Çiğdem is a common feminine
Turkish given name
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full na ...
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Turkish
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, "Çiğdem" means "
Crocus", "
Colchicum", and/or "
Meadow Saffron
''Colchicum autumnale'', commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron, or naked ladies, is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses, but is a member of the plant family Colchicaceae, unlike the true crocuses, whi ...
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Çiğdem Balım Harding Çiğdem Balım Harding is a senior lecturer at Indiana University. Balım is also the director of graduate studies and as the director of language instruction in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
Çiğdem Balım received her ...
, American senior lecturer at Indiana University
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Çiğdem Belci
Çiğdem Belci (born 17 June 1987) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Women's Super League for Beşiktaş in Istanbul with jersey number 5. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2003.
Early life
ÇiÄ ...
(born 1987), Turkish footballer
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Çiğdem Can Rasna
Çiğdem Can (born July 5, 1976 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 184 cm and plays as middle player. She has played for Fenerbahçe Acıbadem team since 2006 and wears number 12. Çiğdem is the team's captain. S ...
(born 1976), Turkish volleyball player
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Çiğdem Dede
Çiğdem Dede (born February 27, 1980, in Gaziantep, Turkey) is a Turkish powerlifter competing in the −44 kg division. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Paralympics. She is a dwarf athlete of Ankara Guven Spor, where she is coached by ...
(born 1980), Turkish paralympic powerlifter
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Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı
Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı (29 January 1940 – 2 March 2017) was a Turkish scientist and professor. She was a university professor since 1969 and received the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psycholo ...
(1940–2017), Turkish scientist in social psychology
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Çiğdem Özyaman
Çiğdem Özyaman (born 1985 in Düzce, Turkey) is a Turkish sport shooter competing in the skeet event. The tall athlete at is right-handed.
She began sport shooting at the age of 14 with her father's encouragement. She serves as a teacher of ...
(born 1985), Turkish sport shooter
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Çiğdem Talu
Çiğdem Talu (October 31, 1939 – May 28, 1983) was a Turkish pop music lyricist. The writer Ercüment Ekrem Talu was her grandfather.
Çiğdem wrote her first song "''Ağlıyorum Yine''", which was sung by Nilüfer and released on her sing ...
(1939—1983), Turkish pop music songwriter
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Çiğdem, Balya
Çiğdem is a village in the Balya district of Balıkesir province
Balıkesir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale ...
, a village
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Turkish feminine given names