Bayraktar (surname)

Bayraktar is a Turkish surname and word that consists of the Turkish word “bayrak (/bɑɪrɑq/)” for flag and Persian suffix "دار(/dɑːr/)", literally meaning flag-owner or "flag-bearer".

People
Notable people with the surname or epithet include:

Bajraktari

 * Muharrem Bajraktari (1896–1989), Albanian Muslim guerrilla fighter and political figure

Bayrakdar

 * Faraj Bayrakdar (born 1951), Swedish-Syrian poet and writer
 * Maha Bayrakdar (born 1947), Syrian poet and artist

Bayraktar

 * Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (died 1808), also known as Bayraktar Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman grand vizier
 * Erdoğan Bayraktar (born 1948), Turkish politician and former government minister
 * Gülşen Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish pop singer
 * Hakan Bayraktar (born 1976), Turkish footballer
 * Sami Bayraktar (born 1978), Turkish-Belgian futsal player
 * Selçuk Bayraktar (born 1979), Turkish UAV engineer and businessman
 * Selim Bayraktar (born 1975), Turkish actor
 * Ufukhan Bayraktar (born 1986), Turkish footballer
 * Uluç Bayraktar (born 1974), Turkish film director