Turhan is a Turkish masculine given name. Notable persons with the name or surname include:

Given name

* Turhan Baytop (1920–2002), Turkish botanist *

Turahan Bey Turahan Bey or Turakhan Beg (; ; ;PLP 29165 died in 1456) was a prominent Ottoman Turkish military commander and governor of Thessaly from 1423 until his death in 1456. He participated in many Ottoman campaigns of the second quarter of the 15t ...

(died 1456), Ottoman military commander and governor *

Turhan Bey Turhan Bey (born Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Şahultavi, 30 March 192230 September 2012). was an Austrian-born actor of Turkish and Czech-Jewish origins. Active in Hollywood from 1941 to 1953, he was dubbed "The Turkish Delight" by his fans.. Aft ...

(1922–2012), Turkish-American actor * Turhan Erdoğan (1938–2019), Turkish academic *

Turhan Feyzioğlu Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922 – 24 March 1988) was a Turkish academic and a politician. Early life He was born in Kayseri. After finishing the primary school in Kayseri, he attended Galatasaray High School and later studied at Istanbul University ...

(1922–1988), Turkish academic and politician * Turhan Göker (1930–2022), Turkish track and field athlete *

Turhan Nejat Veziroğlu Turhan Nejat Veziroğlu (24 January 1924 – 5 September 2024), also known as T. N. Veziroglu, was a Turkish-American academic and mechanical engineer. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Miami, where he chaired its mechanical engine ...

(born 1924), Turkish-American academic *

Turhan Përmeti Turhan Pasha Përmeti (19 December 1846 – 18 February 1927) was an Albanian politician and statesman who served as the second prime minister of Albania, serving from March 1914 to September 1914 and from December 1918 to January 1920. He was ...

(c. 1840–1927), Albanian politician and statesman * Turhan Selçuk (1922–2010), Turkish cartoonist *

Turhan Sultan Hatice Turhan Sultan (, "''merciful"'' or "''noble''"; 1627 – 4 August 1683) was the first Haseki sultan of the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim (), and Valide sultan as the mother of Mehmed IV () as well as the Official Regent of the Ottoman Empi ...

( –1683),

Valide sultan Valide Sultan (, lit. "Sultana mother") was the title held by the mother of a ruling sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans first formally used the title in the 16th century as an epithet of Hafsa Sultan (died 1534), mother of Sultan Suleima ...

of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

and the final woman of the

Sultanate of Women The Sultanate of Women () was a period when some consorts, mothers, sisters and grandmother of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire exerted extraordinary political influence. This phenomenon took place from roughly 1534 to 1715, beginning in the r ...

Turhan Taşan Turhan Taşan (born 1948) is a Turkish musician. His songs have been released on 117 records and cassette tapes. Born on 13 August 1948 in Samsun, Taşan graduated from the Management and Accounting Department of the Istanbul Academy of Economic ...

(born 1948), Turkish musician *

Turhan Tayan Turhan Tayan (born 19 October 1943) is a Turkish politician and lawyer. After his graduation from the Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university loc ...

(born 1943), Turkish lawyer and politician * Turhan Tezol (1932–2014), Turkish basketball player *

Turhan Yıldız Turhan Yıldız (born 1940) is a Turkish former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( ...

(born 1940), Turkish footballer *

Turhan Yılmaz Turhan Yılmaz (born 11 September 1958) is a Turkish chess player. He is five-time Turkish Chess Champion. Biography Yılmaz earned FIDE title, International Master (IM) in 1986. He won the 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989 and 2004 Turkish Chess Champ ...

(born 1956), Turkish chess player

Surname

Elif Nur Turhan Elif Nur Turhan (born 16 April 1995) is a Turkish professional boxer who is a former WBF female light-welterweight champion. She has also held the WBC International and WBA Gold female super-featherweight titles. Career A professional since M ...

(born 1995), Turkish boxer *

Evren Nuri Turhan Evren Nuri Turhan (born 10 September 1974) is a former Turkish footballer. Honours Galatasaray *Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a bri ...

(born 1974), Turkish footballer *

İbrahim Turhan İbrahim Turhan was the chairman and CEO of the Borsa Istanbul, Istanbul Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2015 and a Member of the Turkish parliament for the governing Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party from 2015 to ...

(born 1968), Turkish economist and politician *

Mehmet Cahit Turhan Mehmet Cahit Turhan (born 29 April 1960) is a Turkish civil engineer, civil servant and former Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. Mehmet Cahit Turhan was born in Trabzon, northern Turkey on 29 April 1960. In 1981, he graduated from Karade ...

(born 1960), Turkish engineer and politician *

Necdet Turhan Necdet Turhan (born 1957) is a Turkish visually impaired mountaineer and national athlete for long-distance running. In 2017 he completed a project that called for running five marathons on five different continents, and climbing five summits in ...

(born 1957), Turkish visually impaired mountain climber and long distance runner *

Olcay Turhan Olcay Turhan (born 30 January 1988) is a German footballer who plays for Arminia Bielefeld. He made his debut for the club in the final game of the 2011–12 3. Fußball-Liga season against Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve ...

(born 1988), German footballer *

Sinan Turhan Sinan Turhan (born 10 February 1958) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a forward for Galatasaray and the Turkey national team. Honours Galatasaray *Turkish Cup: 1981–82 Sakaryaspor *Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a foo ...

(born 1956), Turkish footballer

Fictional characters

*Turhan, a character in ''Babylon 5'' {{given name, nocat Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names