Atasagun is a Turkic word referring to the chief physician. The word is used in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk with this meaning. It began to be used as a surname when Turkification attempts started shortly after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.
Notable people with the surname are as follows:
- İbrahim Şevki Atasagun (1899–1984), Turkish soldier and statesman
- Şenkal Atasagun (born 1941), Turkish civil servant
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References
- ^ Hamza Zülfikar (January 2014). "Fark Edilmeyen Türkçedeki Oldubittiler" (PDF). Türk Dili (in Turkish). CVI (745): 25.
- Varis Abdurrahman (2003). "Tarihi Türk Şehri Balasagun Hakkında Yeni İncelemeler". Belleten (in Turkish). 67 (250): 771–780. doi:10.37879/belleten.2003.771.