Turhan is a given name. Notable persons with that surname include:
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Turhan Baytop (1920–2002), Turkish botanist
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Turhan Bey (1922–2012), Turkish-American actor
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Turhan Hatice Sultan (c. 1628–1683), Valide sultan of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
and the final woman of the
Sultanate of Women
The Sultanate of Women ( Turkish: ''Kadınlar saltanatı'') was a period when wives and mothers of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire exerted extraordinary political influence.
This phenomenon took place from roughly 1528-30 to 1715, beginning in ...
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Turhan Përmeti
Turhan Përmeti (19 December 1846 – 18 February 1927) was an Albanian politician who served as the second prime minister of Albania, serving from March 1914 to September 1914 and from December 1918 to January 1920. He was also in service of th ...
(c. 1840–1927), Albanian politician
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Turhan Tezol
Turhan Tezol (9 August 1932 – 27 April 2014) was a Turkish basketball player, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Turhan Tezol was born to Mehmet Şükrü, an immigrant from Kavala, (then Ottoman Empire), and his wife Zeliha at Istanbul ...
(1932–2014), Turkish basketball player
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Necdet Turhan
Necdet Turhan (born 1957) is a Turkish visually impaired mountaineer and national athlete for long-distance running. In 2017 he completed a project that called for running five marathons on five different continents, and climbing five summits in f ...
(born 1957), Turkish visually impaired mountain climber and long distance runner
Fictional characters
*Turhan, a
character in ''Babylon 5''
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Turkish masculine given names