Akkaş is a Turkish surname, it also exists in Lebanon as dakkaş in Mount Lebanon governorate and Eastern part of the capital Beirut. In Turkey the family is concentrated in the central provinces (Nevşehir, Konya, Kayseri, and Ankara) as well as in İstanbul (Kadıköy and Üsküdar) and İzmir on the Aegean sea. Notable people with the surname include: *

Barbaros Akkaş Barbaros Akkaş (born November 26, 1976, in İstanbul) is the Turkish Basketball Federation National Teams Director of Sport. Barbaros Akkaş, who is married to Dilara Akkaş, has been managing Turkish National Basketball Teams since 1997. Care ...

(born 1976), Turkish basketball coach *

Halil Akkaş Halil Akkaş (born 1 July 1983) is a Turkish middle-distance runner who won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games. He finished fourth in the 5000 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. At the 20 ...

(born 1983), Turkish middle-distance runner

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