Yıldırım is a

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

word meaning " lightning" and may refer to:

People

Given name

Ali Yıldırım Koç ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

(born 1967), Turkish businessman and member of the Koç family * Yıldırım Akbulut (1935–2021), Turkish politician * Yıldırım Aktuna (1930–2007), Turkish psychiatrist and politician *

Yıldırım Demirören Yıldırım Demirören (born 6 October 1964) is a Turkish businessman, former chair of the Istanbul-based Turkish multisports club Beşiktaş, and former president of the Turkish Football Federation. He owns part of ''Demirören Şirketler Gr ...

(born 1964), Turkish businessman and president of Turkish Football Federation

Surname

Adnan Yıldırım Adnan Yıldırım (1957 – 2 June 1994) was a Turkish businessman of Kurdish descent. Yıldırım was born in Diyarbakır, the son of Selim Yıldırım. On 3 June 1994 together with Savaş Buldan and Hacı Karay, he was abducted by unidenti ...

(1957–1994), Turkish person involved in the Susurluk scandal * Ahmet Yıldırım (born 1974), Turkish footballer * Avni Yıldırım (born 1991), Turkish boxer *

Aygün Yıldırım Aygün Yıldırım (born 4 April 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Arminia Bielefeld. Career In May 2021 2. Bundesliga club SSV Jahn Regensburg announced the signing of Yıldırım for the 2021–22 seas ...

(born 1995), German footballer *

Aziz Yıldırım Aziz Yıldırım (born 2 November 1952) was the 36th chairman of the Turkish, He has Kurdish Origin multi-sport club Fenerbahçe SK. He lost the election held on 3 June 2018 to Ali Koç which made him the 37th president of the Turkish club. ...

(born 1952), Turkish businessman and former chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K. *

Binali Yıldırım Binali Yıldırım (; born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last Prime Minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019. He was Leader of the Justice and Dev ...

(born 1955), Turkish politician and prime minister from May 2016 *

Bülent Yıldırım (referee) Bülent Yıldırım (born 1 March 1972 in Pınarbaşı, Kayseri Province, Turkey) is a Turkish football referee. He was educated in Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. Currently, he is e ...

(born 1972), Turkish football referee *

Cemal Yıldırım Cemal Yıldırım (1925–2009) was a Turkish philosopher, author, educator, and researcher. He wrote 15 books (4 in English and 11 in Turkish) and numerous academic papers. He wrote extensively on the philosophy of science and the history of sci ...

(born 1925), Turkish philosopher of science * Cem Yıldırım (born 1961), Turkish mathematician * Elif Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish female middle-distance runner * Fatma Sezen Yıldırım (born 1954), Turkish singer, songwriter and producer *

Fatoş Yıldırım Fatoş Yıldırım (born March 28, 1994) is a Turkish women's soccer, women's football Midfielder (association football), midfielder, who plays in the Turkish Women's Football Super League, Super League for Fomget Gençlik ve Spor, Ankara BB Fomg ...

(born 1994), Turkish women's footballer * Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım (born 1966), Turkish NGO leader *

Gülser Yıldırım Gülser Yıldırım (born 1 January 1963, Nusaybin, Mardin Province, Mardin) is a Kurds in Turkey, Turkish Kurd politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and former member of the Grand National Assembly ...

(born 1963) Turkish-Kurdish politician *

Haluk Yıldırım Haluk Yıldırım (born June 25, 1972, in Bursa, Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. He is currently the general manager of Beşiktaş men's basketball team Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, T ...

(born 1972), Turkish basketball player *

Hüseyin Yıldırım Hüseyin Yıldırım (born March 10, 1928) is a Turkish-American auto mechanic who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States for his courier role in the espionage activities of U.S. serviceman James Hall III during the Cold War er ...

(born 1928), convicted Turkish spy of the Cold War era *

Irmak Yıldırım Irmak Yıldırım (born 2005) is a Turkish motocross raceser. She is her country's first female athlete in this sport. She is a ntive of Balıkesir, Turkey. Encouraged by her father, she started motorcycle riding in 2012. She has been participa ...

