Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kocatürk

Kocatürk /kodʒaˈtyɾk/ ASCII Kocaturk

“great Turk”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
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 Kocatürk?

Kocatürk

IPA /kodʒaˈtyɾk/

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

What does the surname Kocatürk mean?

Two words make up the name: koca ‘big, great, venerable’ and Türk. Together they mean ‘great Turk, mighty Turk’. Here koca is the adjective of size and respected age, not the noun ‘husband’.1,2

Grammar Adjective-plus-noun compound: koca + Türk.

That Kocatürk goes back to koca and Türk is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kocatürk made of?

Kocatürk is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: koca (big, great; old, elder) + türk (Turk).

Kocatürk ++ first element koca big, great; old, elder TURKIC koca “big, huge; old,venerable” suffix türk Turk TURKIC Türk “Turk; the Turkish people” Kocatürk koca first element big, great; old, elder koca TURKIC “big, huge; old, venerable” türk suffix Turk Türk TURKIC “Turk; the Turkish people”
Kocatürk: parts and root words
  • koca Turkic — big, huge; old, venerable1
  • Türk Turkic — Turk; the Turkish people2

How was the name Kocatürk formed?

Kocatürk was formed by adding the suffix türk (“Turk”) to koca (“big, great; old, elder”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Kocatürk?

Kocatürk Öztürk Türkmen Şentürk Türkoğlu Ertürk Türk Koca Türker Kocabaş Aktürk Türkyılmaz Baştürk
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Öztürk same root 8 586,831
02 Türkmen same root – –
03 Şentürk same root – –
04 Türkoğlu same root – –
05 Ertürk same root – –
06 Türk same root – –
07 Koca same root – –
08 Türker same root – –
09 Kocabaş same root – –
10 Aktürk same root – –
11 Türkyılmaz same root – –
12 Baştürk same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kocatürk?

  1. Gülşah Kocatürk judoka 1986–
  2. Beyza Kocatürk association football player 1996–
  3. Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk politician 1907–1961
  4. Kemal Kocatürk filmmaker 1964–
  5. Tülay Kocatürk screenwriter 1974–
  6. Utkan Kocatürk politician 1937–2011
  7. Begüm Kocatürk researcher
  8. Duygu Çalık Kocatürk researcher

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

How is Kocatürk written and pronounced abroad?

Records outside Türkiye that lack Turkish characters normally show it as Kocaturk. In Turkish, c like English “j”; ö and ü are the same front rounded vowels as in German.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: koca accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: Türk accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: koca accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Türk accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kocatürk

Q1

What does the surname Kocatürk mean?

Two words make up the name: koca ‘big, great, venerable’ and Türk. Together they mean ‘great Turk, mighty Turk’. Here koca is the adjective of size and respected age, not the noun ‘husband’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kocatürk?

Kocatürk is made up of two elements: koca “big, huge; old, venerable” (Turkic) and Türk “Turk; the Turkish people” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Kocatürk?

Ko·ca·türk, 3 syllables; IPA: /kodʒaˈtyɾk/.