Çetinkaya () is a Turkish surname. In English 'çetin' means 'hard' and 'kaya' means 'rock'.

Notable people with the surname include

Ali Çetinkaya Ali Çetinkaya, also known as " Kel" Ali Bey (1878 – 21 February 1949) was an Ottoman-born Turkish army officer and politician, who served eight terms in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, including a period in 1939–40 as his country's ...

(1878–1949), Turkish Army officer *

Burcu Çetinkaya Burcu Çetinkaya (born March 19, 1981) is a Turkish rally driver and currently a television presenter. She was educated in Robert College between 1992 and 1999. During this time, she played basketball. After two years spent at Babson College in Bo ...

(born 1981), Turkish female rally driver and television representer *

Duygu Çetinkaya Duygu is a female Turkish name. It is also a common word used as a noun, adjective or verb in everyday but also written language. For example, ‚duygusal olmak‘ translates into ‚to be sensitive‘. ‚Duygulanmak‘ translates into ‚to be t ...

, Actress *

Hasan Cetinkaya Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...

, Swedish footballer *

Hikmet Çetinkaya Hikmet is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Hikmet Avedis aka Howard Avedis, (1927–2017), film producer and director * Hikmet Çetin (born 1937), Turkish politician * Hikmet Fidan (1955–2005), Kurdish-born Turkish ...

, Cumhuriyet newspaper author *

Kelime Çetinkaya Kelime Aydın Çetinkaya (born 15 June 1982) is a Turkish cross-country skier. She became the first Turkish female athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics. She has competed in four Olympics as part of the Turkish national team in 2002, 2006, 20 ...

(born 1982), Turkish female cross country skier *

Meral Çetinkaya Meral Onuktav Çetinkaya (born 5 March 1945) is a Turkish film actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1962. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cetinkaya, Meral 1945 births Living people People ...

(born 1945), Turkish film actress *

Murat Çetinkaya Murat Çetinkaya (born 1976) is an economist, who was Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey from April 2016 to July 2019. He is the first central-bank governor to be fired in Turkey since the 1981 military coup. Early life He wa ...

(born 1976), Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey *

Necati Çetinkaya Necati is a Turkish given name for males. People named Necati include: * Necati "Neco" Arabaci (born 1972), Turkish businessman, criminal, and high-ranking member of the Hells Angels * Necati Ateş (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Necati Çelim ...

(born 1943), Member of Parliament *

Olcay Çetinkaya Olcay Çetinkaya (born 28 October 1979) is a Turkish former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. Career He also played for Kepez Belediyespor, Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Zonguldakspor, Karabükspor, Gebzespor, Kartalspor, Yıldır ...

(born 1979), Turkish footballer

Other uses

Afyon Ali Çetinkaya railway station Afyonkarahisar (, tr, afyon "poppy, opium", ''kara'' "black", ''hisar'' "fortress") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along th ...

, a railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey * Çetinkaya, Sivas, a village in the

Kangal Kangal is a town and a district of Sivas Province in Turkey. The current mayor is Ahmet Kürşad Apaydın from the Great Unity Party (BBP). As Kaymakam was appointed Erinç Demir. Demographics The town is populated by Sunni Kurds and Sunni Tur ...

district of the

Sivas Province Sivas Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. It is largely located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey; it is the second largest province in Turkey by territory. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kayseri ...

** Çetinkaya station, a railway station in the village. *

Çetinkaya Türk S.K. Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü which is also known as "Kırmızı Şimşekler" (Red Thunders) is a Turkish Cypriot sports club based in North Nicosia. They are the most decorated team in Northern Cyprus . History Lefkoşa Türk Spor Kulübü ...

, Turkish Cypriot football club {{DEFAULTSORT:Cetinkaya Turkish-language surnames