Bayraktar (surname)

Bayraktar is a Turkish surname and word that consists of the Turkish word “bayrak (/bɑɪrɑq/)(flag)” and the Persian suffix "دار(/dɑːr/)". It means flag-owner or "flag-bearer". Derivative names include Bajraktarević and Bajraktaraj.

People

Notable people with the surname or epithet include:

Bajraktari

• Muharrem Bajraktari (1896–1989), Albanian Muslim guerrilla fighter and political figure

Bayrakdar

• Faraj Bayrakdar (born 1951), Swedish-Syrian poet and writer
• Maha Bayrakdar (1947–2025), Syrian and Lebanese poet and artist

Bayraktar

• Selçuk Bayraktar (born 1979), Turkish UAV engineer and businessman
• Selim Bayraktar (born 1975), Turkish actor
• Ufukhan Bayraktar (born 1986), Turkish footballer
• Uluç Bayraktar (born 1974), Turkish film director
• Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (died 1808), also known as Bayraktar Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman grand vizier
• Erdoğan Bayraktar (born 1948), Turkish politician and former government minister
• Gülşen Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish pop singer
• Hakan Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish footballer
• Sami Bayraktar (born 1978), Turkish-Belgian futsal player

See also

• Alemdar

References