Baydar (surname) explained

Baydar is a surname of Turkish origin meaning lion.^[1] Notable people with the surname are as follows:

• Alaattin Baydar (1901–1990), Turkish football player
• Mehmet Baydar (1924–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat
• Metin Lütfi Baydar (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist
• Oya Baydar (born 1940), Turkish writer
• Yavuz Baydar, Turkish journalist

Notes and References

1. Book: Meltem Türköz. Naming and Nation-building in Turkey: The 1934 Surname Law. Palgrave Macmillan. 2017. 978-1-137-56656-0. New York. 133.