Ilyas is a form of the masculine given name Elias or Elijah.
Rıdvan is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Ridwan which the name also derived from the Islamic angel Ridwan and means "grace, pleasure, satisfaction and paradise". Notable people with the name include:
Reza is a Persian name, originating from the Arabic word رضا, Riḍā, which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In religious context, this name is interpreted as satisfaction or "perfect contentment with God's will or decree". The name is neutral and not one used only by a particular sect, and is used widely by Iranians, Arab Christians and Arab Druze. According to Annemarie Schimmel, "riḍā is closely related to shukr"; "shukr" is an Arabic term denoting thankfulness and gratitude.
Vahid is the Persian, Kurmanji Kurdish and Bosnian variant of the Arabic masculine given name Wahid, meaning "The One", "Unique". People named Vahid include:
Afro-Turks are Turkish people of African Zanj descent, who trace their origin to the Ottoman slave trade like the Afro-Abkhazians. Afro-Turk population is estimated to be between 5,000 and 20,000 people. Afro-Turks are distinct from African immigrants in Turkey, who are around 100,000 individuals.
Farooq is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."
Çelik, meaning "steel" in Turkish, is a Turkish given name and surname. It may refer to:
Vahap Özaltay or Vehâb Özaltay was a Turkish international footballer and track and field athlete.
Adem corresponding to Adam, is a masculine given name common in Turkey and Bosnia.
Saleh or Salih is an Arabic masculine given name and surname which means "Pious".
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:
Vahap Işık is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Işık is a unisex Turkish name and a surname. Notable people with the name are follows:
Umut is a Turkish gender neutral given name meaning hope. Notable people named Umut include:
Demirci is a Turkish surname meaning "blacksmith". Notable people with the surname include:
Kurt or Kurd is a Turkish name and surname literally meaning "wolf".
Said Altınordu, alternatively spelled Sait Altınordu, was a Turkish international footballer. Being a notable one-club man, Altınordu remains one of the most symbolic footballers of the Turkish city of İzmir, along with Vahap Özaltay of Altay S.K. and Fuat Göztepe of Göztepe S.K. His identification with Altınordu S.K. led him to choose the official name of the club as his surname, following the Surname Law of Turkey enacted in 1934.
Pehlivan or Pahlevan derives from Iranian language word meaning noble, wrestler, hero or champion and it is a loan word in many Asiatic languages as well as middle eastern languages including Turkish surname originally given to wrestlers. The name of Feyli (Pehli) Kurds is also deriving from the same root word. The word consist of two Iranic (Aryen) word "pehli" or "pahli" and "van, wan". While peh, pah is root word for hero "van" or "wan" is a suffix similar as in "er, or" in soldier, warrior, wrestler, shopper.
İbrahimoğlu or Ibrahimoghlu is a Turkish and Azerbaijani surname. Its literal meaning of "descendant of Ibrahim" is similar to that of the Bosnian surname Ibrahimović and the Albanian family name Brahimaj and it strongly indicates Muslim religious affiliation of its bearer. People with the name include:
Vahap Şanal is a Turkish chess grandmaster and two-time Turkish Chess Champion.
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