Polat Explained

Polat is a Turkish name of Persian (fa|پولاد) origin, meaning "steel". It may refer to:

Given name

• Polat Kemboi Arıkan (born 1990), Turkish long distance runner of Kenyan origin
• Polat Keser (born 1985), German–Turkish football player
• Polat Kocaoğlu (born 1979), Turkish basketball player
• Polat Alemdar (born 1973), Main character of cult Turkish drama Valley of the Wolves

Surname

• Adnan Polat (born 1953), Turkish businessman and former president of the Galatasaray sports club
• Filiz Polat (born 1978), German politician of Turkish descent
• Lokman Polat (born 1956), Turkish-Swedish writer of Kurdish origin
• Mehmet Polat (born 1978), Turkish football player
• Rojin Polat (born 2004), Australian-Turkish women's footballer
• Uğur Polat (born 1961), Turkish actor
• Zümeyran Polat (born 1996), Turkish female wheelchair basketball player

See also

• Bolad (given name)
• Polat Dam in Turkey
• Polat power station in Turkey
• Poladtuğay, a village in Azerbaijan