Gürkan is a Turkish surname and given name for males.
People named Gürkan or Gurkan Given name Gürkan Coşkun (1941–2022), Turkish painter Gürkan Ekren (born 1974), Turkish football player Gürkan Sermeter (born 1974), Swiss football player of Turkish descent Gürkan Uygun (born 1974), Turkish actor
Nickname Gustav Björkman (born 1986), Swedish retired bandy player
Surname Aydın Güven Gürkan (1941–2006), Turkish academic and politician Cevat Gürkan (1907–1984), Turkish equestrian Emrah Safa Gürkan (born 1981), Turkish historian and academic Fatoş Gürkan (born 1966), Turkish lawyer and politician Recep Gürkan (born 1964), Turkish politician Selma Gürkan (born 1961), Turkish unionist and politician Umut A. Gurkan, Turkish–American engineer
As a title Gurkan is a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "kuragan" (or guregen) meaning "son-in-law".A History of the Muslim World Since 1260: The Making of a Global Community, by Vernon Egger, p. 193 This was an honorific title used by the Timurid dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, as Timur had married Saray Mulk Khanum, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
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