Volkan is a Turkish masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Volkan Altın
Volkan Altın (born 10 August 1986) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for German club BSV Hürtürkel.
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1986 births
Living people
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(born 1986), Turkish professional footballer
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Volkan Arslan
Volkan Arslan (born 29 August 1978) is a Turkish football coach and former player. Arslan played for Turkey at the U-16, U-17 and U-18 levels before he made his debut for the senior team in 2003.
Club career
Arslan began his career with local c ...
, (born 1978), Turkish football player
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Volkan Babacan
Volkan Babacan (; born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for İstanbul Başakşehir.
Babacan was a star at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, taking Turkey to 3rd place. He made his full internat ...
(born 1988), Turkish football player
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Volkan Bekçi
Volkan Bekçi (born 15 February 1987) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Beylerbeyi S.K. on loan from Galatasaray S.K.
He is a midfielder and wears the 61 shirt which is the car number plate location code for Trabzon
Trabzon, histori ...
(born 1987), Turkish footballer
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Volkan Kürşat Bekiroğlu (born 1977), Turkish footballer
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Volkan Canalioğlu (born 1950), Turkish politician
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Volkan Demirel
Volkan Demirel (; born 27 October 1981) is a Turkish association football, football coach, pundit and former international goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. For many years, he was the starting goalkeeper of Fenerbahçe S.K. (football ...
(born 1981), Turkish footballer and coach
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Volkan Dikmen (born 1991), Turkish footballer
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Volkan Ş. Ediger (born 1953), scientist, writer, bureaucrat
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Volkan Güç
Volkan Güç, (16 July 1980 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is member of the Turkey men's national volleyball team. The tall sportsman plays as opposite setter. He studied at Istanbul University.
He began his volleyball car ...
(born 1980), Turkish volleyball player
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Volkan Gucer
Volkan Gucer () is a music composer, producer, performer on the dilli kaval (Turkish wooden flute), and the Irish whistle. Career
Originally spelled as Volkan Gücer. With a professional career since 1992, he has written and produced music for ...
(born 1964), music composer, producer, performer of dilli kaval (Turkish wooden flutes)
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Volkan Kahraman
Volkan Kahraman (10 October 1979 – 8 February 2023) was an Austrian football player and manager.
Club career
Kahraman made his professional debut for Eredivisie side Feyenoord in November 1997 against De Graafschap and then scored 11 goals i ...
(1979–2023), Austrian football player of Turkish descent
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Volkan Konak
Volkan Konak (27 February 1967 – 31 March 2025) was a Turkish folk singer from the eastern Black Sea. His song "Cerrahpaşa" was a great success and his album, ''Mora'', released in 2006, was awarded a gold plaque by the Turkish recording pr ...
(1967–2025), Turkish folk singer
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Volkan Şen
Volkan Şen (born 7 July 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger. He is mostly known for his long shots, his dribbling and speed.
Club career
He was born in Bursa and started playing football in Bursa Merinosspor betwe ...
(born 1987), Turkish football player
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Volkan Ünlü
Volkan Ünlü (born 8 July 1983) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper
In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keep ...
(born 1983), Turkish football player
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Volkan Yaman
Volkan Yaman (born 27 August 1982) is a Turkish former footballer. Yaman is known with his powerful shots.
Career
Yaman has made his debut for Antalyaspor against Çaykur Rizespor on 6 August 2006. He has also been called for the Turkey natio ...
(born 1982), German born Turkish football player
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Hilmi Volkan Demir
Hilmi Volkan Demir is a Turkish scientist, best known for his works on white light generation.
Biography
Hilmi Volkan Demir was born on July 4, 1976, in Kars, Turkey. He received his B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bi ...
(born 1976), Turkish scientist
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Vamık Volkan
Vamık D. Volkan, M.D., DFLAPA, FACPsa, (born 1932 in Lefkoşa, Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot born American psychiatrist, internationally known for his 40 years work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding. Amon ...
(born 1932), emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine
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Turkish-language surnames
Turkish masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names
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