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Suna (name)
Suna is a feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish language, Turkish, it means drake, tall, beautiful and elegant. People *Suna Kan (1936–2023), Turkish violinist of classical music *Suna Kıraç (1941–2020), member of the Turkish Koç family *Suna Murray (born 1955), American figure skater *Suna Selen (born 1939), Turkish actress *Suna Yıldızoğlu (born 1955), Turkish actress References {{given name Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 name there may be more than one ''ad'' (given name). Married women may carry both their maiden and husband's surnames. The ''soyadı'' is written as the last element of the full name, after all given names (except that official documents related to registration matters often use the format "Soyadı, Adı"). History Naming customs during the Ottoman Empire Given names At least one name, often two but very rarely more, are given to a person at birth. Newly given names are allowed up to three words. Most names are gender-specific: Oğuz (name), Oğuz is strictly for males, Tuğçe only for females. But many Turkish names are unisex names, unisex. Many modern given names (such as Deniz (given name), Deniz, "sea"; or Ülkü, "ideal") ... [...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] |
Suna Kan
Suna Kan (21 October 1936 – 11 June 2023) was a Turkish violinist who studied in France and appeared internationally. She was a soloist and concert master of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra for 44 years. She was professor of violin at the Music and Performing Arts Department of Bilkent University in Ankara. Life and career Early life and education Kan was born in Adana on 21 October 1936. She began playing violin at the age of five. At age nine she gave her first public concerts with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, performing Mozart's Violin Concerto in A major and Viotti's Violin Concerto in A minor. She continued her studies in Ankara with Walter Gerhard, Izzet Albayrak, and Lico Amar. In 1949 she was sent to France on scholarship, under a special law passed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly. She graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris in 1952, where she studied with Gabriel Bouillon. She won the Paganini Competition of Genova in 1954, second prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suna Kıraç
Suna Koç Kıraç (born Suna Koç; June 3, 1941 – September 15, 2020) was a Turkish businesswoman and a billionaire. Early years Suna Koç was born to Vehbi Koç (1901–1996), the wealthiest businessman of Turkey, and his wife Sadberk (1908–1973) on June 3, 1941. She became the vice president of Koç Holding. She married İnan Kıraç, then a high-level executive of Koç Holding. As they were unable to have a biological child, they adopted a four-month old baby girl named İpek in their 15th year of marriage. Museum Suna Kıraç and her husband established a foundation for culture and education. The foundation opened the Pera Museum in 2005, which exhibits three valuable art collections of the Kıraç family. Awards Suna Kıraç was awarded the State Medal of Distinguished Service by the Turkish Council of Ministers for her contributions to education, health and social services in the country on September 23, 1997. She received the award from President Süleyman Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
