Levent is a Turkish masculine name derived from

Levend Levend or levendi (Arabic ''lawend'') was a name for irregular soldiers. The term originated with the Ottoman Navy, but eventually spread to encompass most irregular troops. The origin of the term is probably from Italian ''levanti'', and was us ...

and a surname. People with the name include:

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Levent Ateş Levent Ateş (born 20 March 1991) is a Turkish middle-distance runner. He competes for Galatasaray Athletics. Ateş won the silver medal in the 1500m event at the 2017 European Team Championships held in Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd ...

(born 1991), Turkish middle-distance runner *

Levent Ayçiçek Levent Ayçiçek (born 14 February 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bandırmaspor. Club career Ayçiçek made his Bundesliga debut on 8 February 2014 scoring Werder Bremen's only goal in a 5– ...

(born 1994), German footballer of Turkish descent *

Levent Çoker Levent Çoker (born 1958) is a Turkish musician, arranger, conductor and composer who represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest as a composer, arranger and conductor in 1996 and 1997. His song " Dinle" won 3rd place in Eurovision Song Cont ...

(born 1958), Turkish musician * Levent Devrim (born 1969), Turkish football manager *

Levent Ersöz Levent Ersöz (born 19 April 1954) is a former Turkey brigadier general in the Turkish Gendarmerie, who was head of the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence department. He was considered a key defendant in the Ergenekon trials, and on 5 August 2013 ...

(born 1954), Turkish general * Levent Gülen (born 1994), Turkish-Swiss footballer * Levent Kartop (born 1979), Turkish footballer * Levent Kazak (born 1967), Turkish screenwriter and actor *

Levent Kırca Zeki Levent Kırca (September 28, 1950 – October 12, 2015) was a Turkish comedian, stage and film actor, columnist of the newspaper '' Aydınlık'' and politician of the left-wing Patriotic Party ( tr, Vatan Partisi). Kırca was born in Samsu ...

(1948–2015), Turkish comedian, stage and film actor, columnist and politician *

Levent Osman Levent Osman (born 8 March 1977, in Melbourne) is an Australian former association football player of Turkish Cypriot descent. He played as a defender. He has previously played for Trabzonspor in Turkey, FCU Politehnica Timişoara in Romani ...

(born 1977), Australian footballer *

Levent Topsakal Mete Levent Topsakal (born 9 June 1966) is a former professional basketball player from Turkey and currently assistant manager of Turkey national basketball team. He played as a point and shooting guard at height 1,90 m. External linksTurkSports ...

(born 1966), Turkish basketball player *

Levent Tuncat Levent Tuncat (born 29 July 1988 in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent. He won three gold medals for the 54 and 58 kg classes at the European Taekwondo Championships (2005 in Riga, Latvia, ...

(born 1988), German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent *

Levent Üzümcü Levent Üzümcü (born 6 July 1972) is a Turkish actor. Biography Levent Üzümcü studied at Karşıyaka Aydoğdu Primary School and Eşref Paşa High School. He trained in theatre first at the Anadolu University in Eskişehir Eskişehir ( ...

(born 1972), Turkish actor *

Levent Yılmaz Levent Yılmaz (born 20 January 1990) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breakin ...

(born 1990), Turkish footballer *

Levent Yüksel Levent Uğur Yüksel (born October 21, 1964) is a Turkish pop singer and multi instrumentalist. He has been active in live music industry since 1993. Life Yüksel's interest in arts and music started in an early age. He started to play violin at ...

(born 1964), Turkish singer

Middle name

Mustafa Levent Göktaş Mustafa Levent Göktaş (born June 8, 1959) is a Turkish colonel, who took part in the 1999 operation to catch Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish terrorist organization PKK, designated as a terrorist organisation in Turkey. In January 200 ...

(born 1959), Turkish colonel

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Haluk Levent Haluk Levent (born Haluk Acil; 26 November 1968) is a Turkish rock music singer who helped revive the long forgotten Anatolian rock Anatolian rock ( tr, Anadolu rock), or known as Turkish psychedelic rock, is a fusion of Turkish folk music ...

(born 1968), Turkish musician

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