Mehmed (modern

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the

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Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of

, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic ''Muhammad'' were completed with an ''e'' in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemed and the name lost the central ''e'' over time

Final devoicing Final-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages such as Catalan, German, Dutch, Breton, Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, Turkish, and Wolof. In such languages, voiced obstruents in fina ...

of ''d'' to ''t'' is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, ''Muhammed''. The name Mehmet also often appears in derived compound names. The name is also prevalent in former Ottoman territories, particularly among Balkan Muslims in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo. The name is also commonly used in Turkish culture in the form of

Mehmetçik ''Mehmetçik'' (, "little" here denoting diminutive endearment rather than actual age) is a term generally used to affectionately refer to soldiers of the Turkish Army. It is similar to the colloquialisms ''Tommy Atkins'', ''Doughboy'', and '' D ...

, meaning ''little Mehmet'', for unranked soldiers.

Given name

Mehmed

Mehmed I Mehmed I ( 1386 – 26 May 1421), also known as Mehmed Çelebi ( ota, چلبی محمد, "the noble-born") or Kirişçi ( el, Κυριτζής, Kyritzis, "lord's son"), was the Ottoman sultan from 1413 to 1421. The fourth son of Sultan Bayezid ...

(1382–1421), Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed II Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...

(1432–1481), Ottoman sultan (''Fatih'', "the Conqueror") *

Mehmed III Mehmed III (, ''Meḥmed-i sālis''; tr, III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the L ...

(1566–1603), Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed IV Mehmed IV ( ota, محمد رابع, Meḥmed-i rābi; tr, IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693) also known as Mehmed the Hunter ( tr, Avcı Mehmed) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the a ...

(1642–1693), Ottoman sultan (''Avcı'', "the Hunter") *

Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother ...

(1844–1918), Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed VI Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...

(1861–1926), 36th and last Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed I Giray Mehmed I Giray (1465–1523, reigned 1515–1523) was khan of the Crimean Khanate. He was preceded by his father Meñli I Giray (r. 1478–1515) and followed by his son Ğazı I Giray (1523–1524). He gained control of the steppe nomads, put his ...

(1465–1523), a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 1515–1523 *

Mehmed Abdulaziz Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(1901–1977), Ottoman prince *

Mehmed Alagić Mehmed Alagić (8 July 1947 – 7 March 2003) was a Bosnian general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was on trial for war crimes in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague but died befor ...

(1947–2003), Bosnian soldier *

Mehmed Alajbegović Mehmed Alajbegović (7 May 1906 – 7 June 1947) was a Bosnian Muslim politician, lawyer and a government minister of the Independent State of Croatia, an Axis puppet state. He was executed for war crimes by Yugoslav authorities following the ...

(1906–1947), Croatian politician *

Mehmed Ali Pasha (disambiguation) Mehmed Ali Pasha may refer to: * Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769–1849), considered the founder of modern Egypt * Çerkes Mehmed Pasha (died 1625), Ottoman statesman and grand vizier * Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1815–1871), Ottoman statesman and grand v ...

Mehmed Alispahić Mehmed Alispahić (born 24 November 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Alispahić began his career with Iskra Bugojno in the First League of FBiH. He then joined Croatian 1. HNL club � ...

(born 1987), Bosnian footballer *

Mehmed Baždarević Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club Guingamp. Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Sochaux, ...

(born 1960), Bosnian football manager *

Mehmed Bushati Mehmed Pasha Bushati ( 1768–d. June 1775) was the Ottoman Albanian governor of the Pashalik of Scutari, between 1768 and June 1775. He was succeeded by his son Mustafa Pasha Bushati, and thus founded the hereditary Bushati family of Scutari. Hi ...

, Albanian Pasha *

Mehmed Emin (disambiguation) Mehmet Emin or Mehmed Emin is a Turkish given name for males, made up of the two names Mehmed and Emin. People with the name include: * Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), Kurdish writer * Mehmet Emin Bughra (1901–1965), Uyghur separatist * ...

