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Arda (name)
Arda is a male name used in Turkey. In Turkish, Arda means sceptre, a stick planted in the ground to mark a spot, latter (successor), the Arda river (an important tributary of the Maritsa in the Edirne region), a very old Turkic name in Uyghur writings; a female Armenian given name; a female Somali given name; and, separately, a given name of Old English origin. Given name * Arda of Armenia, a queen of Jerusalem *Arda Akbulut (born 2001), Turkish footballer * Arda Bowser (1899–1996), American footballer * Arda Collins, American poet of Armenian descent *Arda Denkel (1949–2000), Turkish philosopher *Arda Green (1899–1958), American biochemist *Arda Güler (born 2005), Turkish footballer * Arda Kural (born 1980), Turkish actor * Arda Mandikian (1924–2009), Greek Armenian opera singer *Arda Ocal (born 1981), Turkish-Canadian TV and radio broadcaster *Arda Turan (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Arda Vekiloğlu (born 1979), Turkish basketball player *Kemal Arda Gürdal (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Iraq, Syria, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested the European Union to add Turkish as an official language, even though Turkey is not a member state. Turkish is the 13th most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's Reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with a Latin alphabet. The distinctive characteristics of the Turk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Bowser
Arda "Ard" Crawford Bowser (January 9, 1899 – September 7, 1996) was a professional football player who spent two years of the National Football League with the Canton Bulldogs and the Cleveland Indians. Bowser won an NFL championship with the Bulldogs in 1922. In 1923, he played for the Indians. He was the first NFL player to use the kicking tee. Arda was considered the last surviving member of the 1922 Canton Bulldogs team, when he died in 1996. Early life Arda Crawford Bowser was born on January 9, 1899, in Danville, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Rev. Addison Bartholomew Bowser (1858-1936) and Ella Zelima Stebbins (1869-1954). College career After serving in the Navy during World War I, Bowser entered Bethany College, however he transferred to Bucknell University in 1920 where he also played college football. At Bucknell, he received All-East and All-American honors. He was captain of the 1921 Bucknell football team and is considered one of the great kickers in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasemin Arda
Yasemin Arda (born 1978) is a Turkish-Belgian management scientist and operations researcher specializing in supply chain management. She is a professor in the management school of the University of Liège, vice-dean for education in the school, and the president for the 2021–2022 term of the Belgian Society for Operations Research. Arda graduated from Istanbul Technical University in 1999, with a bachelor's degree in engineering, earned a master's degree in industrial engineering in 2001 at Boğaziçi University, and earned a second master's degree in industrial systems in 2003 at Paul Sabatier University in France, before completing her Ph.D. in 2008 at the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations ( research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes ca ... in France, und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Arda
Ben Arda (13 June 1929 – 20 December 2006) was a Filipino professional golfer. Arda, known as ''Bantam Ben'' and ''the Toy Tiger'' because of his small stature, was one of Asia's leading golfers during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first Filipino to qualify for the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship. He won nine tournaments on the Asia Golf Circuit, including the Philippine Open three times, and headed the points list in 1970. He also won four times on the Japan Golf Tour and played in the World Cup 16 times, recording a best finish of 2nd place in 1977 with playing partner Rudy Lavares. Professional wins (15) Japan Golf Tour wins (4) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit Asia Golf Circuit wins (9) *1963 Philippine Open *1967 Singapore Open *1970 Malaysian Open *1973 Singapore Open * 1974 Indonesia Open *1976 Thailand Open, Sobu International Open (also a Japan Golf Tour event) *1977 Dunlop International Open (also a Japan Golf Tour event) *1979 Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemal Arda Gürdal
Kemal Arda Gürdal (born 2 July 1990) is a Turkish freestyle swimmer. At the 2012 European Aquatics Championships held in Debrecen, Hungary, he set a new national record in 100 m freestyle with 49.64, and equaled the national record in 200 m freestyle of Aytekin Mindan from 2002. Gürdal was invited for participation in the 100 m freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ..., Turkey, he won two silver and two bronze medals. Achievements References 1990 births Living people Turkish male freestyle swimmers Galatasaray Swimming swimmers Olympic swimmers of Turkey Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Mediterranean Games silver medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Vekiloğlu
Arda Vekiloğlu (born 21 January 1979, in Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. He was recently head coach for Petkim Spor of the TBL. He was a part of the Turkey national basketball team. In August 2018, he signed to become the head coach of Bursaspor Basketbol. On July 2, 2019, he has signed with Petkim Spor of the TBL. Career Player: * Pınar Karşıyaka (1995–1999, 2005–2006) * Efes Pilsen (1999–2000, 2001–2002) * Galatasaray Café Crown (2000–2001, 2002–2003, 2004–2005) * Ülkerspor (2003–2004) * Beşiktaş Cola Turka (2006–2007) * Kepez Belediyesi (2007–2008) Coach: * Gelişim Koleji (Youth Team) * Bursaspor (Head Coach) * Petkim Spor (Head Coach) * Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor Balıkesir () is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–1922, it was the capital of Karasi. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Turan