(born 2005), Turkish female motocross racer *

Mahmut Yıldırım Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1951, Yenidal, Solhan, Bingöl Province), better known as Yeşil (Turkish for "Green"), is a Turkish rogue agent of Zaza origins. He is wanted for the murders of eight people in Turkey. Among the murders he is accused of ...

(born 1953), Turkish Olympian contract killer *

Mithat Yıldırım Mithat Yıldırım (born January 12, 1966) is a retired Olympian cross-country skier from Turkey. Mithat Yıldırım competed for Turkey at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics in cross country 10 km (classical) and 10 km events ...

(born 1966), Turkish cross-country skier *

Murat Yıldırım (actor) Murat Yıldırım is a Turkish actor. Early life Murat Yıldırım was born in Konya, Turkey. His father is of Kurdish origin and was a teacher of literature. Yıldırım's father speaks Turkish and Kurdish. His mother is of Arab descent an ...

(born 1979), Turkish actor *

Murat Yıldırım (footballer) Murat Yıldırım (born 18 May 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF First League club Çorum. Notably, he is also the owner of the club. International career Yıldırım picked up caps as a youth international, h ...

(born 1987), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent *

Özkan Yıldırım Özkan Yıldırım (born 10 April 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish club Menemen. Club career On 14 May 2016, the last day of the 2015–16 Bundesliga season, Yıldırım made his first-t ...

(born 1993), German footballer * Ramazan Yıldırım (born 1975), Turkish footballer and manager *

Rıza Yıldırım Rıza Yıldırım (born May 6, 1987) is a European champion Turkish wrestler competing in the 97 kg division of freestyle wrestling. He is a member of Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Yıldırım won the gold medal in the 96 ...

(born 1987), Turkish wrestler *

Rukiye Yıldırım Rukiye Yıldırım (born February 12, 1991 in Ankara) is a European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division. She is a graduate student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya. She began ...

(born 1991), Turkish female taekwondo practitioner * Selma Yildirim (born 1969), Austrian politician * Sercan Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish footballer *

Uğur Yıldırım Uğur Yıldırım (; born 8 May 1982) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player. He especially impressed during his time with SC Heerenveen and became free kick world champion. After retiring, he began working as a coach at the Go ...

(born 1982), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent

Nickname

* Bayezid I (1354–1403), "Yıldırım Bayezid", Ottoman sultan

Places

* Yıldırım, Bursa, a metropolitan district in the center of Bursa, Turkey *

Yıldırım, Yenişehir Yıldırım is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Bursa Province in Turkey. Its population is 115 (2022). References Neighbourhoods in Yenişehir District, Bursa {{Bursa-geo-stub ...

*The Turkish name of the town of

Milia, Famagusta Milia ( el, Μηλιά, literally 'Apple tree', ( tr, Yıldırım) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Repu ...

, Northern Cyprus *

Yıldırım railway station Yıldırım railway station ( tr, Yıldırım istasyonu) is a railway station in Ankara, Turkey, currently being rebuilt. The station was a stop on the Ankara suburban from 1972 to 2016 when it was closed and demolished shortly after, in order to r ...

, a commuter rail station in Ankara, Turkey

Other uses

J-600T Yıldırım The J-600T Yıldırım (''Thunderbolt'') is a conventional battlefield ballistic missile system providing high mobility, designed to attack high-value targets such as enemy air defence installations, C3I centers, logistics and infrastructure facil ...

, a conventional battlefield ballistic missile system of Turkey *

Yıldırım Bosna S.K. Yıldırım Bosna SK is a football club from Bayrampaşa neighborhood of İstanbul. Club was founded by the migrant Turkish citizens who migrated from Balkans to İstanbul. Its first name was Altınçam. Then took several names like Sönmez Gen ...

, a football club in Istanbul, Turkey *

Yıldırım Army Group The Yildirim Army Group or Thunderbolt Army Group of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: ''Yıldırım Ordular Grubu'') or Army Group F (German: ''Heeresgruppe F'') was an Army Group of the Ottoman Army during World War I. While being an Ottoman unit, i ...

, army group of the Ottoman Empire during World War I {{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirim Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names