Mehmed Emin Pasha (disambiguation) Mehmed Emin Pasha may refer to: * Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1813–1871), Ottoman grand vizier (1854, 1859, 1860–61) * Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha (died 1753), Ottoman grand vizier (1750–52) * Yağlıkçızade Mehmed Emin Pasha (1724–176 ...

Mehmed Ertuğrul Efendi Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(1912–1944), Ottoman prince *

Mehmed Handžić Mehmed Handžić (16 December 1906 – 29 July 1944) was a Bosnian Islamic scholar, theologian and politician. Handžić was the leader of the Islamic revivalist movement in Bosnia and the founder of the religious association ''El-Hidaje'' ...

(1906–1944), Bosnian author *

Mehmed Janjoš Mehmed Janjoš (born 5 August 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is currently working as an assistant coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Playing career Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovi ...

(born 1957), Bosnian football manager *

Mehmed Kalakula Mehmed Rasim Kalakula was an Albanian politician that served the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othō ...

, Albanian politician *

Mehmed Kodro Mehmed "Meho" Kodro (born 12 January 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He spent most of his 16-year senior career in Spain, mostly with Real Sociedad (four seasons) and Tenerife (three), ...

(born 1967), Bosnian footballer and football manager *

Mehmed Malkoč Mehmed Malkoč (born 10 December 1990) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga with Altach in December 2008; he came on as a late second-half substitute and scored in the 90th minute of ...

(born 1990), Bosnian footballer *

Mehmed Merejan Mehmed Merejan is a Bulgarian Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of s ...

, Bulgarian poet *

Mehmed Orhan Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Efendi ( ota, محمد اور خان; also Mehmed Orhan Osmanoğlu; 12 October 1909 – 12 March 1994) was an Ottoman prince and the 42nd head of the Ottoman dynasty from 1983 to 1994. He was the advisor of King Zog I of Al ...

(1909–1994), Ottoman prince *

Mehmed Pasha (disambiguation) Mehmed Pasha or Mehmet Pasha may refer to: * Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483–1539), Ottoman grand vizier * Baltaci Mehmed Pasha (1662–1712), Ottoman grand vizier * Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha (died 1521), Ottoman vizier and east front commander * Boynuy ...

Mehmed Namık Pasha Mehmed Emin Namık Pasha (1804 – 1892) was a prominent Ottoman statesman and military reformer, who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the modern Ottoman Army. He served under five Sultans and acted as counsellor to at least fou ...

(1804–1892), Ottoman statesman *

Mehmed Reshid Mehmed Reshid ( tr, Mehmet Reşit Şahingiray; 8 February 1873 – 6 February 1919) was an Ottoman physician, official of the Committee of Union and Progress, and governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet (province) of the Ottoman Empire during World ...

(1873–1919), Ottoman governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet *

Mehmed Sadık Pasha Mehmed Sadık Pasha (1826 – 1901) was an Ottoman conservative statesman and a member of the Senate. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 18 April 1878 until 28 May 1878. He also served as governor of the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoma ...

(1825–1901), Ottoman statesman *

Mehmed Said Efendi Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha (died October 1761), earlier in his life known as Mehmed Said Efendi (sometimes spelled Sahid Mehemet Effendi in France), was an Ottoman statesman and diplomat. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from ...

(died 1761), Ottoman statesman *

Mehmed Selim Pasha Mehmed Selim Pasha or Mehmed Selim Sırrı Pasha (1771 Bender, Moldova – 1831 Damascus, Ottoman Empire, nickname: "Benderli") was an Ottoman statesman. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He ruled from 14 September 1824 to 24 October 1 ...

(1771–1831), Ottoman statesman *

Mehmed Spaho Mehmed Spaho (13 March 1883 – 29 June 1939) was a Bosnian politician and leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization. He was the first Bosnian Muslim politician in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Spaho was described as the "undispu ...

(1883–1939), Bosnian politician *

Mehmed Talat Mehmed Talaat (1 September 187415 March 1921), commonly known as Talaat Pasha or Talat Pasha,; tr, Talat Paşa, links=no was an Ottoman politician and convicted war criminal of the late Ottoman Empire who served as its leader from 1913 t ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier *

Mehmed Uzun Mehmed Uzun (January 1, 1953 – October 10, 2007) was a Kurdish writer and novelist born in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Though the Kurdish language was outlawed in Turkey from 1920 to 1990, he started to write in it and achieved much t ...

