Çetin () is a common masculine

Turkish given name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full na ...

. In Turkish, "Çetin" means "Tough", "Robust", "Strong", "Hard", and/or "Arduous".

People

Given name

Çetin Alp Çetin Küçükarslan, better known by his stage name Çetin Alp (21 June 1947 – 18 May 2004), was a Turkish singer. Life He was born in Malatya. Alp married three times, the first of which was to Ergül Kuğuoğlu. From this marriage he ha ...

(1947—2004), Turkish pop music singer * Çetin Altan (1927—2015), Turkish writer, journalist, and a former member of parliament *

Çetin Emeç Çetin Emeç (1935 – 7 March 1990) was a prominent Turkish journalist and columnist, who was assassinated. Early life He was born to Selim Ragıp Emeç, journalist and later co-founder of the Democratic Party, and his wife Rabia Emeç. He had ...

, prominent Turkish journalist and columnist, who was assassinated *

Çetin Güngör Çetin Güngör (born 7 June 1990) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for Eyüpspor. Club career Galatasaray S.K. Çetin Güngör rose through the ranks of the Galatasaray youth and academy team, and was promoted to Galatasaray S ...

, Turkish footballer *

Çetin İnanç Çetin İnanç (Born in Ankara on 12 September 1941) is a Turkish film director who has directed movies for the past five decades. He is infamously known as the director of '' Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982), aka'' "Turkish Star Wars" Biography I ...

, Turkish film director * Çetin Mandacı, Greek politician *

Çetin Özek Çetin Özek (1934 Çorum, Turkey – 16 July 2008 Istanbul) was a prominent Turkish university professor of criminal law, jurist, author and journalist. Çetin Özek graduated from Istanbul's respected Pertevniyal High School in 1952 and from ...

, Turkish jurist, author and journalist *

Çetin Tekindor Çetin Tekindor (born 16 July 1945) is a Turkish actor. Biography Çetin Tekindor was born in 1945 in Sivas. After studying theatre at the Ankara State Conservatory, he made his professional acting debut in a play ''IV. Murat'' in 1970. Beside ac ...

, Turkish actor *

Çetin Topçuoğlu The Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six civilian ships of the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla" on 31 May 2010 in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine activists and no Israelis were killed on one ship dur ...

, former Turkish taekwondo athlete, who died in the Gaza flotilla raid

Surname

* Arcan Cetin, American perpetrator of the

Cascade Mall shooting On September 23, 2016, a mass shooting occurred at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, U.S. Five people were killed in the incident. The gunman was identified as Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old who emigrated from Turkey as a child with his famil ...

Bülent Çetin Bülent Çetin (born 1985) is a Turkish amputee footballer playing as goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is a member of the Turkey national amputee football team. Private life Bülent Çetin was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 198 ...

(born 1985), Turkish amputee football player *

Cansu Çetin Cansu Çetin (born 26 May 1993 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish female volleyball player for Fenerbahçe Opet. She is tall at . Personal life After attending Ankara Esenevler Anadolu Highschool for three years, she continued at İstanbul Yen ...

(born 1993), Turkish volleyball player * Hikmet Çetin, Turkish politician *

Oğuz Çetin Ahmet Oğuz Çetin (born 15 February 1963) is a Turkish association football, football manager (association football), manager and former player. Career Born in Adapazarı, Çetin began playing football with the local side Sakaryaspor. He starte ...

, Turkish football player *

Recep Çetin Recep Çetin (born 1 October 1965 in Karasu) is a Turkish footballer whose career as a defender lasted from 1979 to 2002. Career A native of the town of Karasu in the Marmara Region's Sakarya Province, Recep Çetin began his football career in ...

, Turkish footballer * Serhat Çetin, Turkish basketball player *

Servet Çetin Servet Çetin (born 17 March 1981) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Mersin Idmanyurdu in the Süper Lig. He received the nickname ''Ayıboğan'' which literally means; ''a man who could choke a bear'', due to his height and strength. ...

, Turkish footballer *

Sinan Çetin Sinan Çetin (born March 1, 1953) is a Turkish film director, actor, and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival. Çetin was born as one of the eight children of a customs officer. He is of matern ...

, Turkish actor, film director, and producer *

Yavuz Çetin Yavuz Hilmi Çetin (25 September 1970 – 15 August 2001) was a Turkish musician, singer, and songwriter in the blues and psychedelic music genres. He gained renown in his native country for the skill and sensitivity of his guitar performanc ...

, Turkish rock music artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Cetin Masculine given names Surnames Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names