Çağlayan is a
Turkish surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. In Turkish, ''çağlayan'' means a "cataract" in terms of the types of
waterfall
A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge
of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
s.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Armağan Çağlayan
Armağan Ali Çağlayan (born 8 April 1966) is a Turkish television producer and lawyer.
Career
Çağlayan taught Creativity in Communication as a research assistant at the Faculty of Art and Design at Istanbul Kültür University and lectur ...
(born 1966), Turkish television producer
* Burhan Suat Çağlayan, Turkish politician and former
Minister of Culture
A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organiza ...
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Hüseyin Çağlayan (born 1970), British Turkish Cypriot fashion designer
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Mesude Çağlayan (1918–2011), Turkish opera singer
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Zafer Çağlayan
Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (born 10 November 1957 in Muş) is a Turkish people, Turkish politician and former Minister. He is a Grand National Assembly of Turkey, member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice ...
(born 1957), Turkish politician and former Minister of Economic Affairs
* Sevim Çağlayan, Turkish actress and
Ottoman classical music
Ottoman music () or Turkish classical music (, or more recently ) is the tradition of Art music, classical music originating in the Ottoman Empire. Developed in the palace, major Ottoman cities, and Sufi lodges, it traditionally features a sol ...
singer
References
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Turkish-language surnames
tr:Çağlayan