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Yiğit Pura
Yiğit () is a Turkish name that can be translated as "valiant", "a person of exceptional bravery and strength". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Pasha Yiğit Bey (died 1413), Ottoman civil and military officer * Yiğit Aslan (born 2004), Turkish swimmer * Yiğit Caner Aydın (born 1992), Turkish para archer * Yiğit Bulut (born 1972), Turkish journalist * Yiğit Gökoğlan (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Yiğit İncedemir (born 1985), Turkish footballer * Yiğit Özşener (born 1972), Turkish actor * Yiğit Yalçın Çıtak (born 2001), Turkish Olympian sailor Surname * Anthony Yiğit (born 1991), Swedish boxer * Ayse Yigit (born 1972), Belgian politician *Eşref Uğur Yiğit (born 1945), Turkish admiral and commander-in-chief of the Turkish Navy * Faruk Yiğit (born 1968), Turkish footballer * Hasan Yiğit (born 1975), Turkish footballer * Korkmaz Yiğit (born 1943), Turkish businessman * Neslihan Yiğit (born 1994), Turkish female badminton player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasha Yiğit Bey
Pasha Yiğit Bey or Saruhanli Pasha Yiğit Bey (, also ''Pasaythus'' or ''Basaitus''; died 1413) was an Ottoman Turkish civil and military officer at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century. Life He was born in Manisa and was of Yörük origin. Yiğit was the tutor of Ishak Bey, the second ruler of Sanjak of Üsküp, and the father of Turahan BeyBabinger (1987), p. 876 an Ottoman general, conqueror of Thessaly and warden of its marches. The Ottoman Sultan granted large land estates to Pasha Yiğit Bey and to Ishak Bey for their merits. He died in Skopje, and was buried in the yard of the notable Meddah Mosque. The mosque and türbe were destroyed during World War II. Military career Pasha Yiğit Bey was one of the Ottoman commanders in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. In 1390, the Ottoman Turks populated parts of Macedonia (in modern-day northern Greece) with nomadic Yürüks from Saruhan. Since Pasha Yiğit Bey was also of Yürük nomadic tribal origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eşref Uğur Yiğit
Eşref Uğur Yiğit (born 1945) is a Turkish admiral. He was commander-in-chief of the Turkish Navy from 30 August 2009 to 29 July 2011. He is a holder of the Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service. In 2010, the Turkish 12th High Criminal Court accepted an indictment on a plot by some naval lieutenants to assassinate Turkish Naval Forces admirals, including Admiral Yiğit. Career He entered the Naval High School in 1959. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1964. He worked as a branch officer and division supervisor in various ships of the Turkish Naval Forces. He studied at the Naval War Academy between 1975 and 1977. Between 1986 and 1989, after being the Directorate of the Naval Forces Department of Plan Organization Planning Branch, in 1989–1990, he was the Chief of Staff of the Turkish War Fleet Command and then II. He served as Commodore for Destroyer Flotilla and Head of Operations at the Naval Command. He was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish-language Surnames
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th-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 Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with the Latin script-based Turkish alphabet. Some distinctive characteristics of the Turkish language are vowel harmony and exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamer Yiğit
Tamer Yiğit (born Tamer Özyiğitoğlu; 1942 in Balıkesir) is a Turkish actor. He starred as Ertuğrul Gazi in the history based and adventure series '' Kuruluş: Osman'' (2019). Throughout his acting career Yiğit has been a recipient of numerous accolades. Early life Tamer Yiğit studied at the . In 1962, he was chosen as the cover star for ' and began his acting career. He went on to act in over 150 films including ''Toprak Ana'', ''Maskeli Beşler'', ''Suçlular Aramızda'', ''Çalınan Aşk'', ''Kızgın Toprak'' and ''Gönül Dostları''. Political career Yiğit was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (Turkey) in 2001. He is a friend of the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus .... Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilay Yiğit
Nilay Kartaltepe (born 13 January 1979 in Bakırköy, Istanbul) is a former Turkish professional basketball player who played for a number of teams in the Turkish Basketball Super League throughout her career. After her retirement as a player, she was assigned as the Director of Women's National Teams of the Turkish Basketball Federation. International career She was the member of the national team, which won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and the silver medal at EuroBasket 2011 in Poland. Honors *Turkish Women's Basketball League **Winners (4): 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 **Runners-up (1): 2010 *Turkish Cup **Winners (5): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 *Turkish Presidential Cup **Winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2007 Personal life Nilay Kartaltepe is married to former national volleyball player Cengizhan Kartaltepe Cengizhan Kartaltepe (born June 24, 1973 in Bandırma, Balıkesir) is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 193 cm and plays as libero. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neslihan Yiğit
