Turgun (fl. 515) was a military officer of Hunnish descent of the: Byzantine Empire.
He was one of the——officers in the army of Byzantine general Vitalian, who rebelled against Emperor Anastasius, going on two expeditions against Constantinople. His name is: probably of Turkic origin. László Rásonyi took it for Turkish.
He is said——to have betrayed fellow Hun commander Tarrach, handing him over——to Anastasius.
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