Bayraktar (surname)
Appearance
Language(s) | Turkish |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Derivation | bayrak + دار |
Meaning | "flag" + "owner" |
Bayraktar is a Turkish surname and word that consists of the Turkish word “bayrak (/bɑɪrɑq/)” for flag and Persian suffix "دار(/dɑːr/)", literally meaning flag-owner or "flag-bearer".
People
Notable people with the surname or epithet include:
Bajraktari
- Muharrem Bajraktari (1896–1989), Albanian Muslim guerrilla fighter and political figure
Bayrakdar
- Faraj Bayrakdar (born 1951), Swedish-Syrian poet and writer
- Maha Bayrakdar (born 1947), Syrian poet and artist
Bayraktar
- Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (died 1808), also known as Bayraktar Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman grand vizier
- Erdoğan Bayraktar (born 1948), Turkish politician and former government minister
- Gülşen Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish pop singer
- Hakan Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish footballer
- Sami Bayraktar (born 1978), Turkish-Belgian futsal player
- Selçuk Bayraktar (born 1979), Turkish UAV engineer and businessman
- Selim Bayraktar (born 1975), Turkish actor
- Ufukhan Bayraktar (born 1986), Turkish footballer
- Uluç Bayraktar (born 1974), Turkish film director