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Torkan (surname)
Torkan ( fa, تركان) is an Iranian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akbar Torkan, Iranian mechanical engineer and politician *Majid Torkan Majid Torkan ( fa, مجيد تركان, born 15 November 1964) is a retired Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won a world title in 1990, placing second in 1985 and third in 1989. He also won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1986 and at the Asian C ... (born 1964), Iranian freestyle wrestler See also * Türkan (other) {{surname, Torkan Persian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akbar Torkan
Akbar Torkan ( fa, اکبر ترکان; 1952–2021) was an Iranian mechanical engineer and politician, who was the President Hassan Rouhani's chief adviser from 2013 to 2018. He served as the CEO of Iran's Construction Engineering Organization from 2014 to 2017. He was also the Minister of Defense and Minister of Roads and Transportation in the government headed by President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Career and political stance Torkan graduated from Sharif University of Technology. He was governor of Hormozgan, and Ilam provinces after the revolution in 1979. Even though he was a civilian, he served as the head of the Defense Industries Organization during wartime. After the war he supported president Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ... in his electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majid Torkan
Majid Torkan ( fa, مجيد تركان, born 15 November 1964) is a retired Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won a world title in 1990, placing second in 1985 and third in 1989. He also won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1986 and at the Asian Championships in 1983, 1989 and 1991. He competed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and placed seventh in 1992. References Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Iranian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Iran 1964 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1982 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1986 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Iran-wrestling-bio-stub Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Sportspeople from Sari, Iran Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Iranian people 21st-century Iranian people World Wrestling Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Türkan (other)
Türkan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. Türkan may also refer to: * Turkan, the land of the Turkana people * Türkan (name), given name People with the given name * Türkan Hanımsultan (1919-1989), Ottoman princess * Türkân Akyol (1928–2017), Turkish politician and former government minister * Türkan Erişmiş (born 1984), Turkish middle-distance runner * Türkan Feyzullah (1983–1984), female murder victim * Türkan Haliloğlu, Turkish biochemist * Türkan Örs Baştuğ (1900–1975), Turkish school teacher, politician and one of the first (1915–2007), first ever Turkish professor of jurisprudence female members of the parliament * Türkan Rado (1915–2007), first ever Turkish female professor of jurisprudence * Türkan Saylan (1935–2009), Turkish physician * Türkan Şoray Türkan Şoray (; born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director of Circassian origin. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. She s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |