Alev may refer to:
Alev is a
Turkish given name (meaning ''flame'') for females. People named Alev include:
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Alev Alatlı, 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, Turkish artist
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Alev Erisir, Turkish-American academic in Psychology
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Alev Kelter,
United States
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international rugby player
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Alev Korun, Turkish-Austrian politician
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Alev Lenz, German-Turkish singer/songwriter
*''Alev'' is also a type of settlement in
Estonia
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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). There are twelve ''alev''s in Estonia.
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Turkish feminine given names