Atay () is a masculine
Turkish
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*** Turkish alphabet
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* The w ...
given name
and a surname. It is spelled as
Atai in some cultures.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Atay Aktuğ
Atay Aktuğ, (b. 11 April 1945), is the former president of the Turkish football club Trabzonspor.
Career
Atay was a player for Trabzonspor in the late sixties and early seventies. He was voted in as president after his predecessor Özkan Süm ...
, Turkish footballer, former president of the Turkish football club
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...
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Atay Dzhumashev (born 1998), Kyrgyzstani footballer
Surname
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Ali Atay
Dursun Ali Atay (born 20 April 1976) is a Turkish actor, musician, screenwriter, and director.
Life and career
He is of Laz descent from Rize. Atay graduated from the theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He is best known f ...
(born 1976), Turkish actor, musician, screenwriter, and director
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Barış Atay
Barış Atay Mengüllüoğlu (born 22 September 1981) is a Turkish actor and a politician of the Workers' Party of Turkey (2017), Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP).
Early life and education
He is interested in Theater play since he was ten year ...
(born 1981), Turkish actor and politician
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Falih Rıfkı Atay
Falih Rıfkı Atay (1894 – 20 March 1971) was a Turkish journalist, writer and politician between 1923 and 1950.
Biography
Falih Rıfkı was the son of Halil Hilmi Efendi, an imam. He was educated in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Falih began hi ...
(1894–1971), Turkish journalist, writer and politician
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Hatice Atay
Hatice Atay (born 1996) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball and para-badminton player. She was a member of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.
Club career
Atay started playing wheelchair basketball and para-badminton in 2016 ...
(born 1996), Turkish female wheelchair basketball and para-badminton player
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Oğuz Atay
Oğuz Atay (12 October 1934 – 13 December 1977) was a Turkish novelist. His first novel, ('The Disconnected'), appeared in 1971–72. Never reprinted in his lifetime and controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edi ...
(1934–1977), Turkish writer
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Dely Atay-Atayan
Adelaida Fernando-Villegas (born Adelaida Marquez Fernando; March 17, 1914 – August 30, 2004), better known as Dely Atay-Atayan or Adelaida Fernando, was a Filipina comedian and singer. Her career in entertainment spanned seven decades, begi ...
(1914–2004), Filipina comedian
Fictional characters
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Cengiz Atay, main villain of Turkish crime drama ''Ezel''
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Can Atay, son of Cengiz and Eyşan Atay of Turkish crime drama ''Ezel''
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Eyşan Atay, wife of Cengiz Atay and girlfriend of Ezel "Ömer" of Turkish crime drama ''Ezel''
Mythology
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Atai Ulaan Atai Ulaan, in Buryat mythology, is described as the leader of 44 Tenger (sky-gods) of the eastern skies, he is the leader of an army consisting of 6,666 soldiers.
His brother, Han Hormasta, is the leader of the 55 Tenger of the western skies. ...
or Atay Han, Buryat mythological figure
See also
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Atay, Toguz-Toro, village in Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan
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Nsit-Atai
Nsit Atai Local government area was created in the year 1996 with its capital at Odot by the government of Gen. Sani Abacha. It has an area of out of an about 17,000 square kilometers, with 62 villages.
Location
Nsit Atai is located in south ea ...
, local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
References
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Turkish-language surnames
Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names