Karacan is a

Turkish surname 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 ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ali Naci Karacan Ali Naci Karacan (1896 – 7 July 1955) was a Turkish journalist and publisher. He was involved in founding the Turkish daily newspapers ''Akşam'' (1918) and '' Milliyet'' (1955), and his family, including grandson Ali Naci Karacan, built up a pu ...

(1896–1955), Turkish journalist and publisher * Jem Karacan (born 1989), Turkish footballer

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