Erkan is a common
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 ...
. It is composed of "Er" and "Kan". In Turkish "Er" means "Male", "Brave", "Valiant" and "Kan" means "Blood", "Lineage". Thus, "Erkan" means "a brave male with valiant lineage".
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Erkan Meri¢ (born 1986),Turkish actor
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Erkan Can
Erkan Can (born 1 November 1958) is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' On Board'' and '' Takva: A Man's Fear of God'', and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance b ...
(born 1958), Turkish actor
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Erkan Mumcu
Erkan Mumcu (b. May 1, 1963 Isparta, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and the sixth leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP).
Biography
Mumcu was born in the western Anatolian town of Yalvaç in Isparta Province. His father w ...
(born 1963), Turkish politician
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Erkan Zengin
Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger. A full international between 2013 and 2016, he won 21 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016.
Early life
Ze ...
(born 1985), Turkish-Swedish footballer
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Erkan Petekkaya (born 1970), Turkish actor
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Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (born 16 January 1983) is a Turkish actor and director. He started his career with roles in theater plays, films, and TV series, however, he eventually became known with his role in '' Ulan Istanbul'' and later in ''Çukur ...
(born 1983), Turkish actor
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Erkan Oğur
Erkan Oğur (pronounced ) (born April 17, 1954) is a Turkish musician. A pioneer of fretless guitars, he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976.Martinelli, op. cit.Unfretted, op. cit. A composer, he has influenced many musicians wit ...
(born 1954), Turkish musician
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Erkan Mutlu (born 1962), Turkish musician
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Erkan Yücel (born 1944), Turkish actor
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Erkan Sever (born 1974), Turkish actor
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Erkan Mustafa
Erkan Mustafa (born 14 May 1970) is a British actor and television presenter of Turkish Cypriot descent, most noted for the part of Roland Browning in ''Grange Hill'' (BBC 1982–1987).
Other parts include "Enormous Orphan" in ''Blackadder's C ...
(born 1970), British-Turkish actor
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Erkan Özbey (born 1978), Turkish footballer
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Erkan Öztürk (born 1983), German-Turkish footballer
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Erkan Sağlık (born 1985), Turkish footballer
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Erkan Taşkıran (born 1985), Turkish footballer
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Erkan Veyseloğlu (born 1983), Turkish basketball player
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Erkan Kaş
Erkan Kaş (born 10 September 1991) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Çorum.
Personal life
Kaş is of Kosovan descent, and was called up to the Kosovo national football team
The Kosovo national football team ( sq, Kombëtarja e futboll ...
(born 1991), Turkish footballer
Surname
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Enes Erkan
Enes Erkan (born 10 May 1987 in Adapazarı, Turkey) is a World and European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +84 kg division. He transferred from the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. to th ...
(born 1987), Turkish karateka
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Hüseyin Erkan Hüseyin Erkan (born 1958 in Konya, Turkey) served as CEO of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) from June 2012 until October 2014. He was the Chairman and CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) from 2007 until 2012.
After graduating from hi ...
(born 1958), Turkish civil servant
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Medine Erkan (born 1995), Turkish women's footballer
See also
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Ercan (disambiguation)
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Turkish-language surnames
Turkish masculine given names