Yaşar is a masculine Turkish given name, which also appears as a surname. In non-Turkish publications, the name would many times appear as Yasar (with no

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on the s). People with the name include:

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Yaşar

* Yaşar Aliyev (born 1955), Azerbaijani diplomat * Yaşar Altıntaş (born 1957), Turkish footballer * Yaşar Alpaslan (1914–1995), Turkish footballer * Yaşar Turgut Bilgin (born 1957), Turkish author *

Yaşar Büyükanıt General Mehmet Yaşar Büyükanıt (1 September 1940 – 21 November 2019) was the 25th Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, from 28 August 2006 to 28 August 2008. Biography General Yaşar Büyükanıt was born in Is ...

(1940–2019), Turkish general, Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces * Yaşar Halit Çevik (born 1955), Turkish ambassador *

Yaşar Doğu Yaşar Doğu (1913 – 8 January 1961) was a renowned Turkish Wrestler, World and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman and Freestyle of Circassian descent. Biography He was born in the village Karlı of Kavak district in Samsun province to a fam ...

(1913–1961), Turkish sports wrestler *

Yaşar Erkan Yaşar Erkan (30 April 1911 in Erzincan – 18 May 1986) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the first ever Olympic gold medal for Turkey in the Featherweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling. Yaşar Erkan is the first Olympic champion i ...

(1911–1986), Turkish sports wrestler *

Yaşar Giritli Yaşar Giritli (born 1 August 1969) is a retired male boxer from Turkey. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division by Thaila ...

(born 1969), Turkish boxer *

Yaşar Güler Yaşar Güler (born September 18, 1954) is a Turkish general who currently serves as the 30th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, serving in the position since he succeeded Hulusi Akar in July 2018. Career He enlisted in the ...

(born 1954), Turkish general * Yasar İsmailoğlu (born 1945), Turkish-Cypriot poet, writer and journalist *

Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist and one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobe ...

(1923-2015), Turkish writer and journalist of Kurdish origin *

Yaşar Kurt Arşak Yaşar Kurt ( hy, Արշակ Յաշար Կուրթ, born 16 August 1968) is a Turkish-Armenian rock artist. Biography He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Open Education Anadolu University but did not graduate. He founded the alternativ ...

(born 1968), Turkish musician of Armenian origin * Yaşar Nezihe (1882-1971), female poet from the Ottoman Period into Turkish Republic *

Yaşar Nuri Öztürk Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (February 5, 1951 – June 22, 2016) was a Turkish Islamic scholar, university professor of Islamic theology, lawyer, columnist and a former member of Turkish parliament. He has been described as a Quranist and has given many ...

(1951–2016), Turkish politician * Yaşar Ören (born 1942), Turkish cross-country skier *

Yaşar Topçu Yaşar Topçu (born January 10, 1941 in Boyabat, Sinop Province, Turkey), is a Turkish politician and former government minister. He stood trial before the Constitutional Court for corruption charges, and was found guilty of malpractice. Early ...

(born 1941), Turkish politician and government minister * Yaşar Yakış (born 1938), Turkish politician and government minister * Yaşar Yılmaz (born 1930), Turkish sports wrestler

Yasar

Yasar Onel Yasar may refer to: People * Yaşar (name), a Turkish name, including a list of people with the name * Mehmet Yasar, 19th century Macedonian politician * Nedim Yasar (1987–2018), Danish former gangster and radio host of Turkish origin * Yasar Sha ...

, Turkish-born Swiss and American physicist

Middle name

Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (August 22, 1926 – November 4, 1984) was a Turkish poet. Life He was born on 22 August 1926 in Tarsus (Mersin Province). He studied in Konya and Eskişehir. He served as an accountant in the Niğde branch office and then ...

(1926–1984), Turkish poet

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Yaşar

Ebru Yaşar Ebru Yaşar (; born 8 August 1977) is a Turkish pop music singer. Music Yaşar is of Kurdish descent.''Ben zaten Kürt kökenliyim. Kürtçe konuşamasam da, ailemde Kürtçe konuşmaların içinde büyüdüm.''"Ebru Yaşar ile dobra dobra" ' ...

(born 1978), Turkish female musician *

Ece Yaşar Ece Yaşar (born February 20, 1990) is a Turkish female karateka competing currently in the kumite -61 kg division. She competes for TED Ankara Kolejliler. Yaşar is a student at the sports academy of Hacettepe University in Anka ...

(born 1990), Turkish female karateka * İbrahim Halil Yaşar (born 1994), Turkish footballer * Muhsin Yaşar, Turkish basketball player *

Necdet Yaşar Necdet Yaşar (; 1930 - October 24, 2017) was a Turkish ''tanbur'' lute player and teacher. A founding member of the Istanbul State Turkish Music Ensemble, he performed throughout the world as a cultural ambassador for Turkey and taught twice a ...

(1930–2017), Turkish tanbur (lute) player and teacher * Osman Yaşar, American computer scientist * Nurettin Yaşar (born 1961), Turkish politician and member of Parliament *

Selim Yaşar Koloi Mikailovich Kartoev (russian: Колой Микаилович Картоев; born 20 February 1990 in Ingushetia), also known as Selim Yaşar or Zelimkhan Kartoev, is an Ingush-born Russian naturalized Turkish freestyle wrestler, Juni ...

(born 1990), Ingushetia-born Russian and Turkish wrestler

Yasar

Nedim Yasar Nedim Yasar (born in Turkey as Nedim Yaşar in 1987 - died in Copenhagen, Denmark, 20 November 2018) was a former Danish-Kurdish gang member, and later a radio host on the Danish talk station Radio24syv with the programme titled ''Police Radio''. O ...

(1987–2018), Danish former gangster and radio host of Turkish origin * Özgür Yasar (born 1981), Swedish footballer

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Yaşar

Yasar

Middle name

Surname

Yaşar

Yasar

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