Şahin ( Iranian: , Shāhīn) is a Turkish and Tatar name of Iranian origin that means falcon. Notable people with the name include:

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Ali Şahin (wrestler) Ali Şahin (born 20 May 1944) is a Turkish former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was ...

(born 1944), Turkish wrestler *

Arif Sahin Arif or Aref may refer to: *Arif, a local name for the Rif mountains in northern Morocco *Arif (given name) *Arif (surname) *‘arif, a concept in Sufism, see Ma'rifa *Arif gang The Arifs are a South East London-based Turkish people, Turkish ...

(born 1985), Turkish footballer * Asiye Özlem Şahin (born 1976), Turkish-German boxer * Ayşe Şahin, Turkish-American mathematician *

Bekir Şahin Bekir Şahin (born 1 March 1960, Mecitözü, Turkey) is a jurist, former judge and the current State Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation in Turkey. Education He was educated at the Imam Hatip school and studied law at the Dokuz Eylül Univers ...

, Turkish jurist and judge * Canan Şahin (born 1970), Turkish-Kurdish multidisciplinary visual artist, activist *

Celal Şahin Celal Şahin (22 May 1925 – 23 February 2018) was a Turkish musician playing the accordion, humorist, television talk show host and actor. Celal Şahin was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 May 1925. He graduated from Kabataş High School, and then ...

(1925–2018), Turkish musician and humorist *

Cenk Şahin Enver Cenk Şahin (born 22 September 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Şanlıurfaspor. Club career Şahin started his youth career at Zonguldak Kömürspor, before joining İstanbul Başakşehir in 2010. ...

(born 1994), Turkish footballer * Ercan Şahin (born 1971), Turkish folk musician. *

Fatma Şahin Fatma Şahin (born 20 June 1966) is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan. She was born on 20 June 1966 in Gaziantep to Mus ...

(born 1966), Turkish politician * Fatma Şahin (footballer) (born 1990), Turkish footballer *

Hafize Şahin Hafize Şahin (born January 1, 1992) is a Turkish female freestyle wrestler competing in the 59 kg division. She is a member of the Trakya Birlik SK in Edirne, where she is coached by Habil Kara. She continues her study in physical educati ...

, Turkish sport wrestler * Hülya Şahin, Turkish boxer *

İbrahim Şahin İbrahim Şahin (born 20 August 1956) is a Turkish Ultranationalist and co conspirator in the murder of the Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink. He led General Directorate of Security's special forces unit, the Special Operations Department ( tr, ...

(born 1956), Turkish police chief *

İbrahim Şahin (footballer) İbrahim Şahin (born 1 March 1984) 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 foot ...

(born 1984), Turkish footballer *

İdris Naim Şahin İdris Naim Şahin (born 1 June 1956, Ünye, Ordu, Turkey) is a Turkish politician who was elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 2002, representing Istanbul. He was appointed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on 6 July 2011 by Pri ...

(born 1956), Turkish politician * İrem Damla Şahin (born 2000), Turkish footballer * Kemal Şahin, Turkish entrepreneur *

Kenan Şahin Kenan Şahin (born 27 October 1984) is a Turkish-German footballer who plays as a striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A participant in a strike action *A participant in a hunger strike *Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacks ...

, Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Ali Şahin Mehmet Ali Şahin (born 16 September 1950) is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2009 to 2011. He was a member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the ru ...

, Turkish politician *

Metin Şahin Metin Şahin (born January 10, 1963, in Konya, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish former taekwondo practitioner, who serves as the president of the Turkey Taekwondo Federation since 2003.Also In 2019, He was appointed dean to the Faculty o ...

(born 1963), European champion Turkish former taekwondo practitioner *

Murat Şahin Murat Şahin (born 4 February 1976, Istanbul) is a retired Turkish football goalkeeper. Career Şahin began his career in Göztepe Hilalspor where he was watched by scouts. At the age of 17, he had been transferred to Fenerbahçe and turned pro ...

, Turkish footballer * Nihat Şahin, Turkish footballer *

Nuri Şahin Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a central midfielder. He is the manager of Antalyaspor. He began his career at Borussia Dortmund, spending six years there – including a ye ...