Arda Turan (born 30 January 1987) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played most notably as a winger. Turan is mostly known for his ball control, dribbling skills and vision. At age 21, prior to the 2009–10 season, he was named captain of Galatasaray. Following a successful UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, Turan was ranked eighth in a selection of the ''100 Best Young Football Players in the World'' piece published by Spanish magazine '' Don Balón'' in July 2008. Turan was ranked 38th in "The 100 Best Footballers in the World" by ''The Guardian'' in 2014, the only player on the list to be born in Turkey. On 25 November 2014, Turan was nominated for the UEFA Team of the Year for 2014, among 39 other players. Turan holds 100 senior national caps and 17 goals for the Turkey national team, making him Turkey's fifth-most capped player of all-time. Club career Galatasaray Turan is a product of the Galatasaray youth. He was promoted to the Galatasaray first-team by manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Ocal
Arda Ocal ( tr, Arda Öcal; born May 7, 1981) is a Canadian television personality, broadcaster, announcer, and writer. He previously worked in WWE under the stage name Kyle Edwards, as well as the host of Aftermath TV on Sportsnet 360 and The MSG Hockey Show on MSG Network, as well as various current sports coverage on ESPN and TRT World. His previous roles included being a columnist for ''The Baltimore Sun'' publication/blog and as an analyst for Rogers TV and host for YES Network. He was also formerly with The Weather Network as a morning show co-host, The Score Television Network (where he created the show ''Aftermath'' as well as hosted ''WWE Experience'' and ''Countdown to WWE Raw''), and Global TV as a sports reporter, as well as a co-host of the daily lifestyle program Daytime on the Canadian channel Rogers TV in Mississauga, Ontario, before beginning to host and provide color commentary for their flagship Brampton Battalion OHL hockey broadcasts and serving as host for Tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Mandikian
Arda Mandikian (1 September 1924 – 8 November 2009) was a Greek-Armenian soprano opera singer. Mandikian launched her career in England. She took on leading roles in London and Edinburgh. In the 1980s she became the assistant director of the Greek National Opera. Career Mandikian was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1924. Mandikian's parents, Krikor Mandikian and Beatrike Ananian, were survivors of the Armenian genocide. The family fled to Athens, Greece, and Mandikian was sent to the Athens Conservatory where she studied under Elvira de Hidalgo. When she was 15 she made her operatic début with Maria Callas. In 1948 she travelled to Britain to meet the scholar and composer Egon Wellesz. Wellesz arranged for her to give a recital that included Greek music written over two millennia. This included Delphic Hymns written in about 128 B.C.John Warrack, ‘Mandikian, Arda (1924?–2009)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 201accessed 7 Sept 2015/ref> ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Kural
Arda Kural (born 12 April 1980) is a Turkish actor. He studied at Yalova Teknik and Endüstri Meslek High School. Following 2 years of drama training, he started acting professionally at the Tiyatroroman Theatre. He also worked at Kral TV as a VJ for a short time. In 1999, Kural made his television debut in the series ''Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü'' where he acted with Haluk Bilginer, Yıldız Asyalı and Nergis Kumbasar. After appearing in ''Şemsi Paşa Pasajı'' and ''Kuzenlerim'', he starred in Mustafa Altıoklar's successful teenage series ''Lise Defteri''. He then played Posta Ferit in ''Emret Komutanım''. In 2005, he acted in the films ''Banyo'' directed by Mustafa Altıoklar and ''Sahne''. Kural appeared in the film ''Gelecekten Bir Gün'' in 2010 directed by Boğaçhan Dündar. After realizing that he would only earn 21,890 for his role in the movie '' Kubilay'', he started to show signs of psychosis due to financial issues and on 28 December 2012 he was hospitalized at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Güler
Arda Güler (born 25 February 2005) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team. Club career Early career Güler started his youth career at Ankara-based club Gençlerbirliği, in 2014. He joined Fenerbahçe youth ranks in 2019. Fenerbahçe Güler signed a two-and-a-half-year-long professional contract with Fenerbahçe, on 13 January 2021. He is considered as a wonderkid and seen as a big prospect for future. 2021–22 season Güler made his senior debut as a substitute player against Finnish club HJK in the play-off round encounter of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League. Held at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, on 19 August 2021, it ended 1–0 for Fenerbahçe. In his first Süper Lig match, on 22 August 2021, he provided the assist allowing Miha Zajc to score the 1–0 in the 89th minute of the game. He started getting more playing time as the 2021–22 season progressed. In March 2022, Güler became the youngest go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arda Green
Arda Alden Green (May 7, 1899 – January 22, 1958) was an American biochemist who co-discovered the neurotransmitter serotonin and discovered the reaction responsible for firefly bioluminescence. She is also known for contributing to Gerty Cori and Carl Cori's elucidation of the Cori cycle and showing how pH affects hemoglobin's ability to bind and transport oxygen. She received the Garvan-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society for her work. Early life and education Arda Green was born in Prospect, Pennsylvania, daughter of Vennis A. Green and Melva Stevenson Green. Her father taught chemistry, and her sister Metta Clare Green (Loomis) earned a PhD in physics. The Green family moved to California when Arda was a girl. Arda Green earned undergraduate degrees in chemistry and philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley in 1921; she continued into graduate study of philosophy, but soon shifted her focus to medicine. She earned a medical degree at Johns Hopkins Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
