Ufuk is a unisex
Turkish given name meaning "horizon". It stems from the Arabic ufuq (أفق), having the same meaning,
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People
*Ufuk Bayraktar
Ufuk Bayraktar (born 12 September 1981) is a Turkish actor.
Life and career
After finishing high school at Gürsoy College, he decided not to go to university and started to work at Firuzağa Restaurant, which was owned by his father Cevahir Ba ...
(born 1981), Turkish actor
*Ufuk Budak
Ufuk Budak (born 26 May 1990) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a left-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop ...
(born 1990), Azerbaijani football player
*Ufuk Ceylan
Ufuk Ceylan (, born 23 June 1986) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Galatasaray
On 2 September 2009, Ceylan signed for Galatasaray from Manisaspor, keeping him at the Istanbul club until June 2014. He ...
(born 1986), Turkish football player
*Ufuk Özbek
Ufuk Özbek (born 1 September 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Değirmenderespor. He is the brother of Barış Özbek who is also a midfielder.
Career
Özbek spent several years with Schalke 0 ...
(born 1992), Turkish-German football player
*Ufuk Sarıca
Ufuk Sarıca (born June 13, 1972) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the shooting guard position.
Playing career
Sarıca began his career at the age of 16 at Efes Pilsen's Youth Team, and played for Efes fo ...
(born 1972), Turkish basketball coach
*Ufuk Talay
Ufuk Talay (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Sydney FC. He was the manager of Wellington Phoenix from 2019 to 2023.
Club career
Talay first entered a national competition f ...
(born 1976), Australian football player
*Ufuk Uras
Mehmet Ufuk Uras (; born 4 January 1959, in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and economist.
Biography and political career
Uras graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University and began working as an academicia ...
(born 1959), Turkish politician
See also
*Ufuk University
Ufuk University () is a private university in Ankara, Turkey. The university was established by the Turkish Foundation of Traffic Accidents in 1999.
The university consists of Faculties of Medicine, Law, Education, Science-Literature (Statistic ...
, Turkey
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Unisex given names
Turkish unisex given names