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Yavuz
Yavuz is a common masculine Turkish given name and in Turkish, "Yavuz" means "inflexible", "resolute" and "ferocious". Etymology Old Turkic intervocalic or stem-final b, represented by bilabial w in Karakhanid and Khorezmian, is changed to v. Thus Yavuz comes from Old Turkic: ''yabïz'' (𐰖𐰉𐰕), Old Uyghur: ''yabīz'' or ''yawīz'', Khorerzmian: ''yawuz'' meaning "bad, vile". Given name * Selim I (1465–1520), nicknamed Yavuz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire * Yavuz Ağralı (born 1992), Turkish long-distance runner * Yavuz Ali Pasha (fl. 1601–1604), Ottoman statesman * Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official * Yavuz Çetin (1970–2001), Turkish musician * Yavuz Eraydın (born 1976), Turkish footballer * Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964), Turkish actor * Yavuz Görey (1912-1995), Turkish sculptor * Yavuz İlnam (born 1987), Turkish trap shooter * Yavuz Karamollaoğlu (born 1980), Turkish karate practitioner * Yavuz Mildon (born 1955), Turkish politician * Yavuz Özkan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selim I
Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, Tihamah and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about , having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign. Selim's conquest of the Middle Eastern heartlands of the Muslim world, and particularly his assumption of the role of guardian of the pilgrimage routes to Mecca and Medina, established the Ottoman Empire as the pre-eminent Muslim state. His conquests dramatically shifted the empire's geographical and cultural center of gravity away from the Balkans and toward the Middle East. By th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Görey
Yavuz Görey (27 August 1912 – 1995) was a Turkish sculptor. Life Yavuz Görey was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 27 August 1912. He is the brother of graphic artist İhap Hulusi Görey (1898–1986). After attending the primary and middle school at Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul and Galatasaray High School, he graduated in 1929. He studied mathematics at University of Liège. He took painting lessons at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), Antwerp Fine Arts Academy in Belgium. He completed his higher education at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul Fine Arts Academy, where he was a student in Namık İsmail's studio for a year, in 1940. He became an instructor at the Architecture Faculty of Istanbul Technical University. He died in 1995 in Istanbul. Career He worked with an abstract understanding and became known for his figurative busts and sculptures. He was influenced by German sculptor Rudolf Belling (1886–1972) while working with him at the Mimar S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmut Yavuz
Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982) is a Turkish Navy officer, who serves, currently as a lieutenant, in the SAT Commando (Underwater Attack) unit of the Marines and Special Forces. He is best known for his successful career as an ultramarathon runner and his indistinct fast speech. He holds many records and currently works as a running instructor. Mahmut Yavuz was born in 1982. At the age of 14, he entered the Naval High School on the island Heybeliada in Istanbul. After finishing high school, he attended the Naval Academy in Tuzla, Istanbul. He graduated with a BSc degree in computer engineering. He was commissioned as an officer of the SAT Commando (Underwater Attack) at the Turkish Navy Marines and Special Forces, a similar unit to the Underwater Demolition Team of the United States Navy SEALs. As of November 2013, Yavuz has the rank of a navy lieutenant ( tr, Deniz Yüzbaşısı), and is stationed in Keçilik village at Anadolu Kavağı, Beykoz, Istanbul. Sports career Mahmut Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Çetin
Yavuz Hilmi Çetin (25 September 1970 – 15 August 2001) was a Turkish musician, singer, and songwriter in the blues and psychedelic music genres. He gained renown in his native country for the skill and sensitivity of his guitar performances. Following his suicide at the age of 30, before the release of his highly praised album, ''Satılık'' '' or Sale', Çetin achieved a near-iconic posthumous status as a talent lost on the brink of great achievement. Also, he is one of the most known Anatolian blues singers. Musical training Born in the Black Sea port of Samsun, Turkey's 15th largest city and capital of Samsun Province, Yavuz Çetin spent his early school years traveling through the country's various regions, as his father, journalist Erdal Çetin, responded to the demands inherent in the profession. In 1984, at the age of 14, the adolescent music enthusiast was already taking blues and rock guitar lessons from guitarist Ahmet Kanneci and, the following year, started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yüksel Yavuz
Yüksel Yavuz (born 1 February 1964 in Karakoçan, Turkey) is a Kurdish people, Kurdish film director from Turkey. Early life and education Since 1980, he has lived in Germany, where he lived with his father who had found work at the port of Hamburg. From 1986 to 1989 he studied sociology and economics at the University of Hamburg and from 1992 to 1996 visual communications at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. Professional career His first film from 1995 he produced for the German public broadcaster ZDF and is an autobiographical documentary about the experience of his father as a Gastarbeiter, guest worker and his mother, who stayed behind in the village. Since he has directed several documentaries and feature films. His movies often focus on the Kurdish diaspora and the signification of the homeland for the refugees and immigrants. ''Longing for Istanbul'' focuses on the several nationalities that have settled in Istanbul while ''Hope'' on the human rights of Kurdish pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu
Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu (born 1967) is a Turkish serial killer and arsonist nicknamed "The Screwdriver Killer". He is considered the most prolific serial killer in Turkish history, being responsible for the deaths of 18 people between 1994 and 2002 according to police records, or as many as 40 according to eyewitnesses and his relatives. Early life Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu was born in Adana in 1967. He has nine siblings. He claimed his family was unloving. His father married a woman with whom he had an affair, and he was raised by his stepmother. He finished primary and middle school at the top of the class. He was well liked by his classmates. He left home and dropped out of high school in the tenth grade after a quarrel with his parents. He married, but the marriage lasted only a brief time. He played football on his school's team and later for an amateur league club. He started a business in the leather trade but was unsuccessful. Sometime before 1994, he joined a religious cult in Merte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Bingöl
Yavuz Bingöl (born 7 October 1964) is a Turkish folk music singer and actor. Early life Bingöl was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964 to teacher Yılmaz Bingöl and folk singer Senem Akkaş (better known with her stage name Şahsenem Bacı), both hailing from Sarıkamış district. Music career Bingöl enrolled at the Ankara State Conservatory in 1977 under influence from his mother but following his parents' divorce, he left the Conservatory in 1979 and moved to İzmir where his mother settled and started to work in menial jobs to support his family. He could return to music only by 1983 and founded with his friend Nihat Aydın the protest music band Atmacalar in 1989. The band changed its name to Umuda Ezgi in 1991. Bingöl left the band in 1995 and released his first solo album ''Sen Türkülerini Söyle'' the same year. Acting career Bingöl was in several miniseries on Turkish TV, including ''Bayanlar Baylar'', ''Ah Be İstanbul'' and ''Yanık Koza''. He also did the romance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Mildon
Yavuz Mildon (born 1 June 1955 in Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the former president of the Congress of the Council of Europe, of which he remains an honorary member. Early life Since he graduated in economics from the University of Istanbul, Yavuz Mildon has worked in the food-processing sector. He runs the Mildon Fish and Shellfish Company in Gelibolu, Çanakkale in the Marmara Region and is owner of a seafood export company. From 1988 to 1992 he was president of the Gelibolu Chamber of Commerce. Career Mildon’s political career began when he was elected to the Provincial Council of Canakkale in the 1994 local elections. He became a member of the Congress of the Council of Europe in 1995 and served as President of its Chamber of Regions from 2004 to 2008 and as its President of Congress from May 2008 to October 2010, when he was succeeded by Keith Whitmore. He was also the head of the Turkish delegation to the Congress. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Tatış
Yavuz Tatış (born 1947) is a businessman from İzmir, Turkey, who has accumulated over the years one of the richest private collections in Turkey of historical artifacts dating from the Anatolian, Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods. Tatış was born in 1947 in İzmir. The family company, the Tatış Group, is among the most prominent names in the city's business world, and his father, Bahattin Tatış, was also the founder of the Turkish College of İzmir, considered among the best high schools in Turkey. Yavuz Tatış himself has graduated from this school founded by his father and he did his university studies in the West Virginia University in business management. On his return to Turkey, he started his own company, and at the same time, he displayed a keen interest for the historical riches of the country, confirmed at first by his acting on his own to acquire a tourist guide's licence and then serving as guide for dignitaries visiting Turkey. Later, as of 1993, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Ağralı
Yavuz Ağralı (born 9 April 1992) is a Turkish long-distance running athlete who will compete in the marathon for Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Yavuz Ağralı was born in Bingöl, eastern Turkey on 9 April 1992. Competing in marathon, he is a member of the Zeytinburnu Beştelsiz S.C. in Istanbul. Ağralı became runner-up at the 2014 Zagreb Half Marathon, held within the Balkan Half Marathon Championships. He won the Zagreb Marathon with 2:18:22 held within the 2017 Balkan Marathon Championships. In 2020, he took the silver medal a second time at the Zagreb Half Marathon. On 23 February 2021, he participated at the Seville Marathon, where he passed the Olympic minimum limit. He then completed a 130-day training camp in Ethiopia, and went to his hometown Bingöl after his return to Turkey. The Turkish Athletic Federation selected him for participation at the Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavuz Özkan (footballer)
Yavuz Özkan (born 19 May 1985) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Life and career Özkan began his career with his hometown club Denizlispor. He signed a youth contract with the club in 1999, but never played a professional match for the club. He was transferred to Denizli Belediyespor in 2004. Özkan moved to Bursaspor in 2006. He was loaned to Tarsus Idman Yurdu for the second half of the 2007–08 season and was a part of the Bursaspor squad that won the Süper Lig in 2009–10.Bursaspor claim their place in history espn.com, accessed 3 June 2010 Honours Bursaspor *Süper Lig
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Yavuz Ataç
Yavuz Ataç is a former Turkish intelligence official in the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), best known for his relationship with Alaattin Çakıcı. A former head of MIT Foreign Operations, he was "sent into exile" in Beijing on 24 October 1997, and recalled in August 1998. He was forced to resign not long after this, when it was discovered that he had provided Çakıcı with a red "government official" passport. Career According to Sedat Ergin of '' Hurriyet'', "It was an open secret in Ankara that Ataç was the person who had "recruited" Çakici to MIT and served as his "liaison." ... According to sources close to the government, during an inquiry conducted in the past, Atac had reportedly admitted that MIT had provided Çakici with his first red passport in the early 1980s at a time Çakici was being used for certain activities directed against the Armenian militant organization ASALA in France." Ataç confirmed to a parliamentary commission in 2000 that Çakici had s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
