor
• Ozgur Uyanik, Turkish film director
• Özgür Varlık (born 1979), Turkish sport shooter
• Özgür Yasar (born 1981), Swedish footballer
• Özgür Yılmaz (born 1986), Turkish footballer
• Özgür Yılmaz (born 1977), Turkish judoka

Surname:

• Alaattin Özgür (born 1965), Turkish former wrestler
• Erman Özgür (born 1977), Turkish footballer
• Mesut Özgür (born 1990), Turkish footballer
• Nesim Özgür (born 1973), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
• Özker Özgür, leading Turkish-Cypriot politician
• Semavi Özgür (born 1985), Turkish football player
• Veysel Özgür (1877–1931), officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army

See also

• Özgür Gündem (English: "Free Agenda"), Turkish newspaper
• Ozgur Parti, Freedom and Reform Party, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Özgür . turkish language society.
2. Web site: Özgür . turkish language society.