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Özkan
Özkan is a common Turkish name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Özkan Baltacı (born 1994), Turkish hammer thrower * Ozkan Cetiner (born 2000), French footballer *Özkan Hayırlı (born 1984), Turkish volleyball player * Özkan Karabulut (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Özkan Koçtürk (born 1974), Turkish-German footballer *Özkan Manav (born 1967), Turkish composer *Özkan Murat (born 1957), Turkish Cypriot politician *Özkan Sümer (1940–2020), Turkish footballer *Özkan Uğur (1953–2023), Turkish pop musician * Özkan Yiğiter (born 2000), Turkish footballer * Özkan Zengin (born 1982), Turkish serial killer Surname * Aleyna Özkan (born 2002), Turkish swimmer *Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan (1902–1981), Turkish musician and poet *Aygül Özkan (born 1971), German politician of Turkish origin * Aysel Özkan (born 2002), Turkish female weightlifter * Burcu Çelik Özkan (born 1986), Turkish politician * Cahit Özkan (born 1976), Turkish politician * Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Özkan Uğur
Raif Özkan Uğur (17 October 1953 – 8 July 2023) was a Turkish pop and rock musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and actor. After starting his career in 1970, he became a founding member of Kurtalan Ekspres in 1972, which included Barış Manço. After switching several bands for the next few years, Uğur formed MFÖ together with Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in 1980. Uğur started acting in 1983 in theatrical plays of Ferhan Şensoy, later acting in movies and TV series as well, most notably in ''Cennet Mahallesi'', '' Poyraz Karayel'' and films of Cem Yılmaz. Uğur died in 2023 of complications of lymphoma, which he was diagnosed with in 2013. Early life Raif Özkan Uğur was born on 17 October 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was the fifth child of the family. Uğur started playing the mandolin in primary school. While attending the , he founded an amateur band named Atomikler. Music career Early years Özkan Uğur started his professional career in 1970 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aygül Özkan
Aygül Özkan (born 27 August 1971, in Hamburg) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as managing director of the German Property Federation (ZIA) since 2020. Özkan has been a member of the CDU since 2004. She served as Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Families, Health and Integration in the state of Lower Saxony, in the Second Cabinet Wulff and the Cabinet McAllister between 2010 and 2013. She was the first ever German politician of Turkish descent and a Muslim serving as minister. Early life and education Özkan's father migrated from Ankara (Turkey) to Hamburg (West Germany) in the 1960s, where he first worked for Deutsche Bundespost and subsequently set up an independent business as a tailor in Hamburg. Özkan became a German citizen when she was 18 years old. She went on to study law at the University of Hamburg and became an attorney-at-law in 1998. Career Özkan entered politics when she joined the CDU in 2004, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüsamettin Özkan
Hasan Hüsamettin Özkan (born 1950) is a former Turkish politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey between 1999 and 2002 in the 56th and 57th governments led by Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. He was a Member of Parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) from 1991 to 2002. He was also a Minister of State during the coalition government led by Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yılmaz between 1997 and 1999. Early life and career Of Circassian descent, Özkan was the youngest of seven children and was born in 1950 in the district of Develi, Kayseri. He was educated at Pertevniyal High School and graduated from Galatasaray School of Economics and Management (now Marmara University. In 1968, he was a contestant in the Golden Lantern Dance Competition along with Tülin Aktan and came first. His brother, Necdet Özkan, was elected as the Mayor of Istanbul's Bayrampaşa district, after which he took over most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aysel Özkan
Aysel Özkan (born 26 February 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 64 kg. Personal life Aysel Özkan was born on 26 February 2002. She is twin sister of Cansel. Both girls grew up in the Children's Home Coordination Center (, ÇEKOM) in Niğde. After their father's death in 2009, they followed their mother to her hometown Gaziantep. Due to family problems, the two sisters returned to Niğde one year later, and were placed in the ÇEKOM again. She is a student of Sports coaching in the Sports Science Faculty at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University. Sport career Özkan started weightlifting in 2014 with the advice of a trainer in this sport branch. She took part in the U17 59 kg division of the 2019 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Eilat, Israel, and won the gold medal in the snatch, the bronze medal in the clean & jerk event taking the silver medal in total. At the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esra Özkan
Esra Özkan (born September 8, 1996) is a Turkish women's football forward last played in the Turkish Women's Third Football League for Çerkezköy 1923 Gençlik Spor in Çerkezköy, Tekirdağ with jersey number 6. Career Club Esra Özkan obtained her license on November 15, 2007. She entered Marmara Üniversitesispor in the 2008–09 season. She played five full seasons, of which two were in the Turkish Women's First season. In the mid of the 2013–14 First League season, she transferred to Ataşehir Belediyespor. She was capped 77 times and scored 27 goals with Marmara Üniversitesispor. Özkan serves as the captain of the girls' football team at her high school, which is a top-ranking team of the Turkish High School Girls' Football Championship. She plays also futsal in her school team. She was part of the team representing Turkey at the 2014 ISF World Schools Futsal Championship held in Italy that became champion in the girls' category. In the second half of the 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebru Özkan
