Çağlayan (surname)
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Çağlayan is a Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

 surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

. In Turkish, "Çağlayan" means a cataract in terms of the types of waterfall
Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

s .

Notable Persons

  • Armağan Çağlayan, Turkish
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

     television producer.
  • Burhan Suat Çağlayan, Minister of Culture of Turkey
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

    .
  • Hüseyin Çağlayan, Turkish Cypriot fashion designer
  • Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan
    Mehmet Zafer Çaglayan
    Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan is Minister of State Turkey and Member of Parliament of the ruling Justice and Development Party.Çağlayan graduated in mechanical engineering from Gazi University in Ankara in 1980 and went on to a career in the aluminium industry...

    , Minister for Trade and Industry of Turkey
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

  • Sevim Çağlayan, Turkish actress and Ottoman classical music
    Ottoman classical music
    Ottoman classical music developed in Istanbul and major Ottoman towns from Skopje to Cairo, from Tabriz to Morocco through the palace, mosques, and sufi lodges of the Ottoman Empire. Above all a vocal music, Ottoman music traditionally accompanies a solo singer with a small instrumental ensemble...

    singer.
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