Bayraktar (surname) explained

Bayraktar
Language:	Turkish
Language origin:	Turkish
Derivation:	bayrak + دار
Meaning:	"flag" + "owner"

Bayraktar is a Turkish surname and word that consists of the Turkish word “bayrak (/bɑɪrɑq/)” for flag and Persian suffix "دار(/dɑːr/)", literally meaning flag-owner or "flag-bearer".

People

Notable people with the surname or epithet include:

Bajraktari

• Muharrem Bajraktari (1896–1989), Albanian Muslim guerrilla fighter and political figure

Bayrakdar

• Faraj Bayrakdar (born 1951), Swedish-Syrian poet and writer
• Maha Bayrakdar (born 1947), Syrian poet and artist

Bayraktar

• Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (died 1808), also known as Bayraktar Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman grand vizier
• Erdoğan Bayraktar (born 1948), Turkish politician and former government minister
• Gülşen Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish pop singer
• Hakan Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish footballer
• Sami Bayraktar (born 1978), Turkish-Belgian futsal player
• Selçuk Bayraktar (born 1979), Turkish UAV engineer and businessman
• Selim Bayraktar (born 1975), Turkish actor
• Ufukhan Bayraktar (born 1986), Turkish footballer
• Uluç Bayraktar (born 1974), Turkish film director

See also

• Alemdar