Ebru Özkan (born 18 November 1978) is a Turkish actress. Life and career Ebru Özkan was born on 18 November 1978 in Ankara. She completed her primary school education in Ankara and secondary and high school education in Nevşehir. She settled in Istanbul after her high school education. She started her university education as a scholarship student at Bilkent University, then continued at Ankara University's School of Language and History – Geography and graduated from there. She started her theatre education at primary school level and first wrote a play called ''Milli Piyango''. While continuing her university education, she started acting in the TV series ''Gözyaşı Çetesi'' and fantasy child series "Kara İnci" alongside Yetkin Dikinciler for twice. She also had a number of modeling jobs. Özkan rose to prominence with her role as Halide in '' Hanımın Çiftliği'' based on the classic novel. She continued her television career with the youth series ''Not Defteri'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gülsel Özkan
Gülsel Özkan (born 1966 in Malatya, Turkey) is a German film director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television .... Biography Özkan began film studies at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts in 1987, which she completed with distinction. Since 1989 she has been working as a freelance filmmaker, dramaturg and producer and realizes documentaries and features for ARD, arte, NDR, WDR, BR, DW Phönix, H3, MDR and SFB as well as international stations such as Spain TVE, 3sat and Planet France. Özkan also works as a director and screenwriter for documentaries and feature films. Her films have been broadcast internationally and have received several nominations. Since 2012, Özkan has been working together with Ludger Pfanz on new dramaturgical models. Combining c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burcu Çelik Özkan
Burcu Çelik Özkan (born 1 January 1986, Muş) is a former member of the Turkish parliament for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Education and professional career Burcu Çelik Özkan has a law degree from the Marmara University. After she worked as a lawyer and was involved in the Libertarian Jurists Platform. Political career Özkan was active in the local HDP branch of Beylikdüzü before being elected into parliament. Özkan was elected as an MP for Muş in the general elections in June 2015 and again in the snap elections in November 2015. During her term she was a defender of LGBT rights Prosecution Özkan was arrested in April 2017. She was condemned to 6 years imprisonment in a first trial for "committing crimes on behalf of an illegal organization without being a member", a sentence she appealed. In October 2017 the sentence was overturned and in February 2018 a new trial was ordered to take place. On 10 April 2018, an appeal court in Turkey Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cansel Özkan
Cansel Özkan (born 26 February 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 59 kg. Personal life Cansel Özkan was born in 2002. She is twin sister of Aysel. The sisters grew up in the Children's Home Coordination Center (, ÇEKOM) in Niğde. After their father's death in 2009, the girls moved to Gaziantep following the mother. One year later, they returned to Niğde due to family problems. They were placed in the ÇEKOM again. Sport career Özkan started weightlifting together with her sister. She participated at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Las Vegas, United States, where she won the gold medal in the 55 kg snatch event. The same year, she won the bronze medal in the snatch, the silver medal in the clean & jerk event and the bronze medal in total, competing in the same 59 kg division with her sister,at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Eilat, Israel. She took the silver medals in the 59 kg snatch event and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahit Özkan
Cahit Özkan (born 25 December 1976 in Denizli, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and member of the Turkish Parliament. He is also Deputy for Denizli and a member of the Justice and Development Party. He studied at Istanbul University's Faculty of Law and studied legal English in London. Özkan received a master's degree in private law from the University of Kocaeli and in the field of human rights at Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University () is a private university founded in 1996, located in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Turkey. The university has four campuses in Istanbul: SantralIstanbul, SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Dolapdere, and Kozyatağı. History The ... in Istanbul. His thesis was, “Trial Procedures in the European Court of Human Rights”. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozkan, Cahit Living people 1976 births Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 28t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Özkan Baltacı
Özkan Baltacı (born 13 February 1994) is a Turkish hammer thrower. Sport career Baltacı is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul. In age-specific categories, he won the silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships, the bronze medal at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival and finished tenth at the 2012 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships and the 2015 European U23 Championships without reaching the final. He finished ninth at the 2016 European Championships, won the silver medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, finished fifth at the 2017 Universiade and finished twelfth at the 2017 World Championships. He also competed at the 2018 European Championships without reaching the final. He won the gold medal at the Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy. His personal best throw is 76.84 metres, achieved in May 2018 in Mersin. Baltacı represented Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Özkan Sümer
Özkan Sümer ( b. 20 November 1940 d. 22 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer, manager, and president of Trabzonspor (2001-2003). He played as a defender for Trabzonspor (and later coached the same club), Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey national football team. Career Footballer Sümer was born in Maçka and started to play football in his home town's club of Trabzonspor. After some time at Kardemir Karabükspor and Akçaabat Sebatspor, Sümer re-joined Trabzonspor. He was a successful defender of his team. During this time, he earned the nickname Deve Özkan due to his tallness and stubborn rough playing temperament. Manager After having ended his active sports life, Sümer served as an instructor for a while at the TFF. He coached later the youth and amateur squads of Trabzonspor before he was appointed manager of the main team in 1978. Trabzonspor became Turkish 1st football league champion with Sümer as manager in the seasons 1978–79 and 1980–81. In 1981, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
