Volkan Explained

Volkan is a Turkish masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Volkan Altın (born 1986), Turkish professional footballer
• Volkan Arslan, (born 1978), Turkish football player
• Volkan Babacan (born 1988), Turkish football player
• Volkan Bekçi (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Volkan Kürşat Bekiroğlu (born 1977), Turkish footballer
• Volkan Canalioğlu (born 1950), Turkish politician
• Volkan Demirel (born 1981), Turkish footballer and coach
• Volkan Dikmen (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Volkan Ş. Ediger (born 1953), scientist, writer, bureaucrat
• Volkan Gucer, music composer, producer, performer of dilli kaval (Turkish wooden flutes)
• Volkan Güç (born 1980), Turkish volleyball player
• Volkan Kahraman (1979–2023), Austrian football player of Turkish descent
• Volkan Konak, Turkish folk singer
• Volkan Şen (born 1987), Turkish football player
• Volkan Ünlü (born 1983), Turkish football player
• Volkan Yaman (born 1982), German born Turkish football player

Middle name

• Hilmi Volkan Demir, Turkish scientist

Surname

• Vamık Volkan (born 1932), emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine