Ufuk is a unisex
Turkish
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* of or about Turkey
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given name meaning "horizon". It stems from the Arabic ufuq (أفق), having the same meaning,
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/ref> as does the corresponding Hebrew name "אופק". The name may refer to:
People
*Ufuk Bayraktar
Ufuk Bayraktar (born 12 September 1981) is a Turkish actor.
Life and career
After finishing high school at Gürsoy College, he decided not to go to university and started to work at Firuzağa Restaurant, which was owned by his father Cevahir Ba ...
(born 1981), Turkish actor
*Ufuk Budak
Ufuk Budak (born 26 May 1990) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Erzurumspor
Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The cl ...
(born 1990), Azerbaijani football player
*Ufuk Ceylan
Ufuk Ceylan (, born 23 June 1986) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Galatasaray
On 2 September 2009, Ceylan signed for Galatasaray from Manisaspor, keeping him at the Istanbul club until June 2014. He ma ...
(born 1986), Turkish football player
* Ufuk S. Erguen (born 1967), German Business Angel
*Ufuk Özbek
Ufuk Özbek (born 1 September 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Değirmenderespor. He is the brother of Barış Özbek who is also a midfielder.
Career
Özbek spent several years with Schalke 0 ...
(born 1992), Turkish-German football player
*Ufuk Sarıca
Ufuk Sarıca (born June 13, 1972) is a Turkish former professional basketball player and current head coach of Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
Playing career
Sarıca began his career at the age of 16 at Efes Pilsen's Youth ...
(born 1972), Turkish basketball coach
*Ufuk Talay
Ufuk Talay (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian football coach and former player. Talay was suited to play in central midfield and was known for his good distribution and on-field vision. He is the current manager of Wellington Phoenix.
Club c ...
(born 1976), Australian football player
*Ufuk Uras
Mehmet Ufuk Uras (; born January 4, 1959, in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish left-libertarian politician and economist.
Biography and political career
Uras graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University and began work ...
(born 1959), Turkish politician
See also
*Ufuk University
Ufuk University ( tr, Ufuk Üniversitesi) is a private university in Ankara, Turkey. The university was established by the Turkish Foundation of Traffic Accidents in 1999.
The university consists of Faculties of Medicine, Law, Education, Scienc ...
, Turkey
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Unisex given names
Turkish unisex given names