# Metin

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'''Metin''' is a Turkish given name and a surname that means solid and durable; derived from the Arabic word "metîn" (متين).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nisanyanadlar.com/isim/Metin | title=metin|website=nişanyan }}</ref> It is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Notable people with the name include:

==Given name==
*[Metin Akan](/source/Metin_Akan) (born 1983), Turkish professional footballer
*[Metin Akpınar](/source/Metin_Akp%C4%B1nar) (born 1941), Turkish actor
*[Metin Aktaş](/source/Metin_Akta%C5%9F) (born 1977), Turkish footballer
*[Metin Aslan](/source/Metin_Aslan) (born 1978), Austrian footballer
*[Metin Ataseven](/source/Metin_Ataseven) (born 1972), Swedish politician
*[Metin Lütfi Baydar](/source/Metin_L%C3%BCtfi_Baydar) (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist
*[Metin Boşnak](/source/Metin_Bo%C5%9Fnak) (born 1965), Turkish scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature, and poet
*[Metin Bostancıoğlu](/source/Metin_Bostanc%C4%B1o%C4%9Flu) (born 1942), Turkish politician
*[Cemal Metin Bulutoğluları](/source/Cemal_Metin_Buluto%C4%9Flular%C4%B1) (born 1960), Turkish Cypriot mayor of the capital of Northern Cyprus
*[Metin Çelik](/source/Metin_%C3%87elik) (born 1970), Turkish-Dutch politician
*[Metin Depe](/source/Metin_Depe) (born 1981), Turkey football defender
*[Metin Diyadin](/source/Metin_Diyadin) (born 1968), Turkish football manager and retired player
*[Metin Erksan](/source/Metin_Erksan) (1929–2012), Turkish film director and art historian
*[Metin Ersoy](/source/Metin_Ersoy) (1934–2017), Turkish singer
*[Metin Günay](/source/Metin_G%C3%BCnay) (born 1963), Turkish director
*[Metin Hüseyin](/source/Metin_H%C3%BCseyin) (born 1959), British television and film director
*[Metin Kaçan](/source/Metin_Ka%C3%A7an) (1961–2013), Turkish author and novelist
*[Metin Kaplan](/source/Metin_Kaplan) (born 1952), the leader of the radical Islamist movement Kalifatsstaat based in Cologne, Germany
*[Metin Kaya](/source/Metin_Kaya) (born 1961), Turkish-born German politician
*[Metin Kurt](/source/Metin_Kurt) (1948–2012), Turkish footballer
*[Metin Oktay](/source/Metin_Oktay) (1936–1991), Turkish footballer
*[Metin Serezli](/source/Metin_Serezli) (1934–2013), Turkish actor
*[Metin Sitti](/source/Metin_Sitti) (born 1970), Turkish roboticist and university professor
*[Metin Tekin](/source/Metin_Tekin) (born 1964), Turkish professional football player
*[Metin Toker](/source/Metin_Toker) (1924–2002), Turkish journalist and writer
*[Metin Türel](/source/Metin_T%C3%BCrel) (1935–2018), Turkish football coach
*[Metin Yenal](/source/Metin_Yenal), German actor active in the United Kingdom
*[Metin Yüksel](/source/Metin_Y%C3%BCksel) (1958–1979), Kurdish Islamist from Turkey
*[Metin Yurdanur](/source/Metin_Yurdanur) (born 1951), Turkish sculptor

==Surname==
*[Tümer Metin](/source/T%C3%BCmer_Metin) (born 1974), Turkish international footballer

==References==
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Category:Given names
Category:Turkish-language surnames
Category:Turkish masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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