title: Bilge (name)
text: # Bilge (name)
  
  Bilge is a Turkish name. It is best known as the epithet of the early Turkic ruler Bilge Kağan. As is the case with many Turkic names, is a unisex name. Even in today's Turkey, Bilge continues to be adopted as both a male and female name.
  
  It may refer to:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Bilge Ebiri (born 1973), Turkish-American journalist and filmmaker
  * Bilge Kağan, Göktürk ruler
  * Kutlug I Bilge Kagan, founder of Uyghur Khaganate
  * Bilge Kösebalaban (born 1980), Turkish musician
  * Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), Turkish film director
  * Bilge Su Koyun (born 1999), Turkish women's footballer
  * Bilge Tarhan (footballer) (1941–2016), Turkish Olympian footballer
  * Bilge Tarhan (gymnast) (born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast
  * Bilge Umar (born 1936), Turkish writer
  * Bilge Yildiz, Turkish nuclear engineer
  * Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959), Turkish film director
  * Bilge Tonyukuk (646–726), Supreme Commander of Second Turkic Khaganate
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Dilara Bilge, Turkish volleyball player
  * Melek Bilge, Turkish basketball player
  