Özdemir is a Turkish given name for males meaning "pure

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Given name

Özdemir Asaf Özdemir Asaