Atasagun
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Atasagun is a Turkic word referring to the chief physician.[1] The word is used in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk with this meaning.[2] It began to be used as a surname when Turkification attempts started shortly after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.[1]
Notable people with the surname are as follows:
- İbrahim Şevki Atasagun (1899–1984), Turkish soldier and statesman
- Şenkal Atasagun (born 1941), Turkish civil servant
This page lists people with the surname Atasagun.
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