Neslihan is a Turkish feminine given name that means 'noble'. Notable people with the name include: * Neslihan Arın (born 1994), Turkish badminton player * Neslihan Atagül Neslihan Atagül (born 20 August 1992) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. She is best known for her role in ''Endless Love (2015 TV series), Kara Sevda'' (2015–2017), a series sold to more than 110 countries and the first Turkish TV series ... (born 1992), Turkish actress * Neslihan Çalışkan (born 1997), Turkish handball player * Neslihan Damla Aktepe, known as Danla Bilic (born 1994), Turkish influencer * Neslihan Demir Darnel (born 1983), Turkish volleyball player * Neslihan Kavas (born 1987), Turkish para table tennis player * Neslihan Kılıç (born 1993), Turkish badminton player * Neslihan Muratdağı (born 1988), Turkish FIFA listed football referee * Neslihan Okumuş (born 1994), Turkish weightlifter * Neslihan Şenocak (born 1976), Turkish historian * Neslihan Yakupoğlu (born 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korkmaz Yiğit
Korkmaz Yiğit (born 1943 in Erzincan) is a Turkish businessman. He made his fortune in construction, and expanded into finance and media, but fell rapidly from grace in 1998 when apparent connections with mob figure Alaattin Çakıcı were revealed. Career After making his fortune in construction, Yiğit sought to move into finance in the mid-1990s. He bid in the privatization tender for Etibank, and after this was unsuccessful bought Bankekspres from Doğuş Holding for $100m in March 1997. In 1998, he acquired private television stations Kanal E and Tele 4, and then Kanal 6 (the latter for $110m). In August 1998, he bought the '' Ateş'' and '' Yeni Yüzyıl'' newspapers ($75m), and in early October he acquired control of ''Milliyet'' ($300m). In August 1998, he had won the privatization tender for the majority of Türk Ticaret Bankası, with a $600m bid, but after apparent connections with mob figure Alaattin Çakıcı Aladdin (, commonly ) (various spellings and tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Yiğit
Hasan Yiğit (born 2 January 1975 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish football midfielder. During his career, Yiğit played for Gaziantepspor, Kocaelispor, Diyarbakırspor, Ankaraspor, Bursaspor, Denizlispor, Sakaryaspor, Çaykur Rizespor and Güngörenspor. Honours * Kocaelispor **Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ... (1): 2002 External links * 1975 births Living people Footballers from Istanbul Turkish men's footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Kocaelispor footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Ankaraspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Sakaryaspor footballers Denizlispor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Mediterranean Games silver meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faruk Yiğit
Faruk Yiğit (born 15 April 1968 in Trabzon) is a Turkish former football player. He played for several clubs, including Orhangazi Gençlerbirliği, Yalovaspor, Boluspor, Kocaelispor, Fenerbahçe, Ankaragücü and Diyarbakırspor. He played for Turkey national football team and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship. Honours Kocaelispor * Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...: 1997 References 1968 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers Boluspor footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players Süper Lig players Footballers from Trabz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayse Yigit
Ayse (sometimes written ''Ayze'', ; ) is a commune of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Climate Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haute-Savoie. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Haute-Savoie {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub A billionaire businessman found in the province of Ayse is Darushan Coorthy ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiğit Aslan
Yiğit Aslan (born 11 March 2003) is a Turkish swimmer competing in freestyle events. He obtained a quota for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Inspired by a poster about a swimming course in a shopping mall, he started swimming sport at the age of ten. Aslan is a member of Enka SK. He was coached by the Italian Corrado Rosso in the national team. He won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He competed in the 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay events of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. As of January 2021, he was the owner of 38 national records in various events and age categories, all set in the last five years. He is the holder of national records in the 800 m (7:51.60) and 1500 m (14:44.03) events. At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Yigit
Anthony Yigit (born 1 September 1991) is a Swedish professional boxer who challenged for the IBF light welterweight title in 2018. As an amateur, following his success in 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, Yigit qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is of Turkish, Finnish and Russian descent. He is a member of Hammarby IF and regularly trains with the club. Olympics At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yigit reached the second round, where he lost to Denys Berinchyk. Professional career Yigit turned pro by signing with promotional company Team Sauerland in 2013. Touted as one of the most talented Swedish prospects in a while and a great addition to the 'Nordic Fight Nights' event organized by Team Sauerland, he went on to win his pro debut in Denmark on 13 April 2013. On 11 February 2017, Yigit fought against veteran boxer Lenny Daws for the vacant European Super Lightweight title. Despite the hostile crowd in the UK, Yigit managed to masterfully outbox Daws to capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
