Bekir is a
Turkish given name for males which comes from
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...
the first Caliph of Islam.
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Bekir Fikri (1882–1914), Ottoman officer and revolutionary
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Bekir Sıtkı Bircan (1886–1967), Turkish footballer
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Bekir Bozdağ
Bekir Bozdağ (born 1 April 1965) is a Turkish lawyer and politician of Kurdish origin and current Minister of Justice.http://www.rudaw.net/turkish/middleeast/turkey/060520162 On 6 July 2011 he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister in the ...
(born 1965), Turkish lawyer and politician
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Bekir Büyükarkın (1921–1998), Turkish poet, novelist and playwright
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Bekir Çoban-zade (1893–1937), Crimean Tatar poet and professor of Turkic languages
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Bekir Coşkun
Bekir Coşkun (1945 – 18 October 2020) was a Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, ''Cumhuriyet''. He was a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper ''Hürriyet'' before they were co ...
, Turkish journalist
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Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan (1926-2014), Turkish poet and songwriter
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Bekir Sami Günsav
Bekir Sami Günsav (1879 in Bandırma – 1934 in Istanbul) was a Turkish career officer, who served in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.
He was born in the village of Haydar in the district of Bandırma to father Hasan Bey and mother Aishe ...
(1879–1934), officer of the Ottoman Army
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Bekir İrtegün
Bekir İrtegün (born 20 April 1984) is a Turkish professional football player who plays for Sakaryaspor.
Career Club career
On 8 June 2009, İrtegün transferred to Turkish giants Fenerbahçe on a three-year deal.
İstanbul Başakşehir
On 1 ...
(born 1984), Turkish footballer
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Bekir Karayel (born 1982), Turkish middle and long-distance runner
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Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician
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Bekir Küçükay, Turkish classical guitarist
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Bekir Ozan Has (born 1985), Turkish footballer
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Bekir Sami Kunduh (1867–1933), Turkish foreign minister
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Bakr Sidqi
Bakr Sidqi al-Askari (; 1890 – 11 August 1937) was an Iraqi general of Kurdish origin, born in 1890 in Kirkuk and assassinated on 11 August 1937, at Mosul.
Early life
Bakr Sidqi was born to Kurdish family either in ‘Askar,Edmund Ghareeb, ...
, Iraqi nationalist and general of Kurdish origin
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Bekir Özlü (born 1988), Georgian-Turkish judoka
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Bekir Rasim (born 1994), Bulgarian footballer of Turkish descent
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Bekir Refet (1899–1977), Turkish football player
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Bekir Sıtkı Sezgin (1936–1996), Turkish musician
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Bekir Yarangüme (born 1977), Turkish basketball player
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Bekir Ghazawna (born 1988), Turkish footballer
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Muhamed Bekir Kalajdžić
Muhamed Bekir Kalajdžić (22 October 1892 – 10 September 1963) was a Bosnian writer, bookseller and publisher, who founded the journal '' Biser'' as a teenager. The first issue of the magazine was published 1 June 1912.
He was a fighter for t ...
(1892–1963), Bosnian writer, bookseller and publisher
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Erol Bekir
Erol Bekir, formerly known as Erol Bekirovski, (born 25 January 1974) is a Turkish-Swedish football manager and former player of Turkish origin with roots from Macedonia.
Playing career Club
He started out playing for his hometown club Malmö ...
(born 1974), Swedish-Macedonian football manager and former player of Turkish origin
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Turkish masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names