Atakan is a

Turkish surname A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...

and given name, from "ancestor" and "blood".

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* Atakan Alaftargil (born 1976), Turkish alpine skier * Atakan Yüksel (born 1985), Turkish wrestler *

Atakan Cangöz Atakan Cangöz (born 30 March 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Çorum. Professional career After years on loan with various lower division Turkish teams, Cangöz made his professional debut for Antalyasp ...

(born 1992, Turkish football midfielder (Serik Belediyespor) * Atakan Karazor (born 1996), German football midfielder (VfB Stuttgart) *

Atakan Çankaya Atakan Rıdvan Çankaya (born 25 June 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF 1. Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. Career A youth product of Altay, Çankaya transferred to Ankaraspor in 2019 in the TFF First Leag ...

(born 1998), Turkish football midfielder (Ankaragücü) * Atakan Akkaynak (born 1999), German football midfielder (Çaykur Rizespor) * Atakan Üner (born 1999), Turkish football winger (Ümraniyespor) * Atakan Gündüz (born 2001), Turkish football defender (Trabzonspor)

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Derin Atakan Derin Atakan (born 16 June 2006) is a Turkish female kitesurfer competing in the Formula Kite class. She qualified to participate at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. Career Atakan was a member of Urla Marine Club in İzmir, before she tran ...

(born 2006), Turkish female kitesurfer * Nancy Atakan (born 1946), American artist who has lived in Turkey since 1969 *

Ruzen Atakan Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and educator. Atakan was born in 1966 in Akincilar, she is the daughter of a school teacher Kemal Atakan. She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had three solo shows and ...

(born 1966), Turkish Cypriot painter {{Given name, type=both Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names