Doğan is both a masculine Turkish given name and a Turkish surname meaning ''Falcon''. Notable people with the name include:

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Doğan Abukay Doğan Abukay is a Turkish experimental physicist and retired professor of Physics at the Izmir Institute of Technology His research areas include Applied Physics, Superconductivity, High Temperature Superconductors High-temperature su ...

, Turkish experimental physicist and academic *

Doğan Akhanlı Doğan Akhanlı (; 18 March 1957 – 31 October 2021) was a Turkish-born German writer, and author of novels, plays, and essays, mostly in Turkish. He had been living in exile in Germany since 1992, after his political views led to several arre ...

(1957–2021) Turkish-German writer *

Doğan Babacan Doğan Babacan (30 November 1929 – 18 May 2018) was a Turkish Referee (association football), football referee. He was the first Turkish referee to supervise a match in FIFA World Cup history. Babacan was born in Istanbul. He played football f ...

(1930–2018), Turkish football referee *

Doğan Cüceloğlu Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu (9 February 1938 – 16 February 2021) was a Turkish academic in media psychology and writer of several non-fiction books. Early years Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu was born as the youngest of eleven children in the Mukadd ...

(1938–2021), Turkish psychologist and nonfiction writer * Doğan Hancı (born 1970), Turkish para-archer *

Doğan Kuban Doğan Kuban (10 April 1926 – 22 September 2021) was a Turkish architectural historian. Biography Kuban was born in Paris to a Kurdish family. He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Shortly ...

(1926–2021), Turkish architecture historian and academic *

Dogan Mehmet Dogan Mehmet (born in Brighton, England, on 31 March 1990) is a British stage performer and musician of Turkish Cypriot descent. Mehmet writes a mixture of English and Turkish Cypriot folk songs and tunes. He was a finalist in 2008's BBC Young Fol ...

(born 1990), British folk singer of Turkish Cypriot descent *

Doğan Öz Doğan Öz (1934 - 24 March 1978), was a Turkish prosecutor. He was assassinated in 1978 while investigating the Turkish deep state. In 1978 he wrote a report for Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit accusing clandestine groups of creating chaos in orde ...

(1934–1978), Turkish prosecutor assassinated during his investigation of the Turkish deep state * Doğan Türkmen, Turkish diplomat

Middle name

* Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu (born 1954), Turkish cartoonist and graphics designer * Hasan Doğan Piker (born 1991), Turkish-American political commentator and Twitch streamer *

Turgut Doğan Şahin Turgut Doğan Şahin (born 2 February 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer. Life and career Şahin was born in Tarsus, Mersin. He began his footballing career as an 11-year-old with Yeşilova Yeni Ufukspor. He was transferred to Sefakö ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer

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Ahmed Dogan Ahmed Demir Dogan ( bg, Ахмед Демир Доган; born 29 March 1954), born Ahmed Ismailov Ahmedov (), is a Bulgarian oligarch and politician of Turkish ethnicity. He was chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) from 1990 t ...

(born 1954), Bulgarian politician of Turkish ethnicity *

Aydın Doğan Aydın Doğan (born 15 April 1936) is a Turkish business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Doğan Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates. Biography Born in 1936 as a member of a well-known family in Kelkit. Doğan went to elem ...

(born 1936), Turkish billionaire media tycoon *

Aynur Doğan Aynur Doğan (born 1 March 1975) is a contemporary Kurdish singer and musician from Turkey. Career Aynur Doğan was born in Çemişgezek, a small mountain town in Tunceli Province in Turkey and fled to İstanbul in 1992. She studied ''saz'' a ...

(born 1975), Kurdish singer and musician from Turkey *

Bahar Doğan Bahar Doğan (born September 2, 1974) is a Turkish female long-distance runner, who is specialized in marathon running. She is coached by Ertan Hatipoğlu at Üsküdar Belediyespor. The tall athlete at is a student of physical education and spo ...

(born 1974), Turkish long-distance runner *

Çetin Doğan Çetin Doğan (born 15 May 1940, Maçka) is a retired Turkish general. He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey (17 August 2001 – 20 August 2003). Doğan graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1960. In 2007 Doğan was appointed hea ...

(born 1940), Turkish general *

Deniz Doğan Deniz Doğan (born 20 October 1979) is a Turkish-German football coach and football player, who currently works for the reserve team of Eintracht Braunschweig as a playing assistant. Career Doğan began his professional at 2. Bundesliga side ...

(born 1979), German footballer of Turkish descent * Duygu Doğan (born 2000), Turkish female rhythmic gymnast * Fidan Doğan (1982–2013), Kurdish activist *

Furkan Doğan Furkan Doğan (20 October 1991 – 31 May 2010) was a Turkish American who was residing in Turkey permanently.

(1991–2010), Turkish-American civil activist *

Harun Doğan Harun Doğan (1 January 1976 in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) is a Turkish retired World and European champion sports wrestler competing in the -58 kg division of men's freestyle wrestling. He was coached by Avni Tarhan. In 2005 he was banned fro ...

(born 1976), Turkish sport wrestler *

Hasan Doğan Hasan Doğan (15 March 1956 – 5 July 2008) was the 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation. He died of a heart attack in Bodrum, a popular tourist destination in the southwest Turkish Riviera, where he was on vacation. He was incumbe ...

