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ÅŸafak
Şafak is a word in Turkish Türk Dil Kurumu sözlükleri (in Turkish) meaning dawn. It is also used as a unisex given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People Given name * (born 1992), Turkish basketball player * (born 1976), Turkish politician * (born 1988), Turkish actress * |
Elif Åžafak
Elif Shafak ( ; née Bilgin; born 25 October 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist and activist. Shafak writes in Turkish and English, and has published 21 books. She is best known for her novels, which include '' The Bastard of Istanbul'', '' The Forty Rules of Love'', '' Three Daughters of Eve'' and '' 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World''. Her works have been translated into 57 languages and have been nominated for several literary awards. She has been described by the ''Financial Times'' as "Turkey's leading female novelist", with several of her works having been bestsellers in Turkey and internationally. Her works have prominently featured the city of Istanbul, and dealt with themes of Eastern and Western culture, roles of women in society, and human rights issues. Certain politically challenging topics addressed in her novels, such as child abuse and the Armenian genocide, have led to legal action from authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åžafak Edge
Şafak Edge (born June 17, 1992) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bandırma Bordo of the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi The Turkish Basketball First League (; TBL), is Turkish basketball league system, the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously known as Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L). Format and pro .... References External linksTBLStat.net Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge, Safak 1992 births Living people Afyon Belediye S.K. players < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åžafak Pavey
Şafak Pavey (born 10 July 1976) is a Turkish diplomat, columnist and politician. She was a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) representing Istanbul Province. She is the first disabled woman ever elected to the Turkish parliament, and is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 1996, before she turned 20, her left arm and left leg were amputation, amputated after a train accident in Switzerland. In 2012, Pavey was honored by the United States Department of State with the International Women of Courage Award. She announced her resignation as a member of parliament on 15 September 2017, citing health reasons. The resignation took effect on 25 October 2017. Early life and education Pavey was born on 10 July 1976 in Ankara to Şahin Baştürk and Ayşe Önal, a well-known journalist and writer. In 1994, she moved to Switzerland with her husband to study art and film. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åžafak Pekdemir
Şafak Pekdemir (born 19 June 1988) is a Turkish actress. Early life and education Şafak Pekdemir was born on 19 June 1988 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is a graduate of Beykent University Faculty of Fine Arts. Career Before starting her acting career she made her debut in short film ''Sadist'' in 2009. In 2010, she started her acting career and made her debut in the series ''Türk Malı'' depicting the character of Zehra. In 2011, she appeared in the TV series ''Firar'', in the same year she portrayed the character of Asıl Demircan in the series ''Süphe'' which starred Selin Demiratar, Serkan Altunorak and İsmail Hacıoğlu. In 2012, she depicted the character of Nisan in the series ''Leyla ve Mecnun'', in 2014 she appeared in the movie ''İncir Reçeli 2'' portraying the character of Gizem. In 2015, she appeared in the series ''Asla Vazgeçmem'' and depicted the character of İclal. In 2017, she made her debut in the movie ''Deli Aşk'' portraying the character of Zeynep, the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åžafak Sezer
Erol Şafak Sezer (born 10 October 1970) is a Turkish actor who usually appears in comedic roles. His stage debut came in Haldun Taner's play ''Eşeğin Gölgesi'' at Ankara Halk Tiyatrosu (Ankara People's Theatre). He acted in several other plays at the same venue as well as at Ankara Ekin Tiyatrosu (Ankara Crop Theatre). In cinema, he initially appeared in supporting roles in several movies. His breakthrough came with '' Kolpaçino'' (2009) in which he starred. Şafak Sezer was found guilty of physically attacking a camera assistant for "making noise" on the set of ''Alemin Kralı'' TV series in 2012, and a 13-month prison sentence was demanded for him in December 2013. The announcement of the verdict was postponed to a later date. Sezer rose once again to public's attention in 2013 when he publicly knelt in front of Turkey's Prime Minister and apologized for his earlier participation in protest demonstrations. Turkish newspapers reported, with accompanying photographs, on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu
İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu (born August 4, 2002) is a Turkish curler from Erzurum, Turkey. She currently plays second on the Turkey women's national curling team skipped by Dilşat Yıldız. Career In 2019, Çalıkuşu appeared in her first international event, skipping the Turkish team at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. Throwing third rocks on the team with fourth Beytullah Özkan, second Kadir Polat and lead Nisanur Kaya, she led Turkey to a 1–5 round robin record. Their sole win came in their final game where they defeated Austria 8–2. The same year, Çalıkuşu served as the alternate on the Turkey junior rink led by Mihriban Polat at the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships. There, the team just missed the playoffs with a 2–3 record. Çalıkuşu played lead on the Turkish team that represented the nation at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Champéry, Switzerland. Her team, with skip Selahattin Eser, fourth Kadir Polat and third Berfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish-language Surnames
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with the Latin script-based Turkish alphabet. Some distinctive characteristics of the Turkish language are vowel harmony and exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Unisex Given Names
Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The word that Iranian Azerbaijanis use for the Azerbaijani language * Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkey), 1299–1922, previously sometimes known as the Turkish Empire ** Ottoman Turkish, the Turkish language used in the Ottoman Empire * Turkish Airlines, an airline * Turkish music (style), a musical style of European composers of the Classical music era * Turkish, a character in the 2000 film '' Snatch'' See also * * * Turk (other) * Turki (other) * Turkic (other) * Turkey (other) * Turkiye (other) * Turkish Bath (other) * Turkish population, the number of ethnic Turkish people in the world * Culture of Turkey * History of Turkey ** History of the Republic of Turkey * Turkic languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
