Gökhan () is a Turkish forename meaning "ruler of the sky" related to
Tengrism
Tengrism (also known as Tengriism, Tengerism, or Tengrianism) is an ethnic and old state Turkic peoples, Turko-Mongolic peoples, Mongolic religion originating in the Eurasian Steppe, Eurasian steppes, based on folk shamanism, animism and general ...
. The stem of the name comes from "gök" ('sky') and ''han'', a title held by hereditary rulers and tribal chiefs among Altaic-speaking peoples.
Most likely, the first appearance of the name Gökhan is as one of the six sons of
Oghuz Khagan
Oghuz Khagan or Oghuz Khan ( tk, Oguz Han or Oguz Kagan ; tr, OÄŸuz KaÄŸan or OÄŸuz Han; Azerbaijani: OÄŸuz Xan or OÄŸuz Xaqan) is a legendary khan of the Turkic people and an eponymous ancestor of Oghuz Turks. Some Turkic cultures use the le ...
Sports
* Gökhan Akkan, Turkish footballer of Çaykur Rizespor
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Gökhan Alsan
Gökhan Alsan (born 1 April 1990) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boluspor
Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their ...
Gökhan Emreciksin
Gökhan Emreciksin (born 10 September 1984) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for an amateur side Bismil 1936 Gençlik.
Career
Emreciksin transferred from Turkish Super League side Ankaragücü, in which he scored se ...
Gökhan Gönül
Gökhan Gönül (born 4 January 1985) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right back for TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor.
Early life
Gönül was born in Bafra, Samsun, where he and his family lived before moving to B ...
Gökhan Gül
Gökhan Gül (born 17 July 1998) is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Kasımpaşa.
Club career
He left Fortuna Düsseldorf upon the expiration of his contract on 24 May 2021.
International career
Gökh ...
, German footballer of Turkish origin
* Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer of
Kasımpaşa SK Kasımpaşa may refer to:
*Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu
Kasımpaşa () is a working-class neighbourhood on the northern shore of the Golden Horn within the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. Once best known for i ...
* Gokhan Gumussu, Turkish footballer of Calcio Leinfelden-Echterdingen
* Gökhan Inler, Swiss-Turkish footballer who plays for Leicester City in England
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Gökhan Karadeniz
Gökhan Karadeniz (born 2 May 1990) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boluspor
Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since the ...
, Turkish footballer for Hatayspor
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Gökhan Keskin
Gökhan Keskin (born 31 March 1966 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish professional footballer. He played for Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor.
Club career
Keskin spent seventeen seasons in the Süper Lig with Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor
Internationa ...
, Turkish retired footballer of
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ JK
Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...
and
Ä°stanbulspor
İstanbulspor is a Turkish football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05 they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to TFF 1. Lig. For many decades it was the fourth most famous and ...
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Gökhan Kök
Gökhan Kök (born 3 January 1981, in Bulanık) is a Turkish retired football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the f ...
Gökhan Öner
Gökhan Öner (born 1972 in Mersin) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 193 cm tall and team captain. He has played for the Arkas Spor Izmir team since the start of the 2007–2008 season and wears 10 number. He played 225 times for the nat ...
, Turkish volleyball player
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Gökhan Saki
Gökhan Saki (born 18 October 1983Gökhan Tokgöz, Turkish footballer of
Bozüyükspor
Bozüyükspor is a Turkish sports club founded in 1973 and is currently playing in the Regional Amateur League. Their colors are navy blue and white. They play their home matches in Bozüyük Şehir Stadı in Bozüyük, Bilecik Province. The clu ...
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Gökhan Töre
Gökhan Töre (, born 20 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Adana Demirspor.
Töre began his club career at Hamburger SV before joining Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in the summer of 2012. He made onl ...
, Turkish international footballer of
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, h ...
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Gökhan Ünal
Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish football manager and former player. He is the manager of the Turkish club Altınordu.
During a professional career that lasted nearly 20 years, he played for 13 clubs, most notably Kayserispor for ...
Gökhan Yavaşer
Gökhan Yavaşer (born January 1, 1978, in Sivas) is a retired amateur Turkish freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. He produced a remarkable tally of four career medals, including a bronze in the 84-kg division ...
, Turkish freestyle wrestler
* Gökhan Zan, Turkish international footballer of Galatasaray SK
* Gökhan Tuğ, Doctor, Future Husband, Crown Prince of Hanımın Çiftliği
* Gökhan Birben, Turkish singer and artist of Hamsheni descent.
* Gökhan Alkan, Turkish actor and singer
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Gökhan Keser
Gökhan Keser (born 9 September 1987) is a Turkish singer, actor, model and producer.
Modelling career
He began his modelling life in 2002. When he placed first in the 'Miss. & Mr. Model' competition he signed to UÄŸurkan Erez Agency, one of t ...
, Turkish actor, model and singer
* Gökhan Kırdar, Turkish film score composer
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Gökhan Özen
Ahmet Gökhan Özen (born 29 November 1979) is a Turkish singer and songwriter.
Personal life
His family are from Beşikdüzü, Trabzon. On 7 July 2010, he married Selen Sevigen. The couple's first daughter Ada Deren was born in 2012. Another d ...
, Turkish singer songwriter
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Gökhan Özoğuz
Gökhan Özoğuz (born 11 October 1976) is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Turkish ska-punk band Athena. He is the twin brother of fellow band member Hakan Özoğuz, and a founder member of the band. He performs a broad field of music from ...
, Turkish ska punk singer from
Athena
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Others
* Gökhan Budak (1968–2013), Turkish professor of quantum physics
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Gökhan S. Hotamisligil
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil ( tr, Gökhan Sıddık Hotamışlıgil; born June 24, 1962) is a Turkish Americans, Turkish-American Physician-scientist, physician scientist; James Stevens Simmons Chair of Genetics and Metabolism at Harvard T.H. Chan Sc ...
MV Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey
The MV ''Karadeniz Powership Gökhan Bey'' is Liberia-flagged floating power plant, owned and operated by Karpowership. In 2016, she was solemnly sent off from the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey together with the MV ''Karadeniz Power ...