Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Şentürk

Şentürk /ʃenˈtyɾc/ ASCII Senturk

“cheerful Turk”2

Province lists
41
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
7 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Şentürk?

Şentürk

IPA /ʃenˈtyɾc/

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

What does the surname Şentürk mean?

Şen, “cheerful, merry”, joins Türk: “the cheerful Turk”. Şen- and -türk were popular elements when surnames were chosen in 1934. The name is not a dictionary headword and is explained through its two words.2,3

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

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

What is Şentürk made of?

Şentürk breaks into 2 parts: şen (cheerful) + Türk (Turk).

Şentürk + first element şen cheerful ARMENIAN şen “cheerful, merry” root Türk Turk TURKIC Türk “Turk” Şentürk şen first element cheerful şen ARMENIAN “cheerful, merry” Türk root Turk Türk TURKIC “Turk”
Şentürk: parts and root words
  • şen Armenian — cheerful, merry2
  • Türk Turkic — Turk3

How was the name Şentürk formed?

Şentürk belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (şen + Türk).

Which surnames are related to Şentürk?

Şentürk Öztürk Şen Şener Türkmen Türkoğlu Ertürk Türk Türker Şenol Şengül Şenel Şensoy
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 Şen same root – –
03 Şener same root – –
04 Türkmen same root – –
05 Türkoğlu same root – –
06 Ertürk same root – –
07 Türk same root – –
08 Türker same root – –
09 Şenol same root – –
10 Şengül same root – –
11 Şenel same root – –
12 Şensoy same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Şentürk most common?

Şentürk is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 4 provinces; its best rank is 10th in Bayburt.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 29 · 676 people Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı · rank 27 · 683 people Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop · rank 27 · 937 people Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt · rank 10 · 588 people Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 4
  • Not listed
Şentürk: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Sinop27937
02Çankırı27683
03Artvin29676
04Bayburt10588

Who are some well-known people named Şentürk?

  1. Semih Şentürk association football player 1983–
  2. Erhan Şentürk association football player 1989–
  3. Erkut Şentürk association football player 1994–
  4. Gülkader Şentürk judoka 1996–
  5. Kemalettin Şentürk association football player 1970–
  6. Soner Şentürk basketball player 1986–
  7. Necdet Şentürk association football player 1930–
  8. Arif Şentürk singer 1941–2022

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

Is Şentürk also a first name?

Yes. Şentürk is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “cheerful Turk”.

Şentürk as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Şentürk written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Şentürk is usually written Senturk or Sentuerk.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: şen accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Türk 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
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Şentürk

Q1

What does the surname Şentürk mean?

Şen, “cheerful, merry”, joins Türk: “the cheerful Turk”. Şen- and -türk were popular elements when surnames were chosen in 1934. The name is not a dictionary headword and is explained through its two words.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Şentürk?

The root word of Şentürk is şen (Turkic): “cheerful, merry”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Şentürk?

Şen·türk, 2 syllables; IPA: /ʃenˈtyɾc/.