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word Jang (جنگ) and means "war" or "battle". Notable people with the name include:

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Cenk Akyol Cenk Akyol (born 16 April 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the shooting guard position. He is assistant coach for Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional career On ...

(born 1987),

basketball player *

Cenk Gönen Cenk Gönen (born 21 February 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for TFF Second League club Esenler Erokspor. Club career After a season with Denizlispor in the 2006–07 season, he secured a first-team place ...

(born 1988), Turkish football goalkeeper *

Cenk Güvenç Cenk Güvenç (born December 29, 1991) is a footballer who most recently played for Balıkesirspor. Born in Germany, he represented Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ...

(born 1991), Turkish footballer *

Cenk İşler Cenk Işler (born 25 February 1974) is a retired Turkish international footballer who played as a forward. Professional career Cenk spent his entire senior career in Turkey. He was a journeyman who played for various clubs, notably Samsunspor on ...

(born 1974), Turkish footballer *

Cenk Renda Cenk Renda (born 10 October 1969, in Turkey) is a former Turkish professional basketball player. He played for Turkey national basketball team. The former power forward is 2.05 m tall. Currently, he is team manager of Fenerbahçe Men's Basketba ...

(born 1969), Turkish former basketball player *

Cenk Tosun Cenk Tosun (; born 7 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Turkey national team. After making one Bundesliga appearance for Eintracht Frankfurt, he transferred to Gaziantepspor i ...

(born 1991), Turkish footballer *

Cenk Uygur Cenk Kadir Uygur ( ; ; born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-American progressive political commentator, media host, attorney, journalist, and politician. Uygur is the creator of ''The Young Turks'', an American left-wing, sociopolitical, progressi ...

(born 1970), Turkish-American radio and TV show host *

Devrim Cenk Ulusoy Devrim Cenk Ulusoy (born 2 January 1973) is a Turkish World record holder free-diver. Currently, he performs his underwater sport activities for Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Su Altı Sporları Kulübü (Middle East Technical University Underw ...

(born 1973), Turkish free-diver *

Enver Cenk Şahin Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish language, Turkish, Albanian Language, Albanian, Bosnian language, Bosnian and Crimean Tatar language, Crimean Tatar, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name ''Anwar (name), Anwar'', ...

(born 1994), Turkish footballer * Seyhan Cenk Tekelioğlu (born 1973), Turkish footballer {{given name Turkish masculine given names