Topal (surname)

Topal
Pronunciation Turkish: [ˈtopaɫ]
Origin
Word/Name Turkish
Other names
Variant(s) Topaloğlu (English: son of Topal)

Topal is a Turkish word meaning "lame" and may refer to:

Surnames of contemporary people

  • Bahtiyar Topal (born 1957), Turkish football manager
  • Hakan Topal (born 1972), Turkish-Amererican artist
  • Mehmet Topal (born 1986), Turkish football player
  • Murat Topal (born 1976), Turkish-Austrian futsal player
  • Stepan Topal (born 1938), Gagauz politician from Moldova who served as Governor of Gagauzia from 1990 to 1995
  • Turan Topal, Turkish Christian convert, who went on trial in 2006 for crimes against "Turkishness" and Islam

Epithets of historical Ottomanpeople

Epithets of historical Bosnian rulers

See also

  • Topol (surname), a Polish/Russian/Jewish surname of different lineage than those of Turkish origin
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