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and Bosnian male given name. It is equivalent to the Arabic given name and surname Khalil or its variant Khaleel. Notable persons with the name include: * Halil Akbunar (born 1993), Turkish footballer * Halil Akkaş (born 1983), Turkish middle distance runner *

Halil Akıncı Halil Akıncı (born 9 December 1945) is a retired Turkey, Turkish diplomat who served as the Turkish Ambassador to Slovenia, India, and Russia. He was formerly the Secretary General of the Turkic Council. On the photo Ambassador Akinci presents ...

(born 1945), Turkish diplomat * Halil Altındere (born 1971), Turkish artist * Halil Altıntop (born 1982), Turkish footballer *

Halil Asani Halil Asani (; born 27 March 1974) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career After playing for ČSK Čelarevo in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia, Asani was transferred to First League side Vojvodina in th ...

(born 1974), Serbian footballer *

Halil Bajramović Halil Bajramović (born 1971 in Rujnica, Cazin) is a Bosnian businessman. During the Bosnian war, he joined the V Corps (Bosnia and Herzegovina), V Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was defending the Bihać from t ...

(born 1971), Bosnian businessman *

Halil Berktay Halil Berktay is a Turkish people, Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily ''Taraf''. Life and career Berktay was born into an intellectual Turkish communist family. His father, Erdogan Berktay, was a member o ...

(born 1947), Turkish historian * Halil Sami Bey (1866–1925), Ottoman Army colonel *

Halil Bıçakçı Halil Bıçakçı (born 11 July 1926) is a Turkish professional Manager (association football), football manager. Bıçakçı managed Altay S.K., Altay when they won the Turkish Cup, 1966-67 Turkish Cup. Honours Altay * Turkish Cup: Turkish Cup, ...

(born 1926), Turkish football manager *

Halil Çolak İbrahim Halil Çolak (born 29 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF Second League club Balıkesirspor. Club career Youth career Çolak was born in Birecik, Turkey, but was raised in Deventer, a ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Halil Dervişoğlu Halil İbrahim Dervişoğlu (born 8 December 1999) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club Burnley F.C., Burnley, on loan from club Brentford F.C., Brentford. Born in N ...

(born 1999), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent * Halil Sezai Erkut (1908–1988), Turkish government minister and politician * Halil Ergün (born 1946), Turkish actor * Halil Gür (born 1951), Dutch author of Turkish origin *

Halil Güven Halil Guven (Halil Güven, in Turkish) is a Cypriot-born professor, currently serving as the Dean of San Diego State University - Georgia. He was a Vice Dean of SDSU Georgia for four years before then and was one of the coordinators of the proj ...

(born 1956), American professor and university administrator of Turkish Cypriot descent * Halil İbrahim Eren (born 1956), Turkish footballer * Halil İnalcık (born 1916), Turkish historian * Halil Jaganjac (born 1998), Croatian handball player * Halil Jaçellari (1940–2009), Albanian writer and translator * Halil Kanacević (born 1991), American-born Montenegrin basketball player * Halil Kaya (1920–?), Turkish Olympic sport wrestler * Halil Kut (1881–1957), Ottoman-born Turkish regional governor, military commander and genocide perpetrator * Halil Köse (born 1997), Belgian-born Turkish footballer * Halil Menteşe (1874–1948), Turkish government minister, politician and genocide perpetrator * Halil Suleyman Ozerden (born 1966), American lawyer and judge * Halil Pasha (disambiguation), several people * Halil Mete Soner, Turkish-American mathematician and academic *

Halil Mutlu Halil Mutlu (born Halil Aliev () on 14 July 1973 in Postnik, Bulgaria) is a former professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championship titles. Mutlu is one of the five weightlifters who has achieved three consecutive ...

(born 1973), Bulgarian-Turkish Olympic weightlifter *

Halil Mutlu (politics) Halil Mutlu (born 1971) is a Turkish-born physician, political lobbyist and community activist living in the United States of America. Mutlu is currently serving as a board member of the Turkish American Steering Committee (TASC) and is a former ...

, Turkish-born physician, political lobbyist and community activist living in the USA *

Halil Mëniku Halil Bej Mëniku (died June 4, 1967) was an Albanians, Albanian politician and publisher. He served as mayor of Tirana, mayor of Tiranë from 1943 to 1944. Life In 1935 he published the journal ''Jeta dhe Kultura'' ( en, Life and Culture). A me ...

(died 1967), Albanian politician and publisher *

Halil Savda Halil Savda (born 1974) is a Turkish conscientious objector who has been subjected to continued arrest and conviction for his refusal to serve mandatory military service – in violation of Turkish law. Early life and education Halil Savda was bor ...

(born 1974), Turkish conscientious objector * Halil Savran (born 1985), Turkish-German footballer *

Halil Tikveša Halil Tikveša (born in 1935) is a contemporary Bosnian visual artist. Tikveša graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Serbia in 1961. From 1976 to 2000 Tikveša lectured on graphics/painting at the Novi Sad Art Academy. Several of h ...

(born 1935), Bosnian painter *

Halil Uysal Halil Ibrahim Uysal (1973-April 2008) (Kurdish: Xelîl Uysal) was a journalist and film director mainly focused on reporting on the Kurdish liberation movement. He later changed his surname to Daĝ. Family and early life He was born in Germany ...

(1973–2008), Turkish journalist and film director *

Halil Yeral Halil Yeral (born 1 January 2000) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Akhisarspor. Professional career A youth product of Akhisarspor, Yeral signed his first professional contract with the club in 2016. He made his profession ...

(born 2000), Turkish footballer * Halil Zeybek (born 1985), Turkish footballer *

Halil Zorba Halil Zorba (born 22 September 1988) is a British weightlifter. He represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and was in contention for the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was ultimately not chosen for the team despite bein ...

(born 1988), British weightlifter *

Halil Zıraman Halil İbrahim Zıraman (1927-1984) was a javelin thrower from Turkey, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics in 1948 and 1952. Halil İbrahim was born 1927 in Zıraman village of Kula district in Manisa Province. He f ...

(1927–1984), Turkish javelin thrower *

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Halil Ürün Halil Ürün (born 3 July 1968) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar since 12 June 2011. Born in Afyonkarahisar, he graduated from Selçuk University ...

(born 1968), Turkish politician * Halil İnalcık (1916–2016), Turkish historian

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