Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Göztepe

Göztepe /ɟøzteˈpe/ ASCII Goztepe

“place name: eye + hill”3

Letters / syllables
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Formation
Place name
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Göztepe?

Göztepe

IPA /ɟøzteˈpe/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Göztepe mean?

Göztepe is the name of neighbourhoods in Izmir and Istanbul; the Izmir sports club is named after the former. The name is made of göz ‘eye’ and tepe ‘hill’ and can be understood as ‘lookout hill’.1,2,3

Grammar göz + tepe; a place name.

That Göztepe goes back to göz and tepe is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Göztepe made of?

Göztepe breaks into 2 parts: göz (eye) + tepe (hill).

Göztepe ++ root göz eye TURKIC göz “eye” root tepe hill TURKIC tepe “hill” TURKIC Göztepe “neighbourhood name inIzmir and Istanbul” Göztepe göz root eye göz TURKIC “eye” tepe root hill tepe TURKIC “hill” Göztepe TURKIC “neighbourhood name in Izmir andIstanbul”
Göztepe: parts and root words
  • göz Turkic — eye3
  • tepe Turkic — hill2
  • Göztepe Turkic — neighbourhood name in Izmir and Istanbul1

How was the name Göztepe formed?

Göztepe belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (göz + tepe).

Which surnames are related to Göztepe?

Göztepe Açıkgöz Karagöz Tokgöz Tepe Boztepe Alagöz Göktepe Karatepe Gökgöz Kocatepe Yeşiltepe Akgöz
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Açıkgöz same root – –
02 Karagöz same root – –
03 Tokgöz same root – –
04 Tepe same root – –
05 Boztepe same root – –
06 Alagöz same root – –
07 Göktepe same root – –
08 Karatepe same root – –
09 Gökgöz same root – –
10 Kocatepe same root – –
11 Yeşiltepe same root – –
12 Akgöz same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Göztepe?

  1. Fuat Göztepe association football player 1912–1992
  2. Mehmet Berke Göztepe researcher
  3. Tarık Mümtaz Göztepe military officer 1893–1977
  4. Şefika Bal Göztepe journalist 1995–

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

How is Göztepe written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Goztepe in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Göztepe accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: göz accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Göztepe

Q1

What does the surname Göztepe mean?

Göztepe is the name of neighbourhoods in Izmir and Istanbul; the Izmir sports club is named after the former. The name is made of göz ‘eye’ and tepe ‘hill’ and can be understood as ‘lookout hill’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Göztepe?

The root word of Göztepe is göz (Turkic): “eye”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Göztepe?

Göz·te·pe, 3 syllables; IPA: /ɟøzteˈpe/.