Kurtoğlu

Kurtoğlu is a Turkish name. In old times it was a patronymic lakap (epithet) meaning "son of Kurt", from the Turkish first name "Kurt". The latter name literally means "wolf" in Turkish. In modern times the epithet has become a surname. Notable people with this epithet or surname include:

Epithet

 * Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis, Ottoman admiral
 * Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis (1487–c. 1530), Ottoman privateer and admiral

Surname

 * Aydın Kurtoğlu (born 1983), Turkish musician
 * Cengiz Kurtoğlu (born 1959), Turkish musician
 * Ermal Kurtoğlu (born 1980), Albanian-Turkish basketball player