Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yılmaztürk

Yılmaztürk /jɯɫmazˈtyɾc/ ASCII Yilmazturk

“the undaunted Turk”2

Letters / syllables
10 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Y
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 Yılmaztürk?

Yılmaztürk

IPA /jɯɫmazˈtyɾc/

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

What does the surname Yılmaztürk mean?

Built from yılmaz and Türk: ‘the undaunted Turk’. Yılmaz is the negative aorist of yılmak ‘to be daunted’; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it ‘does not give up’.1,2

Grammar yıl- + -maz + Türk.

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

What is Yılmaztürk made of?

Yılmaztürk is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: yılmaz (yılmaz: undaunted) + Türk (Türk: Turk).

Yılmaztürk + root yılmaz yılmaz: undaunted TURKIC yılmak “to be daunted” root Türk Türk: Turk TURKIC Türk “Turk” Yılmaztürk yılmaz root yılmaz: undaunted yılmak TURKIC “to be daunted” Türk root Türk: Turk Türk TURKIC “Turk”
Yılmaztürk: parts and root words
  • yılmak Turkic — to be daunted2
  • Türk Turkic — Turk1

How was the name Yılmaztürk formed?

Yılmaztürk was formed by joining yılmaz (“yılmaz: undaunted”) and Türk (“Türk: Turk”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Yılmaztürk?

Yılmaztürk Yılmaz Öztürk Türkmen Şentürk Türkoğlu Ertürk Türk Türker Yılmazer Eryılmaz Aktürk Kocatürk
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yılmaz same root 1 1,177,896
02 Öztürk same root 8 586,831
03 Türkmen same root – –
04 Şentürk same root – –
05 Türkoğlu same root – –
06 Ertürk same root – –
07 Türk same root – –
08 Türker same root – –
09 Yılmazer same root – –
10 Eryılmaz same root – –
11 Aktürk same root – –
12 Kocatürk same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yılmaztürk?

  1. Cumhur Yılmaztürk association football player 1990–
  2. Sadık Arda Yılmaztürk association football player 1997–
  3. Aydın Yılmaztürk basketball player

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

How is Yılmaztürk written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Yilmazturk.

Where do these facts come from?

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

Common questions about Yılmaztürk

Q1

What does the surname Yılmaztürk mean?

Built from yılmaz and Türk: ‘the undaunted Turk’. Yılmaz is the negative aorist of yılmak ‘to be daunted’; Nişanyan Adlar glosses it ‘does not give up’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yılmaztürk?

Yılmaztürk is made up of two elements: yılmak “to be daunted” (Turkic) and Türk “Turk” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Yılmaztürk?

Yıl·maz·türk, 3 syllables; IPA: /jɯɫmazˈtyɾc/.