Cenk is a male

Turkish given name 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 ...

. The Turkish word "cenk" is of

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

word Jang (جنگ) and means "war" or "battle". Notable people with the name include:

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* Cenk Ahmet Alkılıç (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Cenk Akyol (born 1987), Turkish basketball player and coach *

Cenk Enes Özer Cenk Enes Özer () is a Turkish novelist. Early life and education Cenk Enes Özer was born in December 1978. He lives in Ankara. In 1996, he went to Eskişehir to do his bachelor's degree in Anadolu Üniversitesi. Then, he returned to Ankara af ...

(born 1978), Turkish novelist * Cenk Gönen (born 1988), Turkish football goalkeeper *

Cenk Güvenç Cenk Güvenç (born December 29, 1991) is a footballer who most recently played for Balıkesirspor. Born in Germany, he represented Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, ...

(born 1991), Turkish footballer *

Cenk İldem Cenk İldem (; born January 5, 1986) is a male wrestler from Turkey competing in the 96 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., where he is coached by his fathe ...

(born 1986), Turkish wrestler *

Cenk İşler Cenk Işler (born 25 February 1974) is a retired Turkey, Turkish Turkey national football team, international Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Professional career Cenk spent his entire se ...

(born 1974), Turkish footballer * Cenk Koçak (born 1996), Turkish classic powerlifter *

Cenk Özkacar Cenk Özkacar (born 6 October 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Valladolid, on loan from Valencia, and the Turkey national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back. Club car ...

(born 2000), Turkish footballer *

Cenk Renda Cenk Renda (born 10 October 1969, in Turkey) is a former Turkish professional basketball player. He played for Turkey national basketball team. The former power forward is 2.05 m tall. Currently, he is team manager of Fenerbahçe. Career * Ef ...

(born 1969), Turkish former basketball player *

Cenk Tosun Cenk Tosun (; born 7 June 1991) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national football team, Turkey n ...

(born 1991), Turkish footballer *

Cenk Ünnü Cenk Ünnü (born 1967 in Istanbul) is the drummer of the heavy metal band Mezarkabul (also known as ''Pentagram''). He formed Pentagram together with Hakan Utangaç in 1986. After Aksaray Oruçgazi Primary and Secondary School, he graduated f ...

(born 1966), Turkish drummer *

Cenk Uygur Cenk Kadir Uygur ( ; ; born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-American political commentator, media host, and attorney. He is the co-creator of ''The Young Turks'', a progressive and left-wing populist sociopolitical news and commentary program. I ...

(born 1970), Turkish-American radio and TV show host *

Cenk Yıldırım Cenk Yıldırım (born 25 December 1972) is a Turkish professional basketball assistant coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague, under head coach Ergin Ataman. He ...

(born 1972), Turkish basketball coach

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Devrim Cenk Ulusoy Devrim Cenk Ulusoy (born 2 January 1973) is a Turkish World record holder free-diver. Currently, he performs his underwater sport activities for Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Su Altı Sporları Kulübü (Middle East Technical University Underw ...

(born 1973), Turkish free-diver *

Enver Cenk Şahin Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish, Albanian, Bosnian and Crimean Tatar, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name '' Anwar'', which means "luminous". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enver Ablae ...

(born 1994), Turkish footballer *

Seyhan Cenk Tekelioğlu Cenk Tekelioğlu (born 4 August 1973) is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Tekelioğlu previously played for Sarıyer G.K., Konyaspor, Diyarbakirspor, Bursaspor, Altay S.K., Eskişehirspor, Sakaryaspor, and ...

(born 1973), Turkish footballer

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