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Altun Ha Belize
Altun is a Turkish surname meaning ''gold'' or ''golden''. Notable people with the surname include: * Berfin Altun (born 1999), Turkish female weightlifter * Hakan Altun (born 1972), Turkish singer * Meryem Altun (1976—2002), Turkish prisoner, who died on hunger strike * Selçuk Altun (born 1950), Turkish writer * Yunus Altun )born 1977), Turkish footballer See also *Altyn-Tagh Altyn-Tagh (also Altun Mountains, Altun Shan; , Pinyin: ''A'erjin Shan'', Wade–Giles: ''A-erh-chin Shan;'' Uyghur'':ئالتۇن تاغ'') is a mountain range in Northwestern China that separates the Eastern Tarim Basin from the Tibetan P ... (Altun Mountains) * Altun Ha, ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize {{surname, Altun Turkish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berfin Altun
Berfin Altun (born 1 November 1999) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the women's –71 kg division. She is a member of Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü. Major results Altun became silver medalist in the Clean and jerk event and in total at the 2016 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in n Eilat, Israel. At the 2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Zamość, Poland, she captured the gold medal in the 69 kg Clean& Jerk event. In 2019, she took the silver medal in the 71 kg Clean & Jerk event and the bronze medal at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji. At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, she won the bronze medal in the -64 kg Snatch event, and gold medals in the Clean & Jerk event, and became champion. She won the bronze medal in the Clean and jerk event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow Moscow ( , US ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakan Altun
Hakan Altun (born 13 August 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and instrumentalist. He was born in Istanbul. After elementary school, he got a place in the academy of music, where he completed his secondary, high and university education, assisted by his grandfather Hafız Zeki Altun. After graduation bachelor of arts in music, he continued his studies focusing on Traditional Turkish Music. In his second year of post-graduate studies, he quit to pursue a career as an instrumentalist in the Edirne State Choir, playing the lute. Before a break for mandatory military service in Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ..., he performed in the most popular clubs in Istanbul. In TV interviews, he has stated that he composed his very first song "Hani Bekleyecektin" (You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryem Altun
Meryem Altun (1976 – April 1, 2002) was a Turkish prisoner who died on hunger strike. She attended Umraniye high school, was a critic of the Turkish prison system, She was declared a martyr by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Front. Altun was in Umraniye prison at the time of a December 19, 2000 massacre of prisoners by prison guards A prison officer or corrections officer is a uniformed law enforcement official responsible for the custody, supervision, safety, and regulation of prisoners. They are responsible for the care, custody, and control of individuals who have been .... References External linksArticle on Meryem Altun on her death from the DHKC [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selçuk Altun
Selçuk Altun (born 1950) is a Turkish writer, publisher and retired banking executive. Biography Born in Artvin, Turkey, in 1950, he graduated from the Management Department of Boğaziçi University. He began work in the finance sector in 1974 and was chairman of Yapi Kredi Bank, chairman of one of the Turkey's largest Internet company Superonline from its inception in 1994 and executive board director of the YKY (Yapı Kredi Publications), where he amassed a personal library of 9,000 volumes and published works by Louise Gluck and John Ashbery, before he retired in 2004 to pursue his writing career full-time. “My goal was to write a book by the age of 50”, he says. “Before that, I knew I needed to read, so I read some 4,000 books before I sat down to write. That, more than anything, gave me the confidence I needed.” His first novel ''Yalnızlık Gittiğin Yoldan Gelir'' (''Loneliness Comes from the Road You Go Down'') was published in 2001 and has been subsequently foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunus Altun
Yunus Altun (born 25 August 1977 in Eyüp, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional footballer. He played as a striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A participant in a strike action *A participant in a hunger strike *Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assistant *Striker's Independent Society, the oldest mystic krewe in America People wi .... References 1977 births Living people People from Eyüp Turkish footballers Hatayspor footballers Kayserispor footballers Konyaspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Elazığspor footballers Malatyaspor footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Mardinspor footballers Kocaelispor footballers Turanspor footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Bucaspor footballers Mersin İdman Yurdu footballers Altay S.K. footballers Footballers from Istanbul Association football forwards {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altyn-Tagh
Altyn-Tagh (also Altun Mountains, Altun Shan; , Pinyin: ''A'erjin Shan'', Wade–Giles: ''A-erh-chin Shan;'' Uyghur'':ئالتۇن تاغ'') is a mountain range in Northwestern China that separates the Eastern Tarim Basin from the Tibetan Plateau. The western third is in Xinjiang while the eastern part forms the border between Qinghai to the south and Xinjiang and Gansu to the north. Altun Shan is also the name of a mountain near the eastern end of the range, the highest point in Gansu. Etymology Altyn Tag means ''Gold Mountain'' in Turkic, and Jin Shan () is Chinese for '' Gold Mountain''. Geography A series of mountain ranges run along the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. In the west are the Kunlun Mountains. About halfway across the south side of the Tarim Basin, the Altyn-Tagh Range diverges northeast while the Kunluns continue directly east, forming a relatively narrow "V". Inside the "V" are a number of endorheic basins. The eastern end of the Altyn-Shan is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altun Ha
Altun Ha is the name given to the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize, located in the Belize District about north of Belize City and about west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. The site covers an area of about . Stones from the ruins of the ancient structures were reused for residential construction of the agricultural village of Rockstone Pond in modern times, but the ancient site did not come to the attention of archeologists until 1963. The Old Northern Highway connects Altun Ha to Belize's Northern Highway, and the site is accessible for tourism. The largest of Altun Ha's temple-pyramids, the "Temple of the Masonry Altars", is high. A drawing of this structure is the logo of Belize's leading brand of beer, " Belikin". Etymology According to the Belize Institute of Archaeology, the site's name means "Rockstone Water," and is a Yucatec Mayan approximation of the name of the nearby village of Rockstone Pond. In Yucatec Mayan, ''haltun'' is a stone water deposit or cis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
