Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kartaltepe

Kartaltepe /kaɾtaɫteˈpe/

“eagle hill”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
K
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 Kartaltepe?

Kartaltepe

IPA /kaɾtaɫteˈpe/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Kartaltepe mean?

Kartaltepe is built from kartal, “eagle”, and tepe, “hill”: “eagle hill, the hill where eagles perch”. Kartal goes back to Proto-Turkic *kartal and tepe to *tepe. A village of this name exists in Diyarbakır.1,2

Grammar kartal + tepe: noun–noun compound.

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

What is Kartaltepe made of?

Kartaltepe breaks into 2 parts: kartal (eagle) + tepe (hill, summit).

Kartaltepe + root kartal eagle TURKIC kartal “eagle” root tepe hill, summit TURKIC tepe “hill; summit” Kartaltepe kartal root eagle kartal TURKIC “eagle” tepe root hill, summit tepe TURKIC “hill; summit”
Kartaltepe: parts and root words
  • kartal Turkic — eagle1
  • tepe Turkic — hill; summit2

How was the name Kartaltepe formed?

Kartaltepe belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kartal + tepe).

Which surnames are related to Kartaltepe?

Kartaltepe Kartal Tepe Boztepe Göktepe Karatepe Kocatepe Yeşiltepe Göztepe Akçatepe Aktepe Kızıltepe Yüksektepe
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kartal same root – –
02 Tepe same root – –
03 Boztepe same root – –
04 Göktepe same root – –
05 Karatepe same root – –
06 Kocatepe same root – –
07 Yeşiltepe same root – –
08 Göztepe same root – –
09 Akçatepe same root – –
10 Aktepe same root – –
11 Kızıltepe same root – –
12 Yüksektepe same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kartaltepe?

  1. Nilay Kartaltepe basketball player 1979–
  2. Cengizhan Kartaltepe volleyball player 1973–
  3. Aslı Kartaltepe basketball player 1979–

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

How is Kartaltepe written and pronounced abroad?

Kartaltepe uses only letters shared with English, so the spelling stays the same abroad.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kartal accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kartaltepe 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 Kartaltepe

Q1

What does the surname Kartaltepe mean?

Kartaltepe is built from kartal, “eagle”, and tepe, “hill”: “eagle hill, the hill where eagles perch”. Kartal goes back to Proto-Turkic *kartal and tepe to *tepe. A village of this name exists in Diyarbakır.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kartaltepe?

The root word of Kartaltepe is kartal (Turkic): “eagle”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kartaltepe?

Kar·tal·te·pe, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾtaɫteˈpe/.