Özkan is a common Turkish name. Notable people with the name include:

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Özkan Baltacı Özkan Baltacı (born 13 February 1994) is a Turkish hammer thrower. Sport career Baltacı is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul. In age-specific categories, he won the silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships, the bronz ...

(born 1994), Turkish hammer thrower * Ozkan Cetiner (born 2000), French footballer *

Özkan Hayırlı Özkan Hayırlı (born May 27, 1984) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 200 cm tall and plays as middle blocker. He has been playing for Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball, Fenerbahçe SK since 2009 and wears the number 1. He has played 85 tim ...

(born 1984), Turkish volleyball player * Özkan Karabulut (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Özkan Koçtürk (born 1974), Turkish-German footballer *

Özkan Manav Ali Özkan Manav (born May 20, 1967) is a Turkish composer of contemporary classical music. His earlier works were influenced by Saygun, Usmanbaş, and Ligeti. Some of his orchestral works feature aleatoric passages. Later works combine newer ...

(born 1967), Turkish composer *

Özkan Murat Özkan Murat (born January 25, 1957, in BAF-TRNC) is a Minister of Interior in the 20th Government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Confirmed in April 2005, he holds the Interior Ministry portfolio under Prime Minister Ferdi Sa ...

(born 1957), Turkish Cypriot politician *

Özkan Sümer Özkan Sümer ( b. 20 November 1940 d. 22 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer, manager, and president of Trabzonspor (2001-2003). He played as a defender for Trabzonspor (and later coached the same club), Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey na ...

(1940–2020), Turkish footballer *

Özkan Uğur Raif Özkan Uğur (17 October 1953 – 8 July 2023) was a Turkish pop and rock musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and actor. After starting his career in 1970, he became a founding member of Kurtalan Ekspres in 1972, which included Bar� ...

(1953–2023), Turkish pop musician * Özkan Yiğiter (born 2000), Turkish footballer * Özkan Zengin (born 1982), Turkish serial killer

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* Aleyna Özkan (born 2002), Turkish swimmer *

Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan (1902–1981) was a Turkish ashik and poet. A native of Şarkışla, Özkan became an ashik at a young age, and went to Adana at the age of 22 to compete with other ashiks from Çukurova. Özkan wandered throughout Turkey ...

(1902–1981), Turkish musician and poet *

Aygül Özkan Aygül Özkan (born 27 August 1971, in Hamburg) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as managing director of the German Property Federation (ZIA) since 2020. Özkan has been a member of the CDU sinc ...

(born 1971), German politician of Turkish origin *

Aysel Özkan Aysel Özkan (born 26 February 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 64 kg. Personal life Aysel Özkan was born on 26 February 2002. She is twin sister of Cansel. Both girls grew up in the Children's Home Coordination Center (, ...

(born 2002), Turkish female weightlifter *

Burcu Çelik Özkan Burcu Çelik Özkan (born 1 January 1986, Muş) is a former member of the Turkish parliament for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Education and professional career Burcu Çelik Özkan has a law degree from the Marmara University. After sh ...

(born 1986), Turkish politician *

Cahit Özkan Cahit Özkan (born 25 December 1976 in Denizli, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and member of the Turkish Parliament. He is also Deputy for Denizli and a member of the Justice and Development Party. He studied at Istanbul University's Faculty of ...

(born 1976), Turkish politician * Can Özkan (born 1999), German footballer *

Cansel Özkan Cansel Özkan (born 26 February 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 59 kg. Personal life Cansel Özkan was born in 2002. She is twin sister of Aysel. The sisters grew up in the Children's Home Coordination Center (, ÇEKOM) i ...

(born 2003), Turkish female weightlifter *

Ebru Özkan Ebru Özkan (born 18 November 1978) is a Turkish actress. Life and career Ebru Özkan was born on 18 November 1978 in Ankara. She completed her primary school education in Ankara and secondary and high school education in Nevşehir. She settle ...

