Abd Allah, also spelled Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdullah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and Allāh. Although the first letter "a" in Allāh, as the first letter of the article al-, is usually unstressed in Arabic, it is usually stressed in the pronunciation of this name. The variants Abdollah and Abdullah represent the elision of this "a" following the "u" of the Classical Arabic nominative case. Abd Allah is one of many Arabic theophoric names, meaning servant of God. God's Follower is also a meaning of this name.
Niğde is a city and the capital of in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Niğde Province and Niğde District. Its population is 170,511 (2022). It lies at an elevation of 1,276 m (4,186 ft).
ATV is a Turkish free-to-air television network owned by Turkuvaz Media Group. As of August 2013, ATV was Turkey's most popular channel with a market share of 22%. ATV was founded by Sabah Group, who is the original owner of the channel. The channel changed its ownership to Ciner Media Group in 2002 and TMSF in 2007. ATV was owned by Çalık Holding's Turkuvaz Media Group.
Halfeti is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 609 km2, and its population is 41,662 (2022). It is near the east bank of the river Euphrates, 120 km from the city of Şanlıurfa.
Karaisalı is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,165 km2, and its population is 22,042 (2022).
Abdullah Mucib Avcı is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and a former professional footballer. He is the former manager of Trabzonspor. He has also managed the Turkey national team.
The Turkey national Under-21 football team, also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.
The Turkey national futsal team represents Turkey in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, which founded the national team in 2006.
Aytaç Durak is a Turkish politician, and was the mayor of Adana between 1984 and 2014, excluding one term (1989–1994). He is the longest serving locally elected city mayor in Turkey. Adding his 17 years as a municipal councillor, he served the municipality of Adana for 42 years by the end of this term in 2014. He was the president of the Municipalities Union of Turkey for 17 years and the Çukurova Municipalities Union for 12 years.
Fahrudin Durak is a Yugoslav-Albanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Aytaç is a Turkish given name and surname. Ay is the Turkish word for "moon" and taç for "crown", so Aytaç can be translated as "crown of the moon" or "moon crown". People named Aytaç include:
Durak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karaisalı, Adana Province, Turkey. Its population is 207 (2022).
Menzil is a village in the Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Kawan tribe and had a population of 2,318 in 2021.
Abdullah Çevrim was a Turkish footballer who played as a forward for Gençlerbirliği, Fenerbahçe, MKE Ankaragücü and Gaziantepspor.
Mustafa Durak is a French professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Turkish club Ergene Velimeşe.
Durak is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lüleburgaz railway station is a station in the village Durak, Turkey. Despite carrying the town's name, the station is located about 5.9 km (3.7 mi) south of Lüleburgaz. Ever since the station was opened, a settlement began around its vicinity, which later became the village of Durak. TCDD Taşımacılık operates a daily regional train from Istanbul to Kapıkule, which stops at Lüleburgaz station.
Durak railway station is a railway station in the Mersin Province of Turkey. Since the station is not near any settlement, it is used mainly as a siding. Durak station was originally opened on 27 April 1912 by the Baghdad Railway. Sitting at the base of the Taurus Mountains, the station was used as a staging point to construct the railway further through the mountains, similar to Ulukışla station. The station house was built in the Turkish Neoclassical style, similar to the Yenice station house.
Nûdem Durak is a Kurdish singer, folk musician and political prisoner from Northern Kurdistan imprisoned by Turkey. In 2015 she was arrested and sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for singing Kurdish political songs, regarded as evidence of "being a member of a terrorist organization".
