Atakan
# 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