(1953–2007), Kurdish writer * Kavalalı Mehmed Ali Pasha (1769–1849), Ottoman Albanian viceroy of Egypt *

Kadızade Mehmed Kadızade Mehmed Efendi, aka Küçük (Little) Kadızade or Kadızadeli (1582 Balıkesir Province, Ottoman Empire - 1635) was an Islamic preacher in the Ottoman Empire. Those who accepted his ideas called themselves ''Kadizadeli, Kadızadeliler'' ( ...

(1582–1635), Islamic preacher in the Ottoman Empire. *

Mehmet Ali Ağca Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving ...

, Turkish gunman

Mehmet

* Mehmet Akgün (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer *

Mehmet Al Mehmet Al (born 11 July 1983) is a Turkish striker who plays for Sökespor. He studied at Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 195 ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Altan Mehmet Hasan Altan (born 11 January 1953) is a Turkish academic economist, journalist, and author of over 25 books. Describing himself as a "Marxist-liberal", he is the originator of the term "Second Republic", arguing that Turkey needs to recon ...

(born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist, and writer *

Mehmet Altınsoy Mehmet Altınsoy (1924 in Aksaray – 17 February 2007 in Ankara) was a Turkish politician, co-founder of the Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi), Mayor of Ankara and minister of state. Biography Mehmet Altınsoy became a lawyer after gr ...

(1924–2007), Turkish politician * Mehmet Arif (disambiguation) *

Mehmet Aslantuğ Mehmet Aslantuğ (; born 25 September 1961) is a Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter of Circassian origin. He has received a Golden Boll Award, a Golden Objective Award, three Golden Orange Awards, and four Golden Butterfly Awa ...

(born 1961), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Aydın Mehmet Aydın is a Turkish politician who was one of Turkey's Ministers of State.Mehmet Aziz (malariologist) Mehmet Aziz, CBE, (September 24, 1893, Larnaca – June 17, 1991) was a Turkish Cypriot medical doctor and ordinance professor. He was the Chief Health Inspector for the British colonial Government of Cyprus in the 1930s and 1940s, and is widely ...

, Cypriot malariologist *

Mehmet Aurélio Mehmet Aurélio (born Marco Aurélio Brito dos Prazeres, 15 December 1977) is a Brazilian-born Turkish football coach and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. He was most recently an assistant coach of Fenerbahçe. Club career T ...

(born 1977), Brazilian-born Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Batdal Mehmet Batdal (born 24 February 1986) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career On 18 May 2010, Galatasaray signed Batdal on a three-year deal. International career In November 2016 Batdal received his first call ...

(born 1986), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Baydar Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muha ...

(1924–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat * Mehmet Boztepe (born 1988), Turkish-German footballer *

Mehmet Bölükbaşı Mehmet Bölükbaşı (born 24 March 1978) is a Turkish goalkeeper playing for TFF Second League side İstanbulspor. He is a product of A. Sebatspor youth academy. Journeyman Mehmet spent most of his professional career with the UEFA Cup winner G ...

(born 1978), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Budak (born 1980), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Cavit Bey Mehmet Cavit Bey, Mehmed Cavid Bey or Mehmed Djavid Bey ( ota, محمد جاوید بك; 1875 – 26 August 1926) was an Ottoman economist, newspaper editor and leading politician during the dissolution period of the Ottoman Empire. A founding me ...

(1875–1926), Turkish economist *

Mehmet Cesur Mehmet Cesur (born March 24, 1982, in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B2 and Paralympian. Sporting career A member of Çankaya Belediyesi Görme Engelliler Sport Club, Mehmet Cesur played in Turkey's national team ...

