Yaprak is a common feminine
Turkish given name
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...
. In Turkish, "Yaprak" means "
leaf
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".
People
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Yaprak Baltacioğlu
Yaprak Baltacioğlu (born 1959) is a retired Canadian public servant, lawyer, and professor of Turkish descent. She has held senior leadership positions in the Canadian public service, serving as Secretary of the Treasury Board from 2012 to 2018 ...
, a
Turkish Canadian
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government bureaucrat and currently the Secretary of the
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS; ) is the administrative branch of the Treasury Board of Canada (the committee of ministers responsible for the financial management of the federal government) and a central agency of the Government ...
.
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Yaprak Erkek (born 2001), Turkish volleyball player
* Yaprak İşçibaşı, a Turkish scholar studying cinema and television and jurist of
Ankara International Film Festival
The Ankara Film Festival () is an international film festival in Turkey.
The 34th edition of the festival was held from November 2 to November 10, 2023. The Ankara Film Festival was first organized in 1988. .
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Yaprak Gürsoy, a Turkish scholar studying
international relations theory
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,
civil - military relations and
politics in Southern Europe and academic of
Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul Bilgi University () is a private university founded in 1996, located in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Turkey. The university has four campuses in Istanbul: SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Dolapdere, and Kozyatağı.
History
The university was ...
.
* Yaprak Öz, a Turkish poet.
* Yaprak Özdemiroğlu, a Turkish
ballet
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and actor and daughter of
Atilla Özdemiroğlu
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(
see Turkish Wikipedia article).
* Yaprak Yaltı, a Turkish author and one of the writers of
Turkish Elle magazine.
* Yaprak Yılmaz, one of the contestants in
Survivor: Aslanlar vs. Kanaryalar.
* Yaprak Zihnioglu, a Turkish feminist author renowned for her work on
Nezihe Muhiddin
Nezihe Muhiddin Tepedelengil (1889 – 10 February 1958) was a Turkish women's rights activist, suffragette, journalist, writer and political leader.
In the 20th century Ottoman Empire, Nezihe Muhiddin was a pioneer of the women's movement wh ...
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As a surname
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Ece Yaprak, American engineering academic
Fictional characters
* Yaprak İzmirli, a character in
Avrupa Yakası
''Avrupa Yakası'' (''European Side'') is a Turkish sitcom, produced by Sinan Çetin and written by Gülse Birsel. The series was shot at Plato Film studios and its first episode was broadcast on ATV (Turkey), ATV on 11 February 2004.
Although the ...
.
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