, Turkish footballer *

Nuri Şahin (volleyball) Nuri Şahin (; born January 1, 1980, in Tokat, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is tall at , and plays as libero. He capped 155 times for the Turkey men's national volleyball team. As of 2012-13 season, Şahin plays for Halkbank Ankara ...

(born 1980), Turkish volleyball player *

Ramazan Şahin Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, russian: Рамзан Ирбайханов, on 8 July 1983) is a Russian- Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He won gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 European Championships, an ...

, Turkish freestyle wrestler *

Reyhan Şahin Reyhan Şahin (born 1980), known professionally as Lady Bitch Ray or Doctor Bitch Ray, is a German rapper, author, linguist and former radio host of Turkish descent. Biography Şahin was born in Bremen, West Germany. Her parents are Alevis a ...

(born 1980 or 1981), German-speaking rapper, radio host and actor of Turkish ethnicity *

Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1981) Selçuk Şahin may refer to: * Selçuk Şahin (footballer, born 1981), Turkish footballer * Selçuk Şahin (footballer, born 1983) Selçuk Şahin (born 26 March 1983 in Munich, West Germany) is a Turkish footballer, who currently plays for G� ...

, Turkish footballer *

Selçuk Şahin (footballer, born 1983) Selçuk Şahin (born 26 March 1983 in Munich, West Germany) is a Turkish footballer, who currently plays for Gümüşhanespor as a left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to st ...

, Turkish footballer *

Selin Şahin Latife Selin Şahin (born 19 September 1992) is a Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player. She is a 1-point player competing for Reggio Calabria BiC in Italy. She is a member of the Turkish women's national wheelchair basketball team. ...

(born 1992), Turkish wheelchair basketball player *

Serkan Şahin Serkan Şahin (born 15 February 1988) is a Turkish former footballer who played mainly as a defender, but also as defensive midfielder. Career Şahin began his children's football with local club FC Bubendorf, but soon moved to the youth d ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer * Sıla Şahin, German-born actress of Turkish descent * Timuçin Şahin (born 1973), Turkish jazz guitarist * Turgut Doğan Şahin (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Tülin Şahin (born 1980), Turkish-Danish top model, television presenter, fashion designer, author, and actress *

Uğur Şahin Uğur Şahin (; born 19 September 1965) is a German oncologist and immunologist. He is the CEO of BioNTech, which developed Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, one of the major vaccines against Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19. His main field ...

(born 1965), Turkish-German physician, immunologist and CEO of

BioNTech BioNTech SE ( ; or short for Biopharmaceutical New Technologies) is a German biotechnology company based in Mainz that develops and manufactures active immunotherapies for patient-specific approaches to the treatment of diseases. It develops ...

Vasip Şahin Vasip Şahin (born 1964) is a Turkish civil servant. Currently, he serves as the Governor of Ankara Province. Life He was born in Bayburt in 1964. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Erzincan. In 1985, Şahin grad ...

(born 1964), Turkish civil servant * Yasemin Şahin (born 1988), Turkish handball player

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Şahin Aygüneş Şahin Aygüneş (born 1 October 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Şile Yıldızspor. Born in Germany, he represented Turkey at youth international levels. Club career Born in Ansbach but raised in Hockenheim, Ayg� ...

, Turkish footballer *

Şahin Giray Şahin Giray, Shahin Khan Girai ( crh, شاهين كراى, Şahin Geray, 1745—1787) was the last Khan of Crimea on two occasions (1777–1782, 1782–1783). Life He was born in 1745 in Edirne. He studied in Greece and Venice. He reputedly ...

(1745-1787), last khan of Crimea *

Şahin Şenoduncu Şahin Şenoduncu (born 24 April 1994) is a Turkish racewalking athlete. At the 2019 Balkan Race Walking Championship held in Alexandroupoli, Greece, Şenoduncu won the silver medal. He became champion at the 2021 Balkan Race Walking Championsh ...

(born 1994), Turkish race walker * Şahin Yakut, Turkish kickboxer

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