Metin is a Turkish given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Tümer Metin
Tümer Metin (born 14 October 1974) is a Turkish former professional footballer and current pundit.
Metin achieved numerous titles during his career, including Süper Lig titles with respective centenary of both Beşiktaş J.K. and Fenerbah ...
(born 1974), Turkish international footballer
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Metin Akan
Metin Akan (born 28 May 1983 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Bursa Zaferspor.Metin Akpınar (born 1941), Turkish actor
* Metin Aktaş (born 1977), Turkish footballer
* Metin Aslan (born 1978), Austrian footballer
* Metin Ataseven (born 1972), Swedish politician
* Metin Lütfi Baydar (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist
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Metin Boşnak
Metin Boşnak (born 1965) is Turkish professor of Bosniak origin. His academic publications include contributions to the fields of American culture and literature and comparative literature and cinematography.
Metin Boşnak has a BA in TEFL fr ...
(born 1965), Turkish scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature, and poet
* Cemal Metin Bulutoğluları (born 1960), Turkish Cypriot mayor of the capital of Northern Cyprus
* Metin Çelik (born 1970), Turkish-Dutch politician
* Metin Depe (born 1981), Turkey football defender
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Metin Diyadin
Metin Diyadin (born 16 February 1968) is a Turkish football manager and retired player. He last managed Süper Lig club MKE Ankaragücü.
Football career
Born in Trabzon, Turkey on 16 February 1968. He started football (soccer) at his hometown ...
(born 1968), Turkish football manager and retired player
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Metin Erksan
İsmail Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012) was a Turkish film director and art historian.
Biography
Erksan was born in Çanakkale. Following his graduation from Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul, he studied art history at Is ...
(1929–2012), Turkish film director and art historian
* Metin Ersoy (1934–2017), Turkish singer
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Metin Hüseyin
Metin Hüseyin is a Turkish-Cypriot-United Kingdom, British television director, television and film director.
Career
Hüseyin's debut film, ''Tight Trousers'', was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989, and in 1998 he r ...
, British television and film director
* Metin Kaçan (1961–2013), Turkish author and novelist
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Metin Kaplan
Metin Kaplan (born 14 November 1952) is the leader of the Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist movement ''Kalifatsstaat'' ("Caliphate, Caliphate State") which is based in Cologne, Germany.
Kalifatsstaat
Kaplan was born in the Provinces of Turkey ...
(born 1952), the leader of the radical Islamist movement Kalifatsstaat based in Cologne, Germany
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Metin Kurt
Metin Kurt (15 March 1948 – 26 August 2012) was a Turkish football player, who played as a winger, and manager. He was nicknamed Çizgi Metin (English, "Sideline Metin") because he drew opponents towards him when he played. Kurt spent most of hi ...
(1948–2012), Turkish footballer
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Metin Oktay
Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Uncrowned King ( tr, Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey.
Early life
Metin Oktay was born in Ka ...
(1936–1991), Turkish footballer
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Metin Serezli
Metin Serezli (January 12, 1934 – March 10, 2013) was a Turkish stage, movie, TV series and voice actor as well as theatre director.
Biography
Metin Serezli was born on January 12, 1934. He was educated in Istanbul University's Faculty of Law, ...
(1934–2013), Turkish actor
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Metin Sitti
Metin Sitti is the Director of thPhysical Intelligence Departmentat the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, he founded the department in 2014. He is also a Professor in the Department of Information Technology and Electrical ...
, Turkish roboticist and university professor
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Metin Tekin
Metin Tekin (born 8 May 1964) 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 is th ...
(born 1964), Turkish professional football player
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Metin Toker
Metin Toker (1924 – 18 July 2002) was a Turkish journalist and writer.
Life
He was born in Istanbul. After finishing Galatasaray High School, he studied French philology at Istanbul University graduating in 1948. He then went to France to stud ...
(1924–2002), Turkish journalist and writer
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Metin Türel
Metin Türel (13 September 1937 – 17 November 2018) was a Turkish football coach. Türel coached many teams in Turkey, he also coached the Turkey national football team from 1977 to 1978. He started his professional career with Galatasaray SK a ...
(born 1935), Turkish football coach
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Metin Yenal
Metin Yenal is a German actor who played the character of Karl in the 1988 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Silver Nemesis
''Silver Nemesis'' is the third serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It ...
, German actor active in the United Kingdom
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Metin Yüksel
Metin Yüksel (July 17, 1958 – February 23, 1979), was a Kurdish-Turkish political and social Islamist activist. One of the main leaders of Turkey's Islamic movement during the 1970s, he also led the Akıncılar Organization, a political or ...
(1958–1979), Kurdish Islamist from Turkey
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Metin Yurdanur
Metin Yurdanur (born 1951) is a sculptor based in Turkey, who was awarded the title State Artist of Turkey.
Early years
Yurdanur was born in 1951 in Sivrihisar town of Eskişehir Province in Turkey. He spent his childhood until high school in ...
(born 1952), Turkish sculptor
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Metin Bostancıoğlu
Metin Bostancıoğlu (born 1942 in Bafra, Samsun) is a Turkish politician.
Biography
Completing secondary education at Sinop University, Bostancıoğlu chose Ankara University Faculty of Law. He started to work as a lawyer in Ankara Bar by doin ...
(born 1942), Turkish politician
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Metin Günay
Hakkı Metin Günay (born 26 January 1963) is a Turkish director. His most well-known works are ''Deli Yürek'' (1998), ''Ekmek Teknesi'' (2002) and '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' (2014). He graduated from the Yıldız Technical University and has d ...