Bülent is a

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masculine

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and a

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meaning "tall" and "high", from

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

''boland'' ( fa, بلند) which means ''tall'' or ''high''. The equivalent form in

Azeri Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic people living mainly in Azerbaijan (Iran), northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republi ...

is Bülənd. It may refer to:

Bülend

Bulend Biščević Bulend Biščević (born 10 March 1975) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played firstly as a right-back, and then as a midfielder. Club career Željezničar Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, B ...

(born 1975), Bosnian footballer *

Bülend Özveren Bülend Özveren (1943 – 18 October 2022) was a Turkish television presenter and sports commentator. Özveren completed his secondary education at (Istanbul) and higher education at Galatasaray High School. He graduated from Istanbul Univers ...

(1943–2022), Turkish television presenter and sports commentator *

Bülend Ulusu Saim Bülend Ulusu (1923 – 23 December 2015) was a Turkish admiral who was Prime Minister of Turkey from the time of the 1980 military coup to the time that elections were allowed in 1983. Biography Ulusu graduated from the Turkish Naval ...

(1923–2015), Turkish admiral and former prime minister

Bülent

* Bülent Akın, 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 Bülent Arınç (; born 25 May 1948) is a conservative Turkish politician. He served as the 22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2002 to 2007 and as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey between 2009 and 2015. Early life and education He wa ...

, Turkish politician of renowned oratory * Bülent Atalay, 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, Turkish actor *

Bülent Ceylan Bülent Ceylan (born 4 January 1976) is a German comedian and Kabarett artist. He plays several comic roles with frequent themes being the quirks of Germans from Turkish family backgrounds and people from Mannheim, told in the dialect of Mannhei ...

, 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 Bülent Eczacıbaşı (, born 1949) is a Turkish businessman. Currently, he serves as chairman of the board at Eczacıbaşı Holding, a prominent Turkish conglomerate. Background Bülent Eczacıbaşı was born in İstanbul in 1949 to Nejat Ec ...

, 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 Bülent Ersoy (; born 9 June 1952) is a Turkish singer and actress. She is known as one of the most popular singers of Turkish music, nicknamed Diva by her fans. Ersoy has many famous hits such as "Ümit Hırsızı" ''(Hope Thief)'', "Geceler" '' ...

, 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 Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan" () and "Cengaver" (), is a Turkish former professional footballer and current manager of TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor. Korkmaz was a ...

, 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 the ...

(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 Bulent Rauf (Istanbul 1911 – Chisholme House, Roberton, Scottish Borders 1987) was a Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator and author. From 1945 to the early sixties, he was married to Princess Faiza, sister of King Farouk of Eg ...

, 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, Turkish-French footballer *

Bülent Ünder Bülent Ünder (born 16 April 1949) is a Turkish former professional football player and manager. Playing career Born Istanbul, Turkey, Ünder played his entire career for Galatasaray. He played eight seasons for his club. His team won the Tu ...

, Turkish football manager * Bülent Yıldırım (referee), Turkish football referee *

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, Chi ...

(born 1966), Turkish Muslim activist Turkish masculine given names {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulent