Karatay or Karatai is a Turkic word that may refer to: Places Karatay, Konya, a town and district of Konya Province, Turkey Karatay, Russia, a rural locality (a village) in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia Caratai, Karatay, historical name of Castelu, Romania, from the times of the Ottoman Empire People Qaratays, a Turkic (Tatar) ethnic group that lives near Karatay, Russia Canan Karatay (born 1943), Turkish professor, medical doctor Dursun Karatay (born 1984), Austrian footballer Nefise Karatay (born 1976), Turkish actress Karatai, birth surname of Maksim Łužanin, Belarusian writer and poet