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meaning "tall" and "high", from Persian ''boland'' ( fa, بلند) which means ''tall'' or ''high''. The equivalent form in Azeri is Bülənd. It may refer to:

Bülend

* Bulend Biščević (born 1975), Bosnian footballer * Bülend Özveren (1943–2022), Turkish television presenter and sports commentator * Bülend Ulusu (1923–2015), Turkish admiral and former prime minister

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Bülent Akın Bülent Akın (born 28 August 1978) is a Belgian-born Turkish former Association football, footballer. Club career Akin's potential was noticed after Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray legend Gheorghe Hagi remarked on how well the y ...

, Belgian-Turkish footballer *

Bülent Arel Bülent Arel (23 April 1919 – 24 November 1990) was a Turkish-born composer of contemporary classical music and electronic music. He was born in Istanbul, and studied composition at the Ankara Conservatory and sound engineering in Paris. ...

, Turkish-born composer * Bülent Arınç, Turkish politician of renowned oratory *

Bülent Atalay Bülent Atalay (born 1940) is a Turkish-American educator, author, scientist, and artist. Born in Ankara, Turkey in 1940, Atalay is the author of the best selling book, Math and the Mona Lisa: the Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci', initiall ...

, Turkish-American author, scientist, and artist *

Bülent Ataman Bülent Ataman (born June 19, 1974, in Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish retired footballer. He was last playing for Fethiyespor. Standing at 191 cm. Career He has previously played for Ofspor, Erzurumspor, Beşiktaş J.K., Düzcespor, Tr ...

, Turkish footballer *

Bülent Bezdüz Bülent Bezdüz (born 1967 in Ankara) is a Turkish operatic tenor. Bezdüz graduated from Gazi University’s Department of Music and started his vocal studies with Polish tenor Roman Werlinski. He was helped by Hüseyin Akbulut, director-genera ...

, Turkish tenor *

Bülent Çetinaslan Bülent Çetinaslan (born 25 May 1974) is a Turkish actor and former model. He is mostly recognized for his performances in ''Duvar'' (2007) as Taylan and subsequently ''Arka Sıradakiler ''Arka Sıradakiler'' () is the title of a Turkish teen ...

, Turkish actor * Bülent Ceylan, German comedian *

Bülent Çetin Bülent Çetin (born 1985) is a Turkish amputee footballer playing as goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is a member of the Turkey national amputee football team. Private life Bülent Çetin was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 198 ...

(born 1985), Turkish amputee football player *

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in ...

, Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist * Bülent Eczacıbaşı, Turkish billionaire businessman and philanthropist *

Bülent Eken Bülent Eken (26 October 1923 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played most of his career at Galatasaray SK, but also played for Salernitana and Palermo in Italy. After his career he became a manager and he coached in Ital ...

, Turkish footballer and coach * Bülent Ersoy, Turkish singer *

Bülent Ertuğrul Bülent Ertuğrul (born September 17, 1978) is a Turkish football player who last played for Denizlispor in defender position. He played in Nazilli Belediyespor Nazilli Belediyespor is the local football team for city of Nazilli in Turkey. Th ...

, Turkish footballer *

Bülent Evcil Bülent Evcil (born 1968) is a Turkish solo flutist and is the winner of the Royal Belgium Encouragement Medal of Art. He received the second place award in the ''Best Overall Performer Award'' at the 4th James Galway International Flute Seminar ...

, Turkish flutist *

Bülent Kayabaş Osman Bülent Kayabaş (25 August 1945 – 19 April 2017) was a Turkish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963 to 2017. He is particularly notable for his villain role in the 1973 film '' Karateci Kız'' where his character ...

, Turkish actor *

Bülent Kocabey Bülent Kocabey (born June 8, 1984 in Istanbul, Turkey), is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Edirnespor Edirnespor is the football team of Edirne, Turkey and her colours are yellow and red. Founded in 1966 In the beginning o ...

, Turkish footballer * Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer and coach *

Bülent Korkmaz (archer) Bülent Korkmaz (born March 5, 1975) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's compound bow event. Early life Bülent Korkmaz was born on March 5, 1975. He lives in Biga town of Çanakkale Province, where he is employed by t ...

(born 1975), Turkish Paralympian archer *

Bülent Ortaçgil Bülent Ortaçgil (born 1 March 1950) is a Turkish composer and singer. Biography He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1950. He moved to Istanbul after starting elementary school which he finished at Sultanahmet Elementary School in Istanbul. He co ...

, Turkish composer and singer * Bülent Özcan, Turkish Poet * Bulent Rauf, Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator, and author *

Bülent Şenver Bulent Şenver is a Turkish banker and lecturer in finance. Education Bulent Şenver graduated from the Accounting and Finance Department of the Administrative Sciences Faculty at Boğaziçi University. He has been through various trainings in ...

(born 1950), Turkish banker and lecturer *

Bülent Uygun Bülent Uygun (born 1 August 1971) is a Turkish football manager and former player. He played as an attacking midfielder after starting his career as a striker, and was the captain of Fenerbahçe. His nickname is ''The Soldier''. Playing career ...

, Turkish footballer and coach *

Bülent Uzun Bülent Uzun (born 21 November 1990) is a Turkish professional professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TFF First League club Eyüpspor. He is not to be confused with Turkish football referee Bülent Uzun. Career Uzun played between ...

, Turkish footballer *

Bülent Üçüncü Bülent Üçüncü (born 13 August 1974) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 30 September 1996. Üçüncü retired from professional football i ...

, Turkish-French footballer * Bülent Ünder, Turkish football manager *

Bülent Yıldırım (referee) Bülent Yıldırım (born 1 March 1972 in Pınarbaşı, Kayseri Province, Turkey) is a Turkish football referee. He was educated in Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. Currently, he is e ...

, Turkish football referee * Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım (born 1966), Turkish Muslim activist Turkish masculine given names {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulent