Metin is a Turkish given name and a surname that means solid and durable; derived from the Arabic word "metîn" (متين). It is one of the 99 names of Allah. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Tümer Metin Tümer Metin (born 14 October 1974) is a Turkish former professional Association football, footballer and current Punditry, pundit. Metin achieved numerous titles during his career, including Süper Lig titles for both Beşiktaş J.K. and Fener ...

(born 1974), Turkish international footballer

Given name

* Metin Akan (born 1983), Turkish professional footballer *

Metin Akpınar Metin Akpınar (born 2 November 1941) is a Turkish actor. He has been one of the most successful comedians in Turkey. Biography He was born in Aksaray, Istanbul, and he graduated from Pertevniyal High School. He pursued his university career i ...

(born 1941), Turkish actor * Metin Aktaş (born 1977), Turkish footballer * Metin Aslan (born 1978), Austrian footballer * Metin Ataseven (born 1972), Swedish politician * Metin Lütfi Baydar (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist * Metin Boşnak (born 1965), Turkish scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature, and poet * Cemal Metin Bulutoğluları (born 1960), Turkish Cypriot mayor of the capital of Northern Cyprus * Metin Çelik (born 1970), Turkish-Dutch politician * Metin Depe (born 1981), Turkey football defender * Metin Diyadin (born 1968), Turkish football manager and retired player * Metin Erksan (1929–2012), Turkish film director and art historian * Metin Ersoy (1934–2017), Turkish singer *

Metin Hüseyin Metin Hüseyin is a Turkish-Cypriot-United Kingdom, British television director, television and film director. Career Hüseyin's debut film, ''Tight Trousers'', was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989. In 1998 he recei ...

, British television and film director *

Metin Kaçan Metin Kaçan (15 November 1961 – 6 January 2013) was a Turkish author, who is best known for his novel ''Ağır Roman (novel), Ağır Roman'' (''Cholera Street''), which was translated into German (Kaçan 2003), and a movie (''Ağır Roman (fil ...

(1961–2013), Turkish author and novelist *

Metin Kaplan Metin Kaplan (born 14 November 1952) is the leader of the Islamic extremist movement ''Kalifatsstaat'' (" Caliphate State") which is based in Cologne, Germany. Kalifatsstaat Kaplan was born in the Turkish province of Erzurum. Kaplan, who was p ...

(born 1952), the leader of the radical Islamist movement Kalifatsstaat based in Cologne, Germany *

Metin Kaya Metin Kaya (born 19 July 1961) is a Turkish-born German politician who has been a member of the Hamburg Parliament since 2020 . Life Kaya works as a social worker in Hamburg. He was a member of the state executive committee of . In the 2020 ...

(born 1961), Turkish-born German politician * Metin Kurt (1948–2012), Turkish footballer *

Metin Oktay Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Crownless King () by Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish people, Turkish association football, footballer and one of the most successful goal score ...

(1936–1991), Turkish footballer * Metin Serezli (1934–2013), Turkish actor *

Metin Sitti Metin Sitti is the Director of thPhysical Intelligence Departmentat the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, which he founded in 2014. He is also a Professor in the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Enginee ...

(born 1970), Turkish roboticist and university professor *

Metin Tekin Metin Tekin (born 8 May 1964) is a Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the w ...

(born 1964), Turkish professional football player *

Metin Toker Metin Toker (1924 – 18 July 2002) was a Turkish journalist and writer. Life He was born in Istanbul. After finishing Galatasaray High School, he studied French philology at Istanbul University graduating in 1948. He then went to France to stu ...

(1924–2002), Turkish journalist and writer *

Metin Türel Metin Türel (13 September 1937 – 17 November 2018) was a Turkish football player and coach. Türel coached many teams in Turkey, including the Turkey national team from 1977 to 1978. He started his professional career with Galatasaray and al ...

(1935–2018), Turkish football coach *

Metin Yenal Metin Yenal is a German actor who played the character of Karl in the 1988 ''Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber an ...

, German actor active in the United Kingdom *

Metin Yüksel Metin Yüksel (July 17, 1958 – February 23, 1979) was a Kurdish-Turkish political and social Islamist activist. One of the main leaders of Turkey's Islamic movement during the 1970s, he also was a member of the Raiders Organization. Early ...

(1958–1979), Kurdish Islamist from Turkey *

Metin Yurdanur Metin Yurdanur (born 1951) is a sculptor based in Turkey, who was awarded the title State Artist (Turkey), State Artist of Turkey. Early years Yurdanur was born in 1951 in Sivrihisar town of Eskişehir Province in Turkey. He spent his childhood ...

(born 1952), Turkish sculptor *

Metin Bostancıoğlu Metin Bostancıoğlu (born 1942 in Bafra, Samsun) is a Turkish politician. Biography Completing secondary education at Sinop University, Bostancıoğlu chose Ankara University Faculty of Law. He started to work as a lawyer in Ankara Bar by doi ...

(born 1942), Turkish politician *

Metin Günay Hakkı Metin Günay (born 26 January 1963) is a Turkish director. His most well-known works are ''Deli Yürek'' (1998), ''Ekmek Teknesi'' (2002) and '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' (2014). He graduated from the Yıldız Technical University and has d ...

(born 1963), Turkish director

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