Çınar is a Turkish name and surname. The word literally means ''

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Ateş Çınar Ateş Çınar (; born 16 May 1986) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the 470 class. The tall athlete at is a member of Galatasaray Sport Club], where he is coached by Edo Fantela. He studied at Dokuz Eylül University. His brother Deni ...

(born 1986), Turkish yacht racer *

Deniz Çınar Deniz Çınar (; born 8 December 1984) is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the 470 class. The tall athlete at is a member of Galatasaray Sport Club, where he is coached by Edo Fantela. His brother Ateş is also a national sailor. He stud ...

(born 1984), Turkish yacht race * Erdoğan Çınar, Turkish writer *

İlker Çınar İlker Çınar (c. 1968–1970) is a former intelligence agent of the Turkish Army, and a suspect and witness in the Ergenekon trials. He was a 'special sergeant' who went undercover with Christian missionaries in Turkey and worked as a priest i ...

(born c. 1968–1970), former intelligence agent of the Turkish Army *

Nilüfer Çınar Çorlulu Nilüfer Çinar Çorlulu (born Nilüfer Çınar on November 4, 1962) is a Turkish Woman International Master (WIM) of chess. With nine Turkish Chess Championship, national champion titles, she is one of the most successful female chess players in ...

(born 1962), Turkish Woman International Master of chess *

Nurhan Çınar Nurhan Çınar (born 1994) is a Turkish female field hockey player. Sport career A native of Malatya, she played in the Turkey U18 girls' national team, and won the bronze medal at the 2011 EuroHockey U18 Girls' Championship III held in Smole ...

(born 1994), Turkish female field hockey player *

Perihan Çınar Perihan Çınar (, born 17 January 1994) is a Turkish hockey player who plays field hockey, hockey5s, and indoor hockey. She is part of the Gaziantep Polis Gücü SK and the Turkey women's national teams, and has received several most-valuable ...

(born 1994), Turkish female hockey player *

Sevgi Çınar Sevgi Çınar (born 15 January 1994) is a Turkish women's association football, women's football midfielder (association football), midfielder who plays for Beylerbeyi S.K. (women's football), Beylerbeyi in the Turkish Women's Football Super Lea ...

(born 1994), Turkish female footballer *

Yıldıray Çınar Yıldıray Çınar is a Turkish comic book artist known for his work on the American comic book ''Noble Causes''. Career Çınar helped create a photocopy-fanzine publishing group called Capa Comics group in 1997, to which he has continued to co ...

(born 1976), Turkish comic book artist

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