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Akar
Akar is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Furkan Akar (born 2002), Turkish short track speed skater * Hulusi Akar (born 1952), Turkish Army general * Meltem Akar (born 1982), Turkish female boxer * Nasuh Akar (1925–1984), Turkish sports wrestler * Rıdvan Akar (born 1961), Turkish journalist and author * Zeina Akar (born ), Lebanese politician * Zeki Akar Zeki Akar (born April 1, 1944 in Niksar), is a Turkish judge and served as the first president of the Court of Cassation A court of cassation is a high-instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of cassation do not re-examine ... (born 1944), Turkish judge {{surname, Akar Turkish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulusi Akar
Hulusi Akar (born 12 March 1952) is the current Turkish minister of defense and a former four-star Turkish Armed Forces general who served as the 29th chief of the Turkish General Staff. Akar also served as a brigade commander in various NATO engagements including the International Security Assistance Force against the Taliban insurgency, Operation Deliberate Force during the Bosnian War, the Kosovo Force during the Kosovo War, as well as overseeing much of the Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War. Early life and education Akar was born in 1952 in Kayseri, Turkey. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1972 and the Turkish Infantry School in 1973. In 1975 he attended Queen's University Belfast for postgraduate studies in International Diplomacy. He attended academic programs in Computer Programming at Middle East Technical University and International Relations at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, and completed his doctorate at Boğaziçi Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furkan Akar
Furkan Akar (born 6 March 2002) is a Turkish Olympian short track speed skater. He is the first representative of Turkey at the Olympic Games in short track speed skating. He is also the first and only Turkish athlete placed in "Top 10" at the Winter Olympics by finishing 6th in the 1000-meter event at the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China. Akar finished third (1:34.780) and gained a bronz medal in the 2023 European Championship 1000 metres race, a first for Turkey. Early years Furkan Akar was born in Erzurum, Turkey on 6 March 2002. He started motivated performing winter sportby his brother while he was watching him in training. At age of nine, he began skiing. He is a student of Sport coaching in the Sport Science Faculty at Atatürk University in Erzurum. Sports career Akar competes in short track speed skating with the license of Erzurum G.S.İ.M. He has been in the national team since 2015. He took the bronze medal in the Boys' 500m and the silver medal in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasuh Akar
Nasuh Akar (10 May 1925 – 18 May 1984) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight class of Men's Freestyle category at the 1948 Olympics. Wrestling career He was born in the village Yiğitler of Boğazlıyan district of Yozgat Province. He attended primary school in his village. He completed his secondary and high school education at Eskişehir State Railways School. He started wrestling as a teenager and developed into an excellent freestyle wrestler. In 1946, he participated in the first international wrestling championship held after World War II, the European Free Style Championship in Stockholm. There, things were quite turbulent in the bantamweight division, in which Nasuh competed, as four wrestlers defeated each other. Nasuh Akar managed to beat the Finnish champion Erkki Johansson and the Hungarian champion Lajos Bencze, among others, while he lost on points to the two-time European vice-champion from 1938 and 1939 Kurt Pettersén from Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeina Akar
Zeina Adra ( Akar; ar, زينة عكر عدرا; born 1964) is a Lebanese politician who served as the Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021. She was the first female defence minister in the Arab world. Early life and career Zeina Akar was born in Koura. She has a bachelor's degree in marketing and management from the Lebanese American University. In 1998, she and her husband founded the Social and Cultural Development Association (INMA), a development NGO to provide educational, health and economic services in Kefraya and Lebanon. She was the executive director of the research and consultancy firm "Information International", which was founded by her husband. Political career Akar was appointed Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in January 2020, one of six women appointed to the twenty member Cabinet in the new government headed by Prime Minister Hassan Diab. She is the country's first female defence minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meltem Akar
Meltem Akar (born May 12, 1982) is a Turkish female boxer competing in the light flyweight (48 kg) division. She is the daughter of Şenol Akar, who was between 1975-1980 an active amateur boxer in Giresun. Meltem Akar started boxing in 2006. She is coached by Metin Kısa. At the 2011 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships held in Katowice, Poland, she became champion. Currently, she is a student of physical education and sports at the Black Sea Technical University. See also * List of female boxers This is a list of notable female boxers. For a list of notable male boxers, see List of male boxers. A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Name ! National ... References External links Meltem AkaraAwakening Fighters Sportspeople from Giresun Turkish women boxers Living people Karadeniz Technical University alumni 1982 births Light-flyweight boxers 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rıdvan Akar
Rıdvan Akar (born 1961,) is a Turkish journalist and author. Doğan KitapRıdvan Akar/ref> He has contributed to '' Söz'', '' Ekonomik Panorama'', ''Tempo'', ''Milliyet''. He has been editor-in-chief of the news programme ''32. Gün'' (CNN Turk / Kanal D).kultur.gov.trAKAR, Rıdvan/ref> Together with Hikmet Bila and Mehmet Ali Birand, he has authored five editions of a book on the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. He is known for his work on history, politics and minorities in Turkey; he has also published a novel, ''Bir Irkçının İhaneti'' (Betrayal of a Racist, 2002). He was educated at Gazi University and Istanbul University. Books * ''Varlık Vergisi Kanunu: tek parti rejiminde azınlık karşıtı politika örneği'' (1992). Belge Yayınları * ''12 Eylül: Türkiye'nin miladı'' (1999, with Hikmet Bila and Mehmet Ali Birand Mehmet Ali Birand (9 December 1941 – 17 January 2013) was a Turkish journalist, political commentator and writer. Biography He was born to İzz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeki Akar
Zeki Akar (born April 1, 1944 in Niksar), is a Turkish judge and served as the first president of the Court of Cassation A court of cassation is a high-instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of cassation do not re-examine the facts of a case, they only interpret the relevant law. In this they are appellate courts of the highest instance. In th .... External links *Zeki Akar at the official High Court of Appeals site 1944 births Living people People from Niksar Court of Cassation (Turkey) justices Turkish civil servants {{Turkey-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
