Sunay is a Turkish name and may refer to:

Given name

* Sunay Akın (born 1962), Turkish poet

Surname

Cevdet Sunay Cevdet Sunay (; 10 February 1899 – 22 May 1982) was a Turkish politician and army officer, who served as the fifth President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973. Early life and career Sunay was born in 1899 in Trabzon, in the Ottoman Empire. ...

(1899–1982), Turkish army officer, political leader and the fifth President of Turkey, *

Atıfet Sunay Atıfet Sunay (1903 – 21 October 2002) was the First Lady of Turkey from 28 March 1966 until 28 March 1973 during the presidency of her husband Cevdet Sunay. Atıfet was born in Üsküdar, Istanbul, then Ottoman Empire in 1908. The family move ...

(1903–2002), fifth First Lady of Turkey

Other uses

* Sunay, a Uyghur musical instrument, similar to the Iranian

sorna The sornā or sornāy ( fa, سُرنای، سُرنا, also ''surnā'', ''surnāy'' and also '' Zurna'') is an ancient Iranian woodwind instrument. Etymology The word ''sorna'' is a Pahlavi derivative of sūrnāy (literally "strong flute"), ...

, Turkish

zurna The zurna ( Armenian: զուռնա zuṙna; Old Armenian: սուռնայ suṙnay; Albanian: surle/surla; Persian: karna/Kornay/surnay; Macedonian: зурла/сурла zurla/surla; Bulgarian: ''зурна/зурла''; Serbian: зурла/zu ...

, and Chinese

suona ''Suona'' (IPA: /swoʊˈnɑː/, ), also called ''dida'' (from Cantonese / '' īdá'), ''laba'' or ''haidi'', is a traditional Chinese music instrument with double-reed horn. The suona's basic design originated in ancient Iran, then called "S ...

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