Melek may refer to:
People
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Melek Sina Baydur
Melek Sina Baydur (born 1948) is a Turkish retired diplomat and former ambassador of Turkey.
Melek Sina Baydur served as Ambassador of Turkey to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo between 03 January 2003 and 16 December 2005. Her next appointment ...
(born 1948), Turkish retired diplomat and former Ambassador of Turkey
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Melek Bilge (born 1989), Turkish professional female basketball player
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Melek Hu
Melek Hu, born Hou Meiling () 27 January 1989, Shenyang) is a Chinese-born Turkish table tennis player. She has played for Fenerbahçe TT since 2007 and also played for An Gang in China. She has won European championships in the mixed (2010) ...
(born 1989), Chinese-born Turkish table tennis player
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Melek Mosso (born 1988), Turkish singer
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Melek Taus
Melek ( hu, Mellek) is a municipality and village in the Nitra District of the south-west of Slovakia, in the Nitra Region
The Nitra Region ( sk, Nitriansky kraj, ; hu, Nyitrai kerület) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It wa ...
, a central figure of the Yazidi religion
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Melek Tourhan
Melek Hassan Tourhan () (27 October 1869 – 4 February 1956) was the second wife of Sultan of Egypt, Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Hussein Kamel of Egypt. After her husband ascended the throne in 1914, she became known as Sultana Melek ().
Earl ...
(1869–1956), Queen consort of Egypt
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Abdurrahman Melek
Abdurrahman Melek (1896 in Antakya – 13 January 1978 in Ankara), was a Turkish politician, who served as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Hatay founded following the constitution approved by the league of Nations on 19 May 1937.
He starte ...
(1896–1978), prime minister of the Republic of Hatay
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Melek Ahmed Pasha
Melek Ahmed Pasha ("Ahmed Pasha the Angel"; 1604–1662) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, grand vizier during the reign of Mehmed IV.
Early years
He was of Abkhaz people, Abkhaz (or Abazins, Ab ...
(c. 1604–1662), Ottoman grand vizier
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Ottoman governor of Egypt
The Ottoman Empire's governors of Egypt from 1517 to 1805 were at various times known by different but synonymous titles, among them ''beylerbey'', viceroy, governor, governor-general, or, more generally, '' wāli''. Furthermore, the Ottoman sul ...
, also known as ''Şeytan Ibrahim Pasha''
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Ottoman grand vizier and grand admiral
Other uses
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''Melek'' (album), an album by Candan Erçetin
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Melek, Nitra District, village in the Nitra District, Slovakia
See also
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Malak (disambiguation)
Mal'ak (also spelled Malak, Melek) may refer to:
* Malak Hifni Nasif (1886-1918), Egyptian feminist and poet
* Malak Karsh (1915–2001), Canadian photographer
* Malak, Northern Territory a suburb in the City of Darwin, Australia
* Mal'ak Elohim ...
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