(born 1978), Turkish actress * Emre Özkan (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Eriş Özkan (born 1981), Turkish footballer * Ertan Özkan (born 1996), Turkish sprinter * Ertuğrul Özkan (born 1942), Turkish sailor *

Esra Özkan Esra Özkan (born September 8, 1996) is a Turkish women's football forward last played in the Turkish Women's Third Football League for Çerkezköy 1923 Gençlik Spor in Çerkezköy, Tekirdağ with jersey number 6. Career Club Esra Özkan obt ...

(born 1996), Turkish women's footballer *

Gabriel Özkan Gabriel Özkan (; born May 23, 1986, in Stockholm) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Gabriel joined AIK in the summer of 2006 from Brommapojkarna, after coming through the youth academy before becoming a firs ...

(born 1986), Swedish football player of Assyrian/Syriac descent *

Gülsel Özkan Gülsel Özkan (born 1966 in Malatya, Turkey) is a German film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenw ...

(born 1966), German director and screenwriter * Hasan Özkan (born 1997), Turkish footballer *

Hüsamettin Özkan Hasan Hüsamettin Özkan (born 1950) is a former Turkish politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey between 1999 and 2002 in the 56th and 57th governments led by Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. He was a Member of Parliament ...

(born 1950), Turkish politician * Hüseyin Özkan (born 1972), Turkish judoka *

Kerem Özkan Kerem Özkan (born 19 November 1988) is a Turkish professional basketball player, who lastly played for Büyükçekmece of Turkish Super League Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Tur ...

(born 1988), Turkish basketball player *

Mustafa Özkan Mustafa Özkan (born 21 February 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Özkan played two seasons for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga, appearing in 20 league matches. He also played for several clubs in T ...

(born 1975), Turkish footballer * Necati Özkan (born 1960), Turkish political consultant * Ömer Özkan (born 1971), Turkish plastic surgeon *

Ozan Özkan Ozan Özkan (born 1 June 1984) is a Turkish former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canad ...

(born 1984), Turkish footballer *

Saadet Özkan Saadet Özkan (born June 15, 1978) is a Turkish activist against child abuse. She is a primary school teacher who found out that her pupils had been sexually abused by her principal. Despite pressure she succeeded in getting the crime investigate ...

(born 1978), Turkish activist *

Şakir Özkan Torunlar Şakir Özkan Torunlar (born; 1960) is a Turkish diplomat who has served in various capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since joining in 1983. His diplomatic career spans several countries and includes roles such as Turkey's ambassador ...

(born 1960), Turkish diplomat *

Serdar Özkan Serdar Özkan (born 1 January 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...

(born 1987), Turkish footballer *

Sibel Özkan Sibel Özkan (born 3 March 1988, in Afyonkarahisar) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the Women's 48 kg division. She is tall and weighs . She initially won the silver medal in the 48 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but in 20 ...

(born 1988), Turkish female weightlifter *

Sinan Özkan Sinan Özkan (born 22 March 1986) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Serik Belediyespor. Career Born in Saint-Étienne, Özkan began his career playing youth football for the French team AS Saint-Étienne. He moved to Turkey and played for ...

(born 1986), Turkish football player *

Sudi Özkan Sudi Özkan is a Turkish businessman. Starting from a relatively small-scale, he has created one of the most successful international business groups. The Princess International Group currently operates in 16 countries and employs more than 15,00 ...

, Turkish businessman * Tuba Özkan-Haller, Turkish-American earth scientist *

Tuncay Özkan Ahmet Tuncay Özkan (born 14 August 1966) is a Turkish journalist, writer and politician. He was arrested on September 27, 2008, in relation to the odatv case of the Ergenekon trials, and in August 2013 he was sentenced to aggravated life impri ...

(born 1966), Turkish politician *

Yavuz Özkan (director) Yavuz Özkan (1942 – 21 May 2019) was a Turkish film director and screenwriter. Özkan is best known for his 1978 film '' The Mine''. Selected filmography * " İlkbahar - Sonbahar " (2011) * '' Hayal Kurma Oyunları'' (1999) * '' Bir Erkeğin ...

(born 1942), Turkish film director *

Yavuz Özkan (footballer) Yavuz Özkan (born 19 May 1985) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Life and career Özkan began his career with his hometown club Denizlispor. He signed a youth contract with the club in 1999, but never pla ...

(born 1985), Turkish coach and former footballer

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