(born 1982), Turkish Paralympian goalball player * Mehmet Çetingöz (born 1991), Turkish wheelchair basketball player *

Mehmet Eren Boyraz Mehmet Eren Boyraz (born October 11, 1981) is a Turkish football attacking midfielder. Honours * Kayserispor **Turkish Cup (1): 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortg ...

(born 1981), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Emin (disambiguation) *

Mehmet Emin Toprak Mehmet Emin Toprak (11 September 1974 – 2 December 2002) was a Turkish film actor. Toprak starred in the critically acclaimed 2002 film ''Uzak''. He died in a car crash on the way back from the Ankara Film Festival, near the town of Çan at ...

(1974–2002), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Esat Bülkat Esat Pasha Janina (18 October 1862 – 2 November 1952; ota, أسعد باشا یانیه), known as Mehmed Esad Bülkat () after the 1934 Surname Law, was an Ottoman general during the First Balkan War, where he led the Yanya Corps, and in Wo ...

(1862–1952), Ottoman general * Mehmet Çakır (born 1984), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Cansun Mehmet Cansun (born 1947 in Istanbul) is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray. He works in advertising industry as the owner of Kamera Reklam Group. In 2001, he was elected as the president of Galata ...

(born 1947), Turkish businessman *

Mehmet Çekiç Mehmet Çekiç (born 1 January 1970) is a Turkish Paralympic Games, Paralympic Para-alpine skiing, alpine skier who competes in the LW4 (classification), LW4 Disability sport classification, disability class of men's slalom skiing, slalom, stand ...

(born 1970), Turkish-French Paralympic alpine skier *

Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi , image = Djemaleddin_Effendi.jpg , caption = Shaykh ul-Islam Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II , denomination = Sunni , jurisprudence = Hanafi , birth_date = 1848 ...

(1848–1917), Turkish judge *

Mehmet Çoban Mehmet Çoban (1905–1969), aka Koç Çoban Mehmet, was a Turkish Olympian wrestler in the heavyweight division of Greco-Roman style. He was born 1905 in Balıkesir, Ottoman Empire. A shepherd, he was discovered by the local military command ...

(1905–1969), Turkish wrestler *

Mehmet Çoğum Mehmet Çoğum (born 5 February 1983) is a Turkish association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back and current football coach. He was most recently the head coach of Dardanel Spor A.Ş., Dard ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Coral Mehmet Gündüz Coral (born 11 September 1947) is a Turkish novelist, known for his novels with historical settings. His works, such as ''Extinct Times of Byzantium'' (author house/USA 2000) and ''The Lost Diaries of Constantinople'' (DK Publishing ...

(born 1947), Turkish novelist *

Mehmet Culum Mehmet Culum (born 1948) is a contemporary Turkish novelist who was born in Çeşme, a town in western Turkey. He studied political sciences at the University of Ankara. Before starting an antique shop in his hometown, Culum worked as an IT c ...

(born 1948), Turkish novelist *

Mehmet Dinçer Mehmet Dinçer (born 1 January 1924) is a Turkish association football, football midfielder who was a member of the Turkey national football team, Turkey national team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.Mehmet Dragusha Mehmet Ashim Dragusha (born 9 October 1977) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Pristina, Dragusha began his career with local side FC Prishtina. In 1997, he moved to the Slovenian club ...

(born 1977), Albanian footballer *

Mehmet Durakovic Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(born 1965), Australian footballer *

Mehmet Ebussuud el-İmadi Ebussuud Efendi ( tr, Mehmed Ebüssuûd Efendi, 30 December 1490 – 23 August 1574)İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, ''Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı'', Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 114. was a Hanafi Maturidi Ottoman Empire, Ottoman jurist and Qu ...

, Ottoman jurist *

Mehmet Ekici Mehmet Ekici (; born 25 March 1990) is a Turkish footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Fenerbahçe. He previously played for Werder Bremen, 1. FC Nürnberg, Bayern Munich, and Trabzonspor. Born in Germany, Ekici played for th ...

(born 1990), German footballer *

Mehmet Ergen Mehmet Ergen is a Turkish theatre director, producer and entrepreneur, currently based in London Borough of Hackney. Biography After completing a nine-month acting course in Turkey, Mehmet decided to become a director. He put an ad in ''The Sta ...

