Türkmen (surname) explained

Türkmen is a Turkish surname.^[1] As of 2014, there are 77,013 people with the surname Türkmen in Turkey, making it the 139th most common surname in the country.^[2] Notable people with the surname are as follows:

• Behçet Türkmen (1899–1968), Turkish military officer
• Cem Türkmen (born 2002), Turkish football player
• Ekin Türkmen (born 1984), Turkish actress
• Elif Doğan Türkmen (born 1962), Turkish politician
• Gökhan Türkmen (born 1983), Turkish singer
• Hüseyin Türkmen, (born 1998), Turkish football player
• İlter Türkmen (1927–2022), Turkish diplomat
• Mehmet Tayfun Türkmen (born 1962), Turkish football manager
• Muhammed Türkmen (born 1986), Turkish football player
• Özer Türkmen (born c. 1939), head of the army of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• Tayfun Türkmen (born 1978), Turkish football player

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. 98.
2. Web site: Türkmen . Forebears . 13 January 2024.