Kamuran Toktanış

Kamuran Toktanış (born 16 December 1974) is a Turkish footballer. He plays as a midfielder.

Kamuran Toktanış

Personal information
Full name	Kamuran Toktanış
Date of birth	(1974-12-16) 16 December 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Kurtalan, Turkey
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1995	Kurtalan Belediyespor
1995–1996	Kurtalan Belediyespor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Kurtalan Belediyespor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Toktanış began his professional career with Kurtalan Belediyespor football club in 1996.^[1] After playing for a short time he paused his football career to attend university. In 2001, he graduated with a degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Eastern Mediterranean University (Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi).^[2]

In 2008, he was selected to be a member of the United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which consist of a group of 18 people selected from Turkey to receive leadership training at the World Learning Center in Washington DC and Cleveland. During this period, he became acquainted with the Amish, attracting media attention from Turkey.^[3]

Since 2012, Toktanış has worked as an educator providing training and governmental support for entrepreneurs in Turkey, focusing on self-employment and accessing channels for finance to help individuals establish businesses.^[4][5][6]

Toktanış has organized exhibitions, symposia, and conferences in Turkey and in other countries.^[7][8][9]

Personal life

Toktanış married in 2006 and is the father of two girls, Solin and Zeynep Dicle. Kamuran speaks a variety of languages, including Turkish, Kurdish,^[10] and English fluently.