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Pages in category "Turkish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 866 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Turkish-language surnames (867 P) Turkmen-language surnames (17 P) U. Uyghur-language surnames (4 P) Uzbek-language surnames (34 P) Pages in category "Turkic-language ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Turkish origin" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The surname (soyad, literally "lineage name" or "family name") is an ancestry-based name following a person's given names, used for addressing people or the family. [11] The surname (soyadı) is a single word according to Turkish law such as Akay or Özdemir. It is not gender-specific and has no gender-dependent modifications.
The Surname Law (Turkish: Soyadı Kanunu) of the Republic of Turkey is a law adopted on 21 June 1934, [1] requiring all citizens of Turkey to adopt the use of fixed, hereditary surnames. Prior to 1934, Turkish families in the major urban centres had names by which they were known locally (often ending with the suffixes -zade , -oğlu or -gil ...
The sovereigns' main titles were Sultan, Padishah (Emperor) and Khan; which were of various origins such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish or Mongolian. respectively.His full style was the result of a long historical accumulation of titles expressing the empire's rights and claims as successor to the various states it annexed or subdued.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
The surname was generally selected by the elderly people of the family and could be any Turkish word (or a permitted word for families belonging to official minority groups). Some of the most common family names in Turkey are Yılmaz ('undaunted'), Doğan ('falcon'), Şahin ('hawk'), Yıldırım ('thunderbolt'), Şimşek ('lightning'), Öztürk ...