Hakan is a common Turkish forename, based on the Turkish language variant of the imperial title

Khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

. The name is also spelled Khakan or Khaqan in other parts of the world, with the same etymology.

Given name

* Ahmet Hakan Coşkun (born 1967), Turkish columnist *

Hakan Akkaya Hakan Akkaya (born 7 March 1995) is a Turkish Paralympian wheelchair fencer of sport class A. He is Turkey's first international wheelchair fencer. Private life Hakan Akkaya was born in Bursa, Turkey on 7 March 1995. At age of three, he lost h ...

(born 1995), Turkish para fencer *

Hakan Akman Hakan Akman (born 9 October 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association f ...

(born 1989), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Altun Hakan Altun (born 13 August 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and instrumentalist. He was born in Istanbul. After elementary school, he got a place in the academy of music, where he completed his secondary, high and university education, as ...

(born 1972), Turkish singer *

Hakan Arıkan Hakan Arıkan (born 17 August 1982) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Raising to fame Arıkan had begun his career at Petkimspor, an amateur team based in western Turkish city of İzmit. He then joined Kocaeli ...

(born 1982), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Arslan Hakan Arslan (born 18 July 1988) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sivasspor. Playing career Arslan is a youth product of İstanbul Güngörenspor having joined their youth academy in 1998, and started his professional car ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Aslantaş Hakan Aslantaş (born 26 August 1985 in Nürtingen, Germany) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays as a right back for Iğdır FK Iğdır (Turkish ; ku, Îdir or ; hy, Իգդիր, Igdir, also ) is the capital of Iğdır Province in th ...

(born 1985), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Ayik Joseph Hakan Ayik, also known as Hakan Reis (born 31 January 1979) is a Turkish Australian drug trafficker who allegedly has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion. He was described in June 2021 as "Australia's most wanted man". Early life A ...

, Turkish-Australian criminal * Hakan B. Gülsün (1960–2009), Turkish art historian * Hakan Balta (born 1983), Turkish-German footballer *

Hakan Bayraktar Hakan Bayraktar (born 11 February 1976 in Samsun, Turkey) is a Turkish retired association football midfielder. He started his professional career in the 1994–95 season, playing for K.F.C. Lommel S.K. in Belgium. He joined Gaziantepspor in 19 ...

(born 1976), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Çalhanoğlu Hakan Çalhanoğlu (, born 8 February 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Inter Milan and the Turkey national team, which he captains. He is well renowned as a free kick specialist, known f ...

(born 1994), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Cengiz Hakan Cengiz (born 10 October 1967) is a Turkish 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 form of football that ...

(born 1967), Turkish-German footballer *

Hakan Çevik Hakan Çevik (born May 1, 1976) is a Turkish male paralympic shooter competing in the rifle events. He took part at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Early life Hakan Çevik was born on May 1, 1976. His spouse Suzan Çevik also is a Paralympic shoot ...

(born 1976), Turkish Paralympic rifle shooter * Hakan Demir (born 1968), Turkish basketball player *

Hakan Demirel İsmail Hakan Demirel (born 7 May 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for İstanbul BB of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He is 1.91 m tall and plays the point guard position. Career He studied at Istanbul Bilgi Unive ...

(born 1986), Turkish basketball player *

Hakan Dinç Hakan Dinç (born 1963) is a Turkish racing driver. He made his first amateur race in 1986, and won the Hittite Rally in 1987. He trained with the Jim Russell Racing Driver School in 1993, and earned an instructor's license. One year after, he es ...

(born 1963), Turkish race car driver *

Hakan Fertelli Hakan Fertelli (born February 2, 1975 in Çorum) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 1.99m tall and plays as a middle player. He plays for Fenerbahçe Grundig. He has played over 110 times for the national team. He also played for Eczacıbaşı, ...

, Turkish volleyball player *

Hakan Fidan Hakan Fidan (born 1968) is a retired Turkish army sergeant major, educator, diplomat and the Head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization. Career After a first degree in management and political sciences at University of Maryland Univers ...

(born 1968), Chief of Turkish national intelligence agency *

Hakan Gökçek Hakan Gökçek (born 26 March 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian Regionalliga The Austrian Regionalliga (german: Regionalliga or plural , means Regional League) is the third-highest division in Austrian footba ...

(born 1993), Turkish-Australian footballer * Hakan Hayrettin (born 1970), Turkish-British footballer * Hakan Karahan, Turkish writer *

Hakan Kıran M. Hakan Kıran (born 1962) is a Turkish architect, noted for his buildings in Istanbul. He is probably best known for designing the Golden Horn Metro Bridge with Michel Virlogeux, in which he was responsible for the architectural design and th ...

(born 1962), Turkish architect *

Hakan Kiper Hakan Kiper (born August 4, 1973) is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. During his sporting career, he held numerous Turkish championship titles and meet records, and played for Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. Kiper als ...

(born 1973), Turkish swimmer * Hakan Koç (born 1980), Turkish wrestler *

Hakan Köseoğlu Hakan Köseoğlu (born December 12, 1981 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, com ...

(born 1981), Turkish basketball player * Hakan Kutlu (born 1972), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Massoud Navabi Hakan Nawabi ( fa, هاکان نوابی-: ; 31 July 1990), is an Afghan-Canadian freelance journalist, writer, entrepreneur and blogger. Previously served as Press Officer, Protocol Officer and Executive Assistant for the Embassy of Afghanistan in ...

(born 1990), Afghan origin poet, writer *

Hakan Özmert Hakan Özmert (born 3 June 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor. Born in France, he represents Turkey internationally. Club career Özmert began his professional career with Sakaryaspor, an ...

(born 1985), Turkish-French footballer *

Hakan Özoğuz Hakan Özoğuz (born 11 October 1976) is a Turkish musician. He is the guitarist of the Turkish ska- punk band Athena. He is the twin brother of fellow band member Gökhan Özoğuz, and a founding member of the band. Hakan Özoğuz is one of th ...

(born 1976), Turkish musician *

Hakan Peker Hakan Peker (born February 5, 1961) is a Turkish dancer, songwriter, singer, and music composer. Discography Released albums * ''Bir Efsane '' (April 1989) * ''Camdan Cama'' (March 1990) * ''Düş ve Fantezi'' (September 1990) * ''Hey Corç ...

(born 1961), Turkish dancer, songwriter, singer, * Hakan Söyler (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Hakan Sürsal (born 1963), Turkish poet * Hakan Şükür (born 1971), Turkish footballer * Hakan Turan (born 1992), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Ünsal Hakan Ünsal (born 14 May 1973) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a left wingback. He achieved third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup with Turkey national team. Career Hakan Ünsal is remembered by many for his rocket l ...

(born 1973), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Utangaç Hakan Utangaç (born 1965 in Istanbul) is the guitarist of heavy metal band Mezarkabul (known as ''Pentagram'' in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontine ...

(born 1965), Turkish musician *

, Turkish footballer *

Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin ( tr, Hakan Yakın; born 22 February 1977) is a Swiss football coach and a former player who played as a forward or midfielder. He is the manager of Schaffhausen. He was a member of the Swiss national team for eleven years. Early a ...

(born 1977), Turkish-Swiss footballer *

Hakan Yılmaz (political scientist) Hakan Yılmaz may refer to: * (born 1969), Turkish actor and comedian in films such as ''Kanalizasyon'' * Hakan Yılmaz (political scientist) * Hakan Yılmaz (weightlifter) Hakan Yılmaz (born April 1, 1982 in Sivas, Turkey) is a European cham ...

, Turkish academic *

Hakan Yılmaz (weightlifter) Hakan Yılmaz (born April 1, 1982 in Sivas, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish weightlifter competing in the –94 kg and 105 kg divisions. He acts also as a trainer in Eskişehir. He competed for Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olym ...

(born 1982), Turkish weightlifter * Musa Hakan Asyalı (born 1969), Turkish Biomedical Engineering scientist

Others

* Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ex acting Prime Minister of Pakistan

Fictional characters

Hakan Hakan is a common Turkish forename, based on the Turkish language variant of the imperial title Khagan. The name is also spelled Khakan or Khaqan in other parts of the world, with the same etymology. Given name *Ahmet Hakan Coşkun (born 1967 ...

, a Turkish oil wrestler in the ''Street Fighter'' video game series * Hakan II, the child emperor of Caldeum in the '' Diablo III'' video game, who is actually Belial, the Lord of Lies, in disguise.

Given name

Others

Fictional characters

See also