Alev may refer to:
Alev is a
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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given name (meaning ''flame'') for females. People named Alev include:
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Alev Alatlı Alev Alatlı (born 1944 in Menemen) is a Turkish columnist and bestselling novelist.
Early years
She was born 1944 in the town of Menemen in western Turkey to an officer's family. She spent her childhood in Japan, where her father was appointed a ...
, Turkish economist, philosopher, columnist and bestselling novelist
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Alev Croutier
Alev Lytle Croutier, known in Turkey as "Alev Aksoy Croutier" (born 1945 in İzmir, Turkey), is a writer based in San Francisco, US. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. She is the author of the non-fiction books ''Harem: the World beh ...
, Internationally acclaimed writer based in San Francisco
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Alev Demirkesen
Alev Demirkesen (born 1964 in Istanbul), is a Turkish artist who works in the field of Turkish decorative arts. Her works include ceramic decoration, miniature and illumination.
She believes that when something breaks it is no longer of the sam ...
, Turkish artist
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Alev Erisir
Alev Erisir is a Turkish-American neuroscientist. She is a Professor of Psychology and the Department Chair at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Her primary research areas include synaptic connectivity in the visual and taste systems ...
, Turkish-American academic in Psychology
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Alev Kelter
Leyla Alev Kelter (born March 21, 1991) is an American rugby sevens and rugby union player.
Rugby career
She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team. She also made ...
,
United States
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international rugby player
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Alev Korun
Alev Korun is a Turks in Austria, Turkish-Austrian politician. Korun was the first Turkish congresswoman in the Parliament of Austria, Austrian Parliament (The Greens – The Green Alternative, Greens).
In parliament, Korun has been serving as a ...
, Turkish-Austrian politician
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Alev Lenz
Alev Lenz (born 17 January 1982, in Munich) is a Turkish–German, Grammy-nominated record producer, singer-songwriter and composer.
Career
Lenz, the daughter of a Turkish mother and a German father, signed her first publishing deal with BMG M ...
, German-Turkish singer/songwriter
*''Alev'' is also a type of settlement in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
(
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
like), that is on a lower level than a
town or city. The name means "borough". It is larger than an ''alevik'' (
small borough
The following is a list of boroughs ( et, alevid) and small boroughs ( et, alevikud) in Estonia.
Boroughs
* Aegviidu
*Järva-Jaani
*Järvakandi
*Kiili
*Kohila
*Kohtla-Nõmme
* Lavassaare
*Märjamaa
* Paikuse
*Pärnu-Jaagupi
* Tootsi
*Vändra
S ...
). There are twelve ''alev''s in Estonia.
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Turkish feminine given names