Yekta is originally a

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female given name meaning 'the only one'. It is also used in

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as a given name (mostly) for males. People named Yekta include:

Given name

Yekta Jamali Yekta Jamali Galeh ( fa, یکتا جمالی, born December 16, 2004, in Sedeh Lenjan, Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empi ...

(born 2004), Iranian weightlifter *

Yekta Kurtuluş Yekta Kurtuluş (; born 11 December 1985) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bodrumspor. Club career Yekta began his career at İzmirspor playing for the club four years, before signing for Kasımpaşa in 2007, wh ...

(born 1985), Turkish football player *

Yekta Naser Yekta Naser ( fa, یکتا ناصر; born November 3, 1978 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress and model. Early life Yekta Naser has received a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 30th Fajr International Film Festival for h ...

(born 1978), Iranian actress *

Yekta Güngör Özden Yekta Güngör Özden (born 1932) is a Turkish judge, and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey. He was born in Niksar, a town in Tokat province of Turkey, in 1932. He was the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey, from ...

(born 1932), Turkish judge *

Yekta Uzunoğlu Yekta Uzunoğlu (Kurdish: Yekta Geylanî) (b.1953, Silvan, Diyarbakır (Kurdish: Farqîn / Diarbekir)) is a doctor, writer, human rights fighter, translator and entrepreneur. Biography He was born in 1953 in Silvan, Diyarbakır. In 1971 he went ...

(born 1953), Turkish writer *

Yekta Yılmaz Gül Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born December 1, 1978 in Tirebolu, Giresun Province) is a Turkish professional Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed for the men's 120 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Gül studied at ...

(born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler

Middle name

Ahmet Yektâ Madran Ahmet Yektâ Madran (1885-1950) was a composer of Turkish music pieces, school songs, and marches. Life Madran trained as a band musician at İzmir Art School and learned to play the clarinet. After school, he became the instructor for the mi ...

(1885–1950), Turkish composer *

Rauf Yekta Rauf Yekta Bey (27 March 1871 – 8 January 1935) was a Turkish musician, musicologist and writer on music. Biography Rauf Yekta was born on 27 March 1871, in the Aksaray area of Istanbul, Turkey to his father Ahmed Arif Bey. He was named Mehm ...

(1871–1935), Turkish musicologist {{given name Persian feminine given names Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names