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Given name

Derviş

Derviş Ali Derviş Ali ( ota, دروش على Modern Turkish: ''Derviş Ali'') (d. 1673) was a 17th-century Ottoman calligrapher. Life and work His is known as Derviş Ali, the elder or by the nicknames ''Büyük'', ''Birinci'' or ''ayırt Mâruf'' (to ...

(died 1673), Ottoman calligrapher * Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu (1924-1965),

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...

politician assassinated by Turkish paramilitary group TMT. *

Derviş Eroğlu Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

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Derviş Kemal Deniz Derviş Kemal Deniz (born October 2, 1954) is the former Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus political minister, Minister of Economic system, Economy and Tourism. He was appointed to these portfolios on April 28, 2005, in the 19th cabinet of TRNC u ...

(born 1954), Turkish Cypriot politician * Dervis Konuralp (born 1980), British Paralympic swimmer of Turkish-Cypriot descent * Derviş Turhan (1919–2010), Turkish jurist and former president of the Supreme Court * Derviş Vahdeti (1870–1909), Cyprus-born Ottoman religious figure and journalist *

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Sc ...

(born 1964), Turkish Cypriot novelist

Derviš

* Derviš-beg Alić Sarvanović, Ottoman governor of the sanjak of Montenegro *

Derviš Hadžiosmanović Derviš Hadžiosmanović ( Cyrillic: Дервиш Хаџиосмановић, born 9 August 1958) is a Montenegrin football coach and former player. Playing career Club Born in Pljevlja, SR Montenegro, back then within Yugoslavia, he played ...

(born 1959), Montenegrin football coach and former player *

Derviš Sušić Derviš Sušić (3 June 1925 – 1 September 1990) was a Bosnian writer, known best for his first work '' I, Danilo''. His political affiliations and life path had a significant impact on the themes of his literary works. Sušić was a Yugo ...

(1925–1990), Bosnian writer

Dervish

* Dervish Mehmed, the title and name of several historical Ottoman people

Surname

Ahmet Derviş Ahmet Derviş also known as Derviş Bey or Derviş Pasha (1881, Yenidje-Vardar (Giannitsa), Salonica Vilayet – January 17, 1932, Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. See also *List of high-ranking ...

(1881–1932), officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army *

Kemal Derviş Kemal Derviş (; born 10 January 1949) is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development ass ...

(born 1949), Turkish economist and politician *

Suat Derviş Suat Derviş (1905–1972) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, and Activism, political activist, who was among the founders of the Socialist Women’s Association in 1970. Family and early career Suat Derviş was born in 1905 in Istanbul. She wa ...

(1904 oder 1905–1972), Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist