Özdemir

Özdemir is a Turkish given name for males meaning "pure iron." It may refer to:

Given name

• Özdemir Pasha (died 1561), Circassian Mamluk general for the Ottoman Empire
• Özdemir Sabancı (1941–1996), Turkish businessman
• Ozdemir Turan (born 1950), Turkish acrobat

Surname

• Ali Talip Özdemir (born 1953), Turkish politician and former leader of the Motherland Party
• Burak Özdemir (born 1994), Turkish chef and restaurateur
• Cansu Özdemir (born 1988), German politician of Kurdish descent
• Cem Özdemir (born 1965), German politician of Turkish descent
• Demet Özdemir (born 1992), Turkish actress, model and dancer
• Cüneyt Özdemir (born 1970), Turkish journalist
• Ela Naz Özdemir (born 2006), Turkish female swimmer
• Emre Ozdemir (born 1981), Turkish cartoonist and illustrator
• Enes Özdemir (born 2002), Turkish karateka
• Evren Ozdemir (born 1977, Turkish-Canadian rapper, producer and songwriter
• Hasan Özdemir (born 1947), Turkish former police chief and politician
• Hasan Özdemir (footballer) (born 1964), Turkish footballer
• İbrahim Özdemir (born 1960), Turkish philosopher
• İlkay Özdemir (born 1981), Turkish female performer of stage magic
• Mahinur Ozdemir (born 1982), Belgian politician
• Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent
• Nihat Özdemir (born 1950), Turkish businessman
• Nilay Özdemir (born 1985), Turkish female volleyball player
• Oktay Özdemir (born 1986),Turkish-German actor
• Pervin Özdemir (born 1951), Turkish female ceramics artist
• Serkan Özdemir (born 1976), Turkish football player
• Seçkin Özdemir (born 1981), Turkish actor
• Şenay Özdemir (born 1969), Turkish-Dutch television presenter, journalist and women's rights activist

Places

• Özdemir, Elmalı, a village in the Elmalı district of the Antalya Province of Turkey
• Panik, Turkey, a town in the Iğdır Merkez district of the Iğdır Province of Turkey known as Özdemir before 2014