Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Türeli

Türeli /tyɾeˈli/ ASCII Tureli

“just, law-abiding”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Türeli?

Türeli

IPA /tyɾeˈli/

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

What does the surname Türeli mean?

Türe is a form of töre and is listed with the sense ‘justice’; with -li the name reads ‘law-abiding, just’. Töre goes back to Old Turkic törü ‘order, law, custom’. Türeli is also the name of a village in the Lice district of Diyarbakır.1,2

Grammar türe + -li (possessive adjective).

That Türeli goes back to türe and töre is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Türeli made of?

Türeli breaks into 2 parts: türe (türe: custom, law, justice) + -li (-li: having).

Türeli ++ root türe türe: custom, law,justice TURKIC türe “custom, law; justice” suffix -li -li: having TURKIC töre “order, law, custom” Türeli türe root türe: custom, law, justice türe TURKIC “custom, law; justice” -li suffix -li: having töre TURKIC “order, law, custom”
Türeli: parts and root words
  • türe Turkic — custom, law; justice1
  • töre Turkic — order, law, custom2

How was the name Türeli formed?

Türeli belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (türe + -li).

Which surnames are related to Türeli?

Türeli Türe Töre Türel Tören Törer Türeci
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Türe same root – –
02 Töre same root – –
03 Türel same root – –
04 Tören same root – –
05 Törer same root – –
06 Türeci same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Türeli?

  1. Rahmi Aşkın Türeli statesperson 1963–
  2. Asım Türeli bureaucrat 1893–1973
  3. Recai Türeli bureaucrat 1911–1966
  4. Nazende Günday Türeli researcher

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

How is Türeli written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Tureli.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: türe accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: töre accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Türeli 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 Türeli

Q1

What does the surname Türeli mean?

Türe is a form of töre and is listed with the sense ‘justice’; with -li the name reads ‘law-abiding, just’. Töre goes back to Old Turkic törü ‘order, law, custom’. Türeli is also the name of a village in the Lice district of Diyarbakır.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Türeli?

The root word of Türeli is türe (Turkic): “custom, law; justice”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Türeli?

Tü·re·li, 3 syllables; IPA: /tyɾeˈli/.