, Turkish theatre director *

Mehmet Eroğlu Mehmet Eroğlu (born 2 October 1948) is a Turkish novelist. His most known work is ''Issızlığın Ortasında'' ("In the Midst of Solitude"). Life He was born on 2 August 1948 in İzmir. In 1971, he graduated from the Department of Civil Eng ...

(born 1948), Turkish novelist *

Mehmet Eymür Mehmet Eymür (born 1943 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish intelligence official. In 1995-6 he led the counter-terrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), which he joined as a student in 1965 as a "pursuit officer" ( tr, ...

(born 1965), Turkish intelligence official *

Mehmet Ferda Mem Ferda (born 30 October 1963 in London) is a British actor and film producer of Turkish Cypriot descent. Biography Ferda was born in Chelsea, London in 1963 to Turkish Cypriot parents. At the age of six, his mother took him to Cyprus, where ...

(born 1963), British actor *

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966), also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republi ...

(1890–1966), Turkish politician *

Mehmet Güney Mehmet Güney (born 3 May 1936 in Siirt, Turkey) is an international judge and a Turkish diplomat. Biography Education Between 1954 and 1959, Mehmet Güney studied at the faculty of political science, then at the law faculty, of the Ankara ...

(born 1936), Turkish judge *

Mehmet Günsür Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a Turkish people, Turkish model, actor and producer. Early life Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic subgroup). His mother, Sibel, was ...

(born 1975), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Güreli Mehmet Güreli (born 1949 in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, painter, director and musician. He graduated from Istanbul University, majoring in philosophy. He started working for the ''Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the m ...

(born 1949), Turkish writer *

Mehmet Gürs Mehmet Gürs (born 13 December 1969) is a Finland, Finnish-Turkey, Turkish celebrity chef, television personality and restaurateur. He is considered to be Istanbul's most recognizable chef. Biography Gürs was born in Finland to a Turks in Finla ...

(born 1969), Turkish chef *

Mehmet Güven Mehmet Güven (born 30 July 1987) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for an amateur side Kavaklıderespor. Career Güven is a product of the Galatasaray Youth Team. He joined the senior squad in 2005–06 and made his debut on ...

(born 1987), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Hacıoğlu Mehmet Hacıoğlu (born 28 November 1959 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Turkish coach of Turkey national under-18 football team, Fenerbahçe PAF and former soccer player. He started his professional football managing career with Erzurumspor and also ...

(born 1959), Turkish former football coach *

Mehmet Haberal Mehmet Haberal (born 1944), is the founder of Başkent University in Ankara, Turkey, best known for becoming the first transplant surgeon in Turkey after leading the team that performed Turkey's first living-related kidney transplant in 1975, a ...

(born 1944), Turkish surgeon *

Mehmet Hakkı Suçin Mehmet Hakkı Suçin (born 1970) is an author, literary translator and Arabist from Turkey. Biography Born in Tuzluca, (then part of Kars), he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Letters in 1993. He worked as a translator and interpre ...

, Turkish author *

Mehmet Hetemaj Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is of Kosovar Albanian descent and has represented both Finland national team and Kosovo national football team, but now ...

(born 1987), Finnish footballer *

Mehmet Vehib Kaçı Wehib Pasha also known as Vehip Pasha, Mehmed Wehib Pasha, Mehmet Vehip Pasha (modern Turkish: ''Kaçı Vehip Paşa'' or ''Mehmet Vehip (Kaçı)'', 1877–1940), was a general in the Ottoman Army (1861–1922), Ottoman Army. He fought in the Balk ...

, Ottoman general *

Mehmet Kaplan Mehmet Güner Kaplan (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish politician of Turkish origin who served as Minister for Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2016. He is a member of the Swedish Green Party. Kaplan resigned from the Cabinet after con ...

