Topal (surname) explained

Topal
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /tr/
Origin:	Turkish
Variant:	Topaloğlu (English: son of Topal)

Topal is a Turkish word meaning "lame" and may refer to:

Surnames of contemporary people

• Hakan Topal (born 1972), Turkish-American artist
• Mehmet Topal (born 1986), Turkish football player
• Mehmet Can Topal, Turkish judoka with Down syndrome
• Murat Topal (born 1976), Turkish-Austrian futsal player
• Stepan Topal (1938–2018), Gagauz politician from Moldova who served as Governor of Gagauzia from 1990 to 1995
• Turan Topal, Turkish Christian convert, who went on trial in 2006 for crimes against "Turkishness" and Islam

Epithets of historical Ottoman people

• Topal Osman Agha, a colonel of the late Ottoman Empire and early Republic of Turkey
• Darendeli Topal İzzet Mehmed Pasha, a Grand Vizier and Kapudan Pasha of the Ottoman Empire
• Topal Osman Pasha, a Grand Vizier in the Ottoman Empire
• Topal Recep Pasha, a Grand Vizier in the Ottoman Empire
• Topal Sulayman Pasha, an Ottoman ruler of Damascus
• Topal Yusuf Pasha, an Ottoman ruler of Damascus

Epithets of historical Bosnian rulers

• Topal Hasan-paša, a ruler of Bosnia
• Gazi Topal Husein-paša, a ruler of Bosnia
• Šerif Topal Osman-paša, a ruler of Bosnia

See also

• Topol (surname), a Polish/Russian/Jewish surname of different lineage than those of Turkish origin