Atasagun is a Turkic word referring to the chief physician. The word is used in

Mahmud al-Kashgari Mahmud ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Kashgari; ; , Мәһмуд Қәшқири; , Махмуд Қашғарий was an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from Kashgar. His father, Husayn, was the mayor of ...

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Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk The ' (; translated to English as the ''Compendium of the languages of the Turks'') is the first comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages, compiled between 1072–74 by the Kara-Khanid scholar Mahmud al-Kashgari, who extensively documented t ...

'' with this meaning. It began to be used as a surname when

Turkification Turkification, Turkization, or Turkicization () describes a shift whereby populations or places receive or adopt Turkic attributes such as culture, language, history, or ethnicity. However, often this term is more narrowly applied to mean specif ...

attempts started shortly after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey. Notable people with the surname are as follows: *

İbrahim Şevki Atasagun İbrahim Şevki Atasagun (1899, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 28 May 1984, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish soldier and statesman. In 1966, he served as acting president for 54 days when President Cemal Gürsel underwent medical treatme ...

(1899–1984), Turkish soldier and statesman * Şenkal Atasagun (born 1941), Turkish civil servant

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Atasagun Surnames of Turkish origin Occupational surnames