(born 1971), Swedish politician *

Mehmet Kara Mehmet Kara (born 21 November 1983 in Werne, Germany) is a German professional Association football, footballer of Turkish descent. He currently plays as a midfielder for Preußen Münster, Preußen Münster II.Mehmet Sarper Kiskaç (born 1990), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Konica Mehmed Konica (1881 – 1948), was an Albanian politician. He served three times as the List of Foreign Ministers of Albania, Foreign Minister of Albania. He was the brother of Albanian writer Faik Konica. Konica was born in Konitsa, today's Gre ...

, Albanian politician *

Mehmet Kurtuluş Mehmet Kurtuluş (born 27 April 1972) is a Turkish-German actor. He is best known for his work with German director Fatih Akin. Life and career Kurtuluş was born in Uşak, Turkey, and moved at the age of 18 months to Germany, where he grew up ...

(born 1972), German actor *

Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl (born 6 March 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, America ...

(born 1987), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Leblebi Mehmet Leblebi (1908 – 25 February 1972) was a Turkish professional association football, footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his Istanbul, hometown club, Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray SK. He also represented Tur ...

(1908–1972), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Mehdi Eker Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 until 2015. He was elected a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır for Democratic People's Party ...

, Turkish politician *

Mehmet Müezzinoğlu Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (born January 9, 1955) is a Turkish physician and politician, who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security between 2016 and 2017, and the Minister of Health from 2013 to 2016. Early years He was born on January ...

(born 1955), Turkish physician, politician, and Minister of Health *

Mehmet Murat Somer Mehmet Murat Somer (born 1959) is a Turkish author of crime fiction best known for his Hop-Çiki-Yaya series set in Istanbul and featuring an unnamed transvestite amateur detective. Biography Somer was born in Ankara but moved to Istanbul in 198 ...

(born 1959), Turkish author *

Mehmet Nas Mehmet Nas (born 20 November 1979) is a Turkish professional footballer. who plays as a midfielder for Sivas Belediyespor. Club career Nas began his professional career in 1998. He spent six years with Samsunspor before he moved on to capital c ...

(born 1979), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Niyazi Mehmet Niyazi Cemali ( crh, script=latn, Memet Niyaziy; January or February 1878 – November 20, 1931) was an Ottoman-born Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet, journalist, schoolteacher, academic, and activist for ethnic Tatar causes. Present fo ...

(1878–1931), Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet *

Mehmet Okonsar Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(born 1961), Turkish-Belgian pianist *

Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with ...

(born 1979), Turkish basketball player *

Mehmet Oktav Mehmet Oktav (1917 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 1996) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who became Olympic gold medalist for Turkey in the Featherweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling in 1948. He began his sports career as a footbal ...

(1917–1996), Turkish wrestler *

Mehmet Osman Mehmet Osman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Haluk Bilginer. Mehmet is portrayed as a charmer, rogue and a serial womaniser, and makes recurring appearances in ''EastEnders'' from 1985 to 1987, and then ...

, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' *

Mehmet Oz Mehmet Cengiz Öz (; born June 11, 1960), known professionally as Dr. Oz (), is an Turkish American former professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University, television presenter, author and former political candidate. The son of Tur ...

(born 1960), Turkish-American physician and television presenter *

Mehmet Özal Mehmet Özal (born 31 October 1978 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish wrestler in Greco-Roman style. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won th ...

(born 1978), Turkish wrestler *

Mehmet Özdilek Mehmet "Şifo" Özdilek (born 1 April 1966, in Samsun) is a Turkish people, Turkish Association football, football manager and former player. He is nicknamed "Şifo" after Belgian star Enzo Scifo with whom he shared a similar playing style. Havi ...

(born 1966), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Özhaseki Mehmet Özhaseki, (born 25 May 1957, Kayseri, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and former Minister of Environment and Urban Planning. He is a former Mayor of Kayseri. Early life and education Meh ...

(born 1957), Turkish politician *

Mehmet Ozyurek Mehmed (modern Turkish language, Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad (name), Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its signi ...

(born 1949), Turkish world record holder *

Mehmet Polat Mehmet Polat (born 8 June 1978 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Mersin İdmanyurdu. He is a versatile central defender who can also play as rightback or defensive midfielder. He was capped four times for Turkey. He spent ...

