Çağatay is a Turkish masculine name. It is also used as a family name. Chagatai Khan (Çağatay Han in Turkish) was a son of Genghis Khan. Chagatai ruled the Chagatai Khanate from 1226 to 1242 C.E. Given name Akif Çağatay Kılıç (born 1976), Turkish politician and government minister Çağatay Ulusoy (born 1990), Turkish model and actor Surname Ali Rıfat Çağatay (1867–1935), Turkish composer Cafer Çağatay (1899–1991), Turkish footballer Ergun Çağatay, Turkish photojournalist Mustafa Çağatay, former prime minister of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus See also Chagatai (disambiguation) Chughtai, further information Kagatay (disambiguation) Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names