Turgut
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Turgut is a Turkish given name. Turgut may also refer to:
Given name
[edit]- Turgut Alp, Ottoman military commander
- Turgut Alp (fictional character), a character based on Turgut Alp in Diriliş: Ertuğrul
- Ankaralı Turgut (born 1963), Turkish singer
- Turgut Atakol (1915–1988), Turkish basketball player
- Turgut Aykaç (born 1958), former Turkish boxer
- Turgut Berkes (1953–2018), Turkish rock musician, painter, and writer
- Turgut Göle (1913–2002), Turkish politician
- Turgut Özatay (1927–2002), Turkish film actor
- Turgut Özal (1927–1993), Turkish president and political leader
- Turgut Polat (born 1993), Turkish table tennis player
- Turgut Reis (1485-1565), Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral as well as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Mediterranean; and first Bey, later Pasha, of Tripoli
- Turgut Doğan Şahin (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Turgut Uçar (born 1964), Turkish football manager and coach
- Yasar Turgut Bilgin, (born 1957), Turkish author
Surname
[edit]- Azmi Turgut (born 1988), Turkish basketball player
- Jansin Turgut, rugby league footballer
- Şerif Turgut, Turkish woman war correspondent
Places
[edit]- Turgut, Çorum
- Turgut, Muğla, a town in Muğla Province, Turkey
- Turgutalp, a town in Soma district of Manisa Province, Turkey
- Turgutlu, a town and district of Manisa Province, Turkey
- Turgutlu, Kozan, a village in the Kozan district of Adana Province, Turkey
- Turgutreis, a town in Bodrum district of Muğla Province, Turkey
See also
[edit]- Turgot, a given name and surname