Orkan may refer to:

People

Given name

Orkan Balkan Orkan Balkan (born 12 March 1987) is a German Association football, footballer who plays for FC Anadolu München. He currently plays for Çankırıspor. References External links

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(born 1997), Turkish football player * Orkan Çınar (born 1996), Turkish football player

Surname

Władysław Orkan Władysław Orkan (27 November 1875 – 14 May 1930) (actually born as ''Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz'', changed surname to Smreczyński, but primarily known under his pen name, Orkan) was a Polish writer and poet from the Young Poland perio ...

(1875–1930), Polish writer

Ships

ORP Orkan Three ships of the Polish Navy have been named ORP ''Orkan'' ( pl, windstorm): * ''Orkan'' was the planned name for the second improved ''Grom''-class destroyer. She was never laid down; the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 interru ...

, name of several Polish ships * ORP Orkan (1992), Polish missile boat of the

Orkan class The ''Orkan'' class or ''projekt 660'' (NATO reporting names, NATO code: Sassnitz class) is series of three fast attack craft of the Polish Navy, in service since 1992. History The original project was prepared by the German Democratic Republic fo ...

* , a WWII ''

Vorpostenboot ''Vorpostenboot'' (plural ''Vorpostenboote''), also referred to as VP-Boats, flakships or outpost boats, were German patrol boats which served during both World Wars. They were used around coastal areas and in coastal operations, and were tasked w ...

Others

European windstorm European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensit ...

in several European languages * M-87 Orkan, Yugoslav multiple rocket launcher *

Operation Orkan 91 Operation Hurricane-91 ( hr, Operacija Orkan-91) was a military offensive undertaken by the Croatian Army (''Hrvatska vojska'' – HV) against the Yugoslav People's Army (''Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija'' – JNA) and SAO Western Slavonia Terri ...

, military operation during the Croatian War of Independence *

Orkan-e Kord Orkan-e Kord ( fa, اوركن كرد, also Romanized as Orkān-e Kord; also known as Orgān-e Kord) is a village in Khandan Rural District, Tarom Sofla District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Repub ...

, village in Qazvin Province, Iran *

Orkan-e Tork Orkan-e Tork ( fa, اوركن ترك; also known as Organ-e Tork) is a village in Khandan Rural District, Tarom Sofla District, Qazvin County Qazvin County ( fa, شهرستان قزوین) is located in Qazvin province, Iran. The capital of the ...

, village in Qazvin Province, Iran * ''Orkan'' (album), a 2012 album by Swedish band Vintersorg * an alien race from the television series Mork & Mindy {{disambiguation, surname, geo Polish-language surnames nn:Orkan