Umut is a Turkish given name.
Umut may also refer to:
- Umut (film), a 1970 Turkish drama film
- The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, a museum in Tokyo, Japan
Umut is a Turkish given name.
Umut may also refer to:
Tanis is an archaeological site in Egypt, and the location of a city of the same name.
Diyarbakır Province is a province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km2 and its population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır. The province has a Kurdish majority and is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan.
Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary working-class people in Turkey. Güney won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film Yol which he co-produced with Şerif Gören. He was at constant odds with the Turkish government over the portrayal of Kurdish culture, people and language in his movies.
Çankaya is a district of Ankara, Turkey. It is home to many government buildings, including the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, as well as nearly all foreign embassies to Turkey. Çankaya is a cosmopolitan district and considered the cultural and financial center of Ankara.
Hüseyin Nihâl Atsız was a prominent Turkish ultranationalist writer, novelist, and poet. Nihâl Atsız self-identified as a racist, Pan-Turkist and Turanist. He was a critic of Islam in his later life, defining it as “a religion created by the Arabs, for Arabs”. He was the author of over 30 books and numerous articles and was in strong opposition to the government of İsmet İnönü, which he criticized for co-operating with the communists. He was accused of being a sympathizer of the Nazi government and plotting to overthrow the Turkish government.
Umut Bulut is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Eyüpspor. Between 2007 and 2018, he made 39 appearances and scored ten goals for the Turkey national team.
Mehmet Recep Peker was a Turkish military officer and politician. He served in various ministerial posts and finally as the Prime Minister of Turkey. He self-identified as a Fascist and was critical of Islam.
Ümit is a unisex Turkish given name and occasional surname, meaning “hope”, originated from the Persian name, Omid. Notable people with the name include:
Gürkan is a Turkish surname and given name for males. The word "Gürkan", is a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "Kuragan" meaning "son-in-law". This was an honorific title used by the Timurid dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, as Timur had married Saray Mulk Khanum, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
Umut is a Turkish gender neutral given name meaning hope. Notable people named Umut include:
Kekilli is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bulut is a Turkish given name for men and a surname and may refer to:
Sözen is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Umut Dilan Bozok is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Trabzonspor. Born in France, he plays for the Turkey national team.
Cengiz Umut Meraş is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Beşiktaş.
The 2021 Turkish Super Cup or 2021 Turkcell Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as Presidential Cup in 1966, the annual Turkish football match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions. The game was played on 5 January 2022 between Beşiktaş and Antalyaspor. The venue was the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Beşiktaş won the match 4–2 on penalties.
During the Racism-Turanism trials the prosecution accused the defendants of spreading racist and pan-Turkist ideologies and attempting a coup on the Turkish Government. The trials lasted between May 1944 and March 1947, and were triggered by nationalist demonstrations on 3 May 1944 in support of Nihal Atsız who was on trial against Sabahattin Ali for defamation. According to tried pan-Turkists as well as researchers like Edward Weisband and Uğur Mumcu, the trials were plotted to improve the relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union.
The University Museum, The University of Tokyo (UMUT) is a museum in Tokyo, Japan. It is part of The University of Tokyo. UMUT was established in 1966 to mainly preserve the collection of the university. Today UMUT works with preservation, research, and exhibitions for the general public.
Umut Aral is a Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for the Netflix Original The Protector., Love 101 and his feature debut on esports 'Good Game: The Beginning'.
The 2022 Turkish Cup Final was a football match that decided the winner of the 2021–22 Turkish Cup, the 60th edition of Turkey's primary football cup. The match was played on 26 May 2022 at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul between Kayserispor and Sivasspor.