Bülent is a
Turkish
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* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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masculine
given name
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and a
family name
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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
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Bulend Biščević (born 1975), Bosnian footballer
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Bülend Özveren (1943–2022), Turkish television presenter and sports commentator
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Bülend Ulusu (1923–2015), Turkish admiral and former prime minister
Bülent
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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
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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
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Bülent Arınç, Turkish politician of renowned oratory
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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
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Bülent Ataman, Turkish footballer
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Bülent Bezdüz, Turkish tenor
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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
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Bülent Ceylan, German comedian
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Bülent Çetin (born 1985), Turkish amputee football player
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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
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Bülent Eczacıbaşı, Turkish billionaire businessman and philanthropist
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Bülent Eken, Turkish footballer and coach
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Bülent Ersoy, Turkish singer
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Bülent Ertuğrul
Bülent Ertuğrul (born September 17, 1978) is a Turkish football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of footbal ...
, Turkish footballer
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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
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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
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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 begin ...
, Turkish footballer
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Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer and coach
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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
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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 ...
, Turkish composer and singer
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Bülent Özcan, Turkish Poet
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Bulent Rauf, Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator, and author
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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 i ...
(born 1950), Turkish banker and lecturer
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Bülent Uygun, Turkish footballer and coach
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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
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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
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Bülent Ünder, Turkish football manager
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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
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Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım
Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım (born 1966 in Erzurum, Turkey) is a Turkish lawyer and the current president of Turkish NGO, İHH (İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri, İnsani Yardım Vakfı) which provided humanitarian relief in Libya, Pakistan, Russia, C ...
(born 1966), Turkish Muslim activist
Turkish masculine given names
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