[1][2][3] Her father was Ismail Enver Pasha, son of Ahmed Bey and Ayşe Dilara Hanım,[4][5] and her mother was Naciye Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Selim Süleyman and Ayşe Tarzıter Hanım.
[6] She had an older sister, Mahpeyker Hanımsultan and a younger brother, Sultanzade Ali Bey.
[8] In 1920, during her father's stay in Berlin, Türkan, her mother and sister Mahpeyker joined him, where her younger brother Sultanzade Ali Enver was born in 1921.
[13][14][15] During World War II, Türkan along with her sister Mahpeyker were brought to Switzerland by their uncle Nuri Pasha, however Ali chose to remain in Istanbul, due to studies, they both returned back to Istanbul in 1943.
[18] The couple later settled in Geneva, Switzerland, where their only son, Osman Mayatepek was born on 1 June 1950.