(born 1978), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Sabancı Mehmet Sabancı (April 25, 1963 – November 9, 2004), a member in third generation of the renowned Sabancı family in Turkey, was a businessman. Mehmet was born on April 25, 1963 in Adana as the third child and the second son of Hacı Sabancı ...

(1963–2004), Turkish businessman * Mehmet Sak (born 1990), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Scholl Mehmet Tobias Scholl (born Mehmet Tobias Yüksel; 16 October 1970) is a German football manager and former player. He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich. During his career he won the UEFA Cup in 1996 (scoring ...

(born 1970), Turkish-German footballer * Mehmet Sedef (born 1987), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Şimşek Mehmet Şimşek (born 1 January 1967) is a Turkish politician and economist who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 24 November 2015 until the office's abolition on 9 July 2018. He previously served as the Minister of Finance from 20 ...

(born 1967), Turkish politician *

Mehmet Şenol Şişli Mehmet Şenol Şişli, also known as MŞŞ, is a Turkish songwriter, bass guitarist, vocalist, and poet. He and electric guitarist Selim Öztürk founded Kargo, one of the first and most known Turkish rock bands. Şişli left the band in 2000. A ...

, Turkish musician *

Mehmet Shehu Mehmet Ismail Shehu (January 10, 1913 – December 18, 1981) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Albania from 1954 to 1981. As an acknowledged military tactician, without whose leadership the communist p ...

(1913–1981), Albanian politician *

Mehmet Tahsini Mehmet Tahsini (1864–?) was an Albanians, Albanian politician, active in the Ottoman Empire and Albania. He was born in Gjirokastër and started his career as a professor of History in Edirne. After 1895 he served as kaymakam in Eastern Anatolia ...

(1864–?), Albanian politician *

Mehmet Tanrısever Mehmet Tanrısever (born 1953 in Konya, Turkey) is a Turkish people, Turkish filmmaker and businessman, who is best known as the founder of Feza Film, which produced his films ''Abdullah from Minye'' (1989), ''The Exile (1992 film), The Exile'' ...

(born 1953), Turkish film producer *

Mehmet Tarhan Mehmet Tarhan (born 1978) is a Kurdish conscientious objector who was imprisoned for refusing military service.

(born 1978), Turkish activist *

Mehmet Terzi Mehmet Terzi (born May 5, 1955) is a medal-winning former long-distance runner from Turkey, who specialized in running marathons. He served as the president of the Turkish Athletic Federation ( tr, Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu) (TAF) for nine ye ...

(born 1955), Turkish long-distance runner *

Mehmet Tillem Mehmet Tillem (10 September 1974 – 9 November 2019) was an Australian politician who served as Senator for Victoria. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 21 August 2013 to 30 June 2014. He filled a casual vac ...

(1974–2019), Australian politician *

Mehmet Toner Mehmet Toner (born 1958) is a Turkish biomedical engineer. He is currently the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, with a joint appointment as professor at the Harvard-M ...

(born 1958), Turkish biomedical engineer *

Mehmet Topal Mehmet Topal (born 3 March 1986) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was nicknamed ''Örümcek'' (Spider), due to his ability to use his long legs to win loose balls or cut passes. He spent most o ...

(born 1986), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Topuz Mehmet Topuz (born 7 September 1983) is a former Turkey, Turkish football (soccer), footballer, who last played for Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team), Fenerbahçe. Club career Topuz had begun his career in Yolspor, a local club located in Kayseri. ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Türkmehmet Mehmet Türkmehmet (born 18 October 1980 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi Turkmen professional football midfielder. He currently plays for Karşıyaka S.K. in the TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for spon ...

(born 1980), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Nadir Ünal Mehmet Nadir Ünal (born 13 January 1993) is a Turkish kickboxer specialized in the K-1 event, and amateur boxer competing in the light heavyweight (-81 kg) division. He is a member of Fenerbahçe Boxing in Istanbul. Ünal was born in ...

