Ercan may refer to:
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Ercan Akbay
Ercan Akbay (born 12 February 1959 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish writer, painter, and musician. After studying finance at university, he has worked in many different sectors in his life; he now devotes his time to writing and painting. He ha ...
(born 1959), writer, painter and musician
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Ercan Aktuna
Ercan Aktuna (1 January 1940 – 20 September 2013) was a Turkish footballer who played as a defender for Fenerbahçe and İstanbulspor.
Aktuna started his career in 1957 at İstanbulspor, then transferred to Fenerbahçe in 1965. He won fiv ...
(1940–2013), Turkish football player
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Ercan Durmaz
Ercan Durmaz (born 16 August 1965) is a Turkish-German actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of t ...
(born 1965), Turkish-German actor
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Ercan Muslu (born 1988), Turkish long-distance runner
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Ercan Özçelik (born 1967), actor and a German citizen
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Ercan Åžahin
Ercan Åžahin (born 1971 in Turkey) is a Turkish folk musician.
Early life and education
Åžahin's parents came from Sivas, a city in Anatolia which is known for his numerous poets and folk singers. At the age of 13, he found his first enquiries ...
(born 1971), musician, songwriter, composer, BaÄŸlama player
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Ercan Süleymany
Erkan Sulejmani (born 13 July 1981 in Pristina) is a retired Kosovan footballer.
Club career
His first club was FK Pristina. Erkan also played for several Turkish teams where, during five years, played a total of 92 First League matches and s ...
(born 1981), Albanian footballer
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Ercan Osmani
Ercan Osmani (, ; born August 4, 1998) is an Albanian-born naturalized Turkish professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague.
Career
Before starting his professional career, Osmani ...
(born 1998), Albanian basketball player
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Ercan Yazgan
Ercan Yazgan (4 April 1946 – 8 March 2018) was a Turkish comedian and political satirist. He was widely regarded as one of Turkey's most prominent and respected comedians. He starred in numerous movies and various TV-series. He died on 8 March ...
(1946–2018), Turkish comedian
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Abdullah Ercan
Abdullah Ercan (born 8 December 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a retired Turkish international footballer and manager.
Coaching career
Honours
Trabzonspor
*Turkish Cup: 1992, 1995
* Turkish Super Cup: 1995
* Chancellor Cup: 1994, 1996
Fenerb ...
(born 1971), Turkish football player
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Aytaç Ercan
Aytaç Ercan (born 21 December 1976) is a Turkish wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian. He is a 4 point player competing for Beşiktaş Wheelchair Basketball Team, and is part of Turkey men's national wheelchair basketball team.
He ...
(born 1976), Turkish Paralympian wheelchair basketballer
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Mine Ercan
Mine Ercan (born November 26, 1987) is a Turkish female wheelchair basketball player in Guard position. The 4-point player is the captain of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team.
Early life
Mine Ecan was born on November 26, 19 ...
(born 1987), Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player
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Åžeyma Ercan
Şeyma Ercan (born 5 July 1994 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player who plays for Türk Hava Yolları. She is tall at and plays in the wing spiker position. Şeyma began playing volleyball in 2005 at Gazi University's Sport Club ...
(born 1994), Turkish female volleyball player
Other uses
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Ercan International Airport
Ercan International Airport is the primary civilian airport of the unrecognised '' de facto'' state of Northern Cyprus. It is located about east of Nicosia, near the village of Tymbou. The airport only serves flights to and from Turkey.
His ...
, principal airport of entry into the de facto non recognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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Erkan Erkan is a common Turkish given name. It is composed of "Er" and "Kan". In Turkish "Er" means "Male", "Brave", "Valiant" and "Kan" means "Blood", "Lineage". Thus, "Erkan" means "a brave male with valiant lineage".
*Erkan Can (born 1958), Turkish ac ...
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