Gökçen is a
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 na ...
which means "beautiful woman", "blue-eyed woman", or "belonging to the sky", and may refer to:
Given names
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Gökçen Denkel
Ayşe Gökçen Denkel (born 2 August 1985, in Istanbul) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 193 cm tall and plays as a middle blocker.
Gökçen Denkel plays for Nilüfer Belediyespor. She has played for Eczacıbaşı VitrA from the age ...
(born 1985), Turkish female volleyball player
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Gökçen Efe
Gökçen Efe (1891 – 16 November 1919) was a Turkish folk hero, who showed bravery during the Turkish War of Independence.
Life
He was born in Ödemiş, İzmir Province. His real name was Hüseyin, but he used the name Gökçen Efe after choos ...
(1881–1919), Turkish folk hero
Surname
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Kemalettin Sami Gökçen
Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (1884 – 15 April 1934) was a Turkish career officer and politician. He was instrumental in establishing diplomatic relations between the Turkish Republic and Nazi Germany.
Gallery
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(1884–1934), officer of the Ottoman Army and general of the Turkish Army
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Sabiha Gökçen (1913–2001), Turkish female aviator
Place
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Gökçen, İzmir
Gökçen is a town in İzmir Province, Turkey
Geography
Gökçen is a town in Tire district of İzmir Province at . It is situated in bottom land and along a tributary of Büyük Menderes River. The distance to Tire is and to İzmir is . The ...
, a town in İzmir Province
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Gökçen, Kocaköy
Gökçen () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kocaköy, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian eth ...
See also
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Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Sabiha is an Arabic word () meaning "Morning" and a female given name. In Urdu it (خوبصورت، گوری چٹی) refers to beautiful, and blonde hair. People with the name include:
People Given name
*Sabiha Sultan (1894–1971), Ottoman princes ...
, an airport in Istanbul
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Turkish-language surnames
Turkish feminine given names
Turkish masculine given names