Özgür (pronounced [ˈœzɟyɾ]) is a unisex Turkish given name and a surname meaning "free" and independent.[2] Notable people with the name include:
Gender | unisex |
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Origin | |
Meaning | free and independent[1] |
Given name:
- İsmail Özgür Göktaş (born 1989), Turkish footballer
- Özgür Bayer (born 1979), Turkish football player
- Özgür Buldum (born 1976), Turkish music producer
- Özgür Çek (born 1991), Turkish professional footballer
- Özgür Çevik (born 1981), Turkish singer and actor
- Özgür Dengiz (born 1980), Turkish serial killer and cannibal
- Özgür Gürbulak (born 1981), Turkish wheelchair basketballer
- Özgür İleri (born 1989), Turkish professional footballer
- Özgür Kart (born 1982), Turkish football player
- Özgür Öçal (born 1981), Turkish football player
- Özgür Özata (born 1977), Turkish-German actor
- Ozgur Uyanik, Turkish film director
- Özgür Varlık (born 1979), Turkish sport shooter
- Özgür Yasar (born 1981), Swedish footballer
- Özgür Yılmaz (born 1986), Turkish footballer
- Özgür Yılmaz (born 1977), Turkish judoka
Surname:
- Alaattin Özgür (born 1965), Turkish former wrestler
- Erman Özgür (born 1977), Turkish footballer
- Mesut Özgür (born 1990), Turkish footballer
- Nesim Özgür (born 1973), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
- Özker Özgür (1940-2005), leading Turkish-Cypriot politician
- Semavi Özgür (born 1985), Turkish football player
- Veysel Özgür (1877–1931), officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army
See also
edit- Özgür Gündem (English: "Free Agenda"), Turkish newspaper
- Ozgur Parti, Freedom and Reform Party, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus