Nihat is a
Turkish given name for males. It means "legacy". People named Nihat include:
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Ali Nihat Yazıcı
Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964) is the head of Turkish Chess Federation.
After graduating from Istanbul Technical University as an electronics and communication engineer in 1987, Yazıcı worked for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (T ...
(born 1964), Turkish chess official
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Nihat Anılmış (1876–1954), Ottoman army officer and Turkish general
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Nihat Balkan, Turkish fencer
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Nihat Baştürk (born 1973), Turkish footballer
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Nihat Bekdik
"Aslan" Nihat Asım Bekdik (1902 – 21 June 1972) was a Turkish professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray. He also represented Turkey on 21 occasions, captaining them 10 times, and played ...
(1902–1972), Turkish footballer
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Nihat Berker
Ahmet Nihat Berker (born 20 September 1949) is a Turkish scientist, theoretical chemist, physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT. Currently, he is the acting Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences in Kadir Has University, Turkey. H ...
(born 1949), Turkish theoretical physicist
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Nihat Ergün
Nihat Ergün (born 14 September 1962, in İzmit) is a Turkish politician and the former Minister of Science, Industry and Technology.
Ergün completed primary, middle, and high school in Izmit. He graduated from the Marmara University's Facu ...
(born 1962), Turkish politician and government minister
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Nihat Erim
İsmail Nihat Erim (30 November 1912 – 19 July 1980) was a Turkish politician and jurist. He served as the 13th Prime Minister of Turkey for almost 14 months after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. He was assassinated by the Revolutionar ...
(1912–1980), Turkish politician and journalist
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Nihat Eski
Nihat Eski (born 24 July 1963 in Tosya, Turkey) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic p ...
(born 1963), Turkish-Dutch politician
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Nihat Genç
Nihat Genç (born 1956) is a Turkish journalist and writer.
He graduated from Trabzon Commerce School in 1974. Although he entered the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences and Ankara School of Banking and Insurance, he dropped ...
(born 1956), Turkish journalist and writer
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Nihat Kahveci
Nihat Kahveci (born 23 November 1979), better known mononymously as Nihat, is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He works as a football commentator for TRT. He has a UEFA Pro Licence.
Biography
Like most Turkish ...
(born 1979), Turkish footballer
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Nihat Nikerel
Nihat Nikerel (05 February 1950 – 26 September 2009) was a Turkish actor, best known for his role in the crime drama series ''Kurtlar Vadisi
'Valley of the Wolves' ( tr, Kurtlar Vadisi) is a Turkish television drama that originally aired on ...
(1950–2009), Turkish actor
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Nihat Özdemir
Nihat Özdemir (born 5 April 1950) is a Turkish business man, owner of Limak holding and former president of the Turkish Football Federation. He was the Deputy President and Press Spokesman for Turkish Süper Lig football club Fenerbahçe SK.
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(born 1950), Turkish businessman
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Nihat Şahin
Nihat Şahin (born 15 September 1989) is a Turkish footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Gazişehir Gaziantep.
Nihat made his Süper Lig debut for Sivasspor
Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reason ...
(born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Nihat Türkmenoğlu
Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 5 June 1988) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's compound bow W1 event.
He is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual W1 and Mixed team W1 events. He won the silver medal in the In ...
(born 1988), Turkish opara archer
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Nihat Zeybekci
Nihat Zeybekci (born 1 January 1961) is a Turkish economist, politician, a member of parliament for Denizli Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the current Minister of the Economy.
Early life
Nihat Zeybekci was bor ...
(born 1961), Turkish economist, politician and government minister
;See also
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Nihad
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Turkish masculine given names