title: Atakan
text: # Atakan
  
  Atakan is a Turkish surname and given name, from ata "ancestor" and kan "blood".
  
  People with this given name include:
  
  * Atakan Alaftargil (born 1976), Turkish alpine skier
  * Atakan Yüksel (born 1985), Turkish wrestler
  * Atakan Cangöz (born 1992, Turkish football midfielder (Serik Belediyespor)
  * Atakan Karazor (born 1996), German football midfielder (VfB Stuttgart)
  * Atakan Çankaya (born 1998), Turkish football midfielder (Ankaragücü)
  * Atakan Akkaynak (born 1999), German football midfielder (Çaykur Rizespor)
  * Atakan Üner (born 1999), Turkish football winger (Ümraniyespor)
  * Atakan Gündüz (born 2001), Turkish football defender (Trabzonspor)
  
  People with this surname include:
  
  * Nancy Atakan (born 1946), American artist who has lived in Turkey since 1969
  * Ruzen Atakan (born 1966), Turkish Cypriot painter
  