(1956–2008), 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation *

Hüseyin Doğan Hüseyin Doğan (born 22 January 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career He came through the Sparta Rotterdam youth system and made his senior debut for them in September 2012 against Go Ahead Eagles. Wi ...

(born 1994), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent *

Hüzeyfe Doğan Hüzeyfe Doğan (born 1 January 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Turkey and raised in Germany, he represented the Turkey U19 and then the Germany U20s internationally. Club career Doğan ...

(born 1981), Turkish-German football player *

Mazlum Doğan Mazlum Doğan (born 1956, Seydan, Mazgirt, Dersim – died 21 March 1982, Diyarbakır, Turkey) was a journalist and a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. He was a Kurdish Alevi. He was the first chief editor of the party's newspaper ...

(1956–1982), Kurdish separatist politician in Turkey *

Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, née Sızmaz, (born November 16, 1978) is a Turkish long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon. She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2001 Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia. She set a ...

(born 1978), Turkish female long-distance runner *

Mesut Doğan Mesut Doğan (born 4 October 1984) is a Turkish-Austrian futsal player. He currently plays for Stella Rossa Vienna and previously played for FAC Vienna. He is a member of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA ...

(born 1984), Turkish-Austrian futsal player *

Mustafa Doğan Mustafa Doğan (born 1 January 1976) is a German former professional footballer of who played as a central defender. During his professional career, he played for teams in both Turkey, the country of his birth, and Germany, representing the Germ ...

(born 1976), German footballer of Turkish descent *

Nedim Doğan Nedim Doğan (born 1943 in İstanbul) was a Turkish football player of Fenerbahçe. He played as a forward. He started his professional career with İstanbulspor and then transferred to Fenerbahçe where he played twelve years between 1961-73. H ...

(born 1943), Turkish football player *

Orhan Doğan Orhan Doğan (25 July 1955, Mardin, Turkey – 29 June 2007, Doğubeyazit) was a Kurdish human rights lawyer and politician of the Democratic Society Party. Education and professional career In 1974 he went to the University of Ankara to stu ...

(1955-2007), Turkish politician of Kurdish origin *

Selina Özuzun Doğan Selina Özuzun Doğan (born Selina Özuzun in 1977), aka Selina Doğan, is a Turkish politician of Armenian ethnicity who served as a member of the Turkish Parliament between 2015 and 2018. She became one of the first Armenian members of Turkey� ...

(born 1977), Armenian Turkish female lawyer and politician *

Vildan Doğan Vildan Doğan (born September 5, 1984, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -60 kg division. She is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Achievements ;2010: * 1st World Clubs Cup – Novemb ...

, Turkish female karateka *

Ziya Doğan Ziyaettin Dogan (born 1 January 1961 in Gümüşhane, Turkey) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager. Career Ziya Doğan has played at Beşiktaş (1979–1987), Ankaragücü (1987–1990), Kocaelispor (1990–1992) and Zeytinburnuspor ...

(born 1961), Turkish football manager

Fictional characters

Doğan Alp Banu Chichek or Bağnu Chichek ( az, Banu Çiçək, azb, بانو چیچک, ota, بانو چیچک, tr, Banu Çiçek) is a character in the ''Book of Dede Korkut'' and other Turkic mythology. Just like Bamsi Beyrek, Chichek's character has al ...

, fictional character in the Turkish TV series '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul''

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* Doğan class fast attack craft, a Fast Attack Craft/Missile Boat class of the Turkish Navy *

Doğan Group Companies Doğan is both a masculine Turkish given name and a Turkish surname meaning ''Falcon''. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Doğan Abukay, Turkish experimental physicist and academic * Doğan Akhanlı (1957–2021) Turkish-German wri ...

, a part of Doğan Media Group *

Doğan Media Group Doğan Media Group (''Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş.'') was a Turkish media conglomerate, part of the Doğan Holding conglomerate. The company was established in 1997 to bring together Doğan's media properties. These include the '' Posta'', ''Hür ...

, a Turkish media conglomerate, part of Doğan Holding *

Doğan Holding Doğan Holding is amongst the biggest conglomerates in Turkey operating in the energy, media, industry, trade, insurance and tourism industries. Founded by Aydın Doğan who still is a major shareholder, the company is led by his daughter Begümh ...

, an industrial conglomerate in Turkey *

Doğan Seyfi Atlı Stadium Doğan Seyfi Atlı Stadium ( tr, Doğan Seyfi Atlı Stadyumu) is a soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesi ...

, a football stadium in Denizli, Turkey *

Doğan Türk Birliği Doğan Türk Birliği is a sports club based in Girne, Northern Cyprus and first established in 1938 in Limassol. History Its colours are yellow and navy. They were champions in the Birinci Lig competition on six occasions. They are now pa ...

, a sports club based in Girne, Northern Cyprus * MV ''Karadeniz Powership Doğan Bey'', a Liberia-flagged floating power plant, owned and operated by a Turkish company * Bulgarian name for

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1930s fighter * Doğan, Buldan, village in Turkey

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