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.

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Ahmet Hakan Coşkun Hakan Coşkun (born 11 August 1967) is a Turkish journalist and columnist, currently working at ''Hürriyet'', CNN Türk and Kanal D. He studied at Bursa Religious High School (Imam Hatip Lisesi) and then Bursa Divinity Faculty (Bursa Ilahiyat Fa ...

(born 1967), Turkish columnist * Hakan Akkaya (born 1995), Turkish para fencer * Hakan Akman (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Hakan Altun (born 1972), Turkish singer * Hakan Arıkan (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 (born 1985), Turkish footballer * Hakan Ayik, Turkish-Australian criminal * Hakan B. Gülsün (1960–2009), Turkish art historian *

Hakan Balta Hakan Kadir Balta (; born 23 March 1983) is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played as a defender for Galatasaray in the Süper Lig. At the start of the 2018/19 season he was released from his contract after over 10 years with the ...

(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 (born 1994), Turkish footballer * Hakan Cengiz (born 1967), Turkish-German footballer * Hakan Çevik (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 (born 1963), Turkish race car driver * Hakan Fertelli, 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 Hakan Hayrettin (born 4 February 1970) is an English football manager and former player who was most recently head coach of Maidstone United. Early life Hayrettin was born in Enfield, London to Turkish Cypriot parents. Playing career Hayrett ...

(born 1970), Turkish-British footballer *

Hakan Karahan Hakan Karahan (born 1 January 1960), also known with his pseudonym Sinan, is a Turkish writer and songwriter. He wrote several songs for Candan Erçetin and was producer for the movies '' Kaptan Feza'' and '' Gölgesizler''. Books * Yeni Ba� ...

, 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 Hakan Koç (born November 25, 1980 in Sivas) is an amateur Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the heavyweight division. He studied at Selçuk University. He defeated France's Vincent Aka-Akesse for the gold medal in the 96 kg division ...

(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 Hakan Kutlu (born 14 January 1972) is a Turkish football manager and former player. As a player, he played as a central defender and was a long time captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the s ...

(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 Afghanista ...

(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 (born 1976), Turkish musician * Hakan Peker (born 1961), Turkish dancer, songwriter, singer, * Hakan Söyler (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Hakan Sürsal (born 1963), Turkish poet *

Hakan Şükür Hakan Şükür (; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and ''Kral'' (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a ...

(born 1971), Turkish footballer *

Hakan Turan Hakan Turan (born 30 August 1992) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder. He made his Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional leag ...

(born 1992), Turkish footballer * Hakan Ünsal (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 * Hakan Ünsal, 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 ...

(born 1977), Turkish-Swiss footballer * Hakan Yılmaz (political scientist), Turkish academic * Hakan Yılmaz (weightlifter) (born 1982), Turkish weightlifter * Musa Hakan Asyalı (born 1969), Turkish Biomedical Engineering scientist

Others

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ( ur, ; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice president of the Pakiatan Muslim League ...

, Ex acting Prime Minister of Pakistan

Fictional characters

* Hakan, a Turkish oil wrestler in the ''Street Fighter'' video game series * Hakan II, the child emperor of Caldeum in the ''

Diablo III ''Diablo III'' is a hack-and-slash action role-playing game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment as the third installment in the ''Diablo'' franchise. It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, PlayStation 3 and Xb ...

'' video game, who is actually Belial, the Lord of Lies, in disguise.

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