Canan or Janan is a Turkish female name from Persian origin, meaning beloved, it may refer to:
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود, common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.
Canan Öztoprak is a Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Cabinet Minister appointed in the April 2005 TRNC Government of Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer. Her portfolios were National Education and Culture.She has been an active peace activist and founding member of the Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group. A psychologist, she graduated from Middle East Technical University in 1974.
Tolon may refer to:
Aisha is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Aisha, the youngest wife of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and is a very popular name among Muslim women.
Karatay or Karatai is a Turkic word that may refer to:
Lise may refer to:
Asli is a Turkish unisex given name. It is derived from the Turkish noun aslı whose meanings include genuine, authentic, and the essence. It is used as a nickname for the heroine in the 16th-century Turkic tale "Kerem ile Aslı" after the hero asks her ""Why do you want me to leave you? What is the essence of your wish?”.
Adnan is an Arabic masculine name common in the Muslim world. Its eponymous bearer was Adnan, an ancient ancestor of various Arabian tribes. The etymological meaning of the name is settler, from a semitic root `dn; "to stay, abide".
Adem corresponding to Adam, is a masculine given name common in Turkey and Bosnia.
Topçu may refer to:
Sibel is a Turkish female given name. People named Sibel include:
Öztoprak is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cem is a male given name.
Yaşar is a masculine Turkish given name, which also appears as a surname. In non-Turkish publications, the name would many times appear as Yasar.
Ibrahim is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a cognate of the name Abraham or Avram in Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. In the Levant and Maghreb, Brahim and Barhoum are common diminutives for the first name Ibrahim.
Bayram is both a masculine Turkish given name and a Turkish surname. Notable people with the name include:
Ekrem Alican was a Turkish politician, government minister and party leader.
Canan Tolon is a Turkish-born artist who now lives and works in Emeryville, California. Tolon works in the mediums of printmaking, painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation.
Canan Kaftancıoğlu is a Turkish physician and politician. She is the president of the Republican People's Party's (CHP) in Istanbul. In September 2019, she was sentenced to 9 years and 8 months imprisonment for insulting the president and terrorism related charges but after an appeal by the CHP, the Court of Cassation reduced her sentence to over 4 years and 11 Months in May 2022. The Turkish government under President Recep Erdoğan's administration put her on trial for tweeting about the Armenian genocide and assassinations of the three female members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Paris. Her trial came in the wake of her party's victory in regional elections in Istanbul. During her trial she read out a poem by Nazim Hikmet.
Canan Güllü is a Turkish activist who is the President of the Federation of Women Associations of Turkey (TKDF). She was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2021.