(born 1993), Turkish kickboxer and amateur boxer *

Mehmet Vasıf Yakut Mehmet Vasıf Yakut (born 15 March 1989) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner. He obtained a quota for participation at the Turkey at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Private life Mehmet Vasıf Yakut ...

, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner *

Mehmet Yağmur Mehmet Yağmur (born July 1, 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He plays at the point guard position. Professional career Yagmur averaged 6.7 points, 4.4 assists and 1 ...

(born 1987), Turkish basketball player *

Mehmet Yıldız Mehmet Yıldız (born September 14, 1981 in Yozgat, Turkey) is a Turkish football player. He last played as a striker for Ankaragücü. Career Mehmet spent much time being loaned out from Sivasspor and also being sold a couple of times. Fir ...

(born 1981), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Yılmaz (disambiguation) Mehmet Yılmaz may refer to: *Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer, born 1979), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer, born 1988), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Yılmaz (weightlifter) (born 1974), Turkish weightlifter {{hndis, name=Yilmaz, Mehmet ...

Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer born 1988) Mehmet Yılmaz may refer to: * Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer, born 1979), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer, born 1988), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Yılmaz (weightlifter) (born 1974), Turkish weightlifter {{hndis, name=Yilmaz, Mehm ...

, Turkish footballer **

Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer born 1979) Mehmet Yılmaz may refer to: *Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer, born 1979) Mehmet Yılmaz (born 22 May 1979) is a Turkish retired footballer. Club career Yılmaz previously played for Gaziantepspor, B.B. Ankaraspor, Trabzonspor and Denizlispor, whe ...

, Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Yozgatlı Mehmet Yozgatlı (born January 9, 1979) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a winger and currently an assistant manager of Fenerbahçe. Career Club Mehmet signed a -year contract with Fenerbahçe on January 30, 2004. His debut for Fen ...

(born 1979), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(born 1957), Turkish politician * Mehmet Duraković (born 1965), Bosnian-Australian football manager

Derived names

Mehmet Akif Mehmet Akif is a Turkish masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873–1936), Turkish poet * Mehmet Akif Pirim (born 1968), Turkish sport wrestler See also * Akif * Mehmet Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehm ...

Mehmet Ali Mehmet Ali, Memet Ali or Mehmed Ali ("Ali"
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Mehmet Emin Mehmet Emin or Mehmed Emin is a Turkish language, Turkish given name for males, made up of the two names Mehmed and Emin (given name), Emin. People with the name include: * Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), Kurdish writer * Mehmet Emin Bughra (19 ...

*Mehmethan (Mehmet + Han) *Mehmetcan (Mehmet + Can)

Surname

Alp Mehmet Alper Mehmet (born 28 August 1948) is a British former diplomat and one of the United Kingdom's first two ethnic minority ambassadors, along with Anwar Choudhury. Early life Mehmet arrived in the United Kingdom from Cyprus in 1956 when he was a ...

(born 1948), British diplomat *

Billy Mehmet Billy Osman Mehmet (born 3 January 1984) is a professional footballer who last played as a striker for of Northern Cyprus. Born in London, of English, Irish and Turkish Cypriot descent, he has played for the Republic of Ireland U21 team. Me ...

(born 1984), English-Irish footballer of Turkish descent *

Dave Mehmet David Nedjate Mehmet (born 2 December 1960) is an English former professional association football, footballer. His clubs included Millwall F.C., Millwall, Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic, and Gillingham F.C., Gillingham, where he mad ...

(born 1960), English former footballer *

Naz Mehmet Nazan "Naz" Mehmet is a fictional character from '' EastEnders: E20'', an Internet spin-off from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Emaa Hussen. Naz is a main character in series 2, where she is joined by brothers Asher (Heshima Thom ...

, a fictional character from ''EastEnders: E20'' *

Madina Memet Madina Memet ( ug, مەدىنە مەمەت; zh, s=麦迪娜·买买提, p=Maìdínà Maǐmaǐtí; born 10 September 1987) is a Chinese actress of Uyghur ethnicity who first rose to prominence in 2011 for playing the Fragrant Concubine in the te ...

, Chinese actress of Uyghur descent {{surname, Mehmet