Karatay
# Karatay

Karatay or Karatai is a Turkic word that may refer to:

## Places

* Karatay, Konya, a town and district of Konya Province, Turkey
* Karatay, Russia, a rural locality (a village) in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
* Caratai, Karatay, historical name of Castelu, Romania, from the times of the Ottoman Empire

## People

* Qaratays, a Turkic (Tatar) ethnic group that lives near Karatay, Russia
* Canan Karatay (born 1943), Turkish professor, medical doctor
* Dursun Karatay (born 1984), Austrian footballer
* Nefise Karatay (born 1976), Turkish actress
* Karatai, birth surname of Maksim Łužanin, Belarusian writer and poet
