Korkut (name)

Korkut is a masculine Turkish name and surname. In Turkish, "korkut" means "big hailstone", "stern", and/or "resolute". This name has been used from many years, such as before the establishment of the great Ottoman empire by Osman I in the year of 1299. Notable persons with that name include:

People with the given name[]

• Korkut Boratav (born 1935), Turkish economist
• Korkut Eken (born 1945), Turkish security officer
• Korkut Uygun (born 1975), Turkish chemical engineer and a medical researcher
• Şehzade Korkut (1467-1513) Ottoman prince

People with the surname[]

• Dede Korkut, mythological figure in the Book of Dede Korkut
• Tayfun Korkut (born 1974), Turkish footballer

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