Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 950

Çalık

Çalık /tʃaˈɫɯk/ ASCII Calik

“crooked, askew; place name”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Ç
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6Abroad
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Çalık?

Çalık

IPA /tʃaˈɫɯk/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Çalık mean?

Çalık means crooked, askew or cut on the bias; it is also recorded in the senses ‘off-colour’ and ‘struck off the register’. The surname most likely comes from a nickname about appearance or from a place of this name; there is a village called Çalık in the Keban district of Elazığ.1

That Çalık goes back to çalık is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Çalık is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çalık made of?

Çalık is a single root: çalık (crooked, askew; cut on the bias).

Çalık root çalık crooked, askew; cut onthe bias TURKIC çalık “crooked; cut on thebias; off-colour;…” Çalık çalık root crooked, askew; cut on the bias çalık TURKIC “crooked; cut on the bias;off-colour; struck off the…”
Çalık: parts and root words
  • çalık Turkic — crooked; cut on the bias; off-colour; struck off the register1

How was the name Çalık formed?

Çalık belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Who are some well-known people named Çalık?

  1. Ahmet Çalık association football player 1994–2022
  2. Serkan Çalık association football player 1986–
  3. Ahmet Çalık entrepreneur 1958–
  4. Burak Çalık association football player 1989–
  5. Şadi Çalık sculptor 1917–1979
  6. Öznur Çalık politician 1965–
  7. Adem Çalık association football player 1981–
  8. Ahmet Rıfat Çalık politician 1888–1963

People surnamed Çalık as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

How is Çalık written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Calik in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çalık accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çalık

Q1

What does the surname Çalık mean?

Çalık means crooked, askew or cut on the bias; it is also recorded in the senses ‘off-colour’ and ‘struck off the register’. The surname most likely comes from a nickname about appearance or from a place of this name; there is a village called Çalık in the Keban district of Elazığ.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çalık?

The root word of Çalık is çalık (Turkic): “crooked; cut on the bias; off-colour; struck off the register”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çalık?

Ça·lık, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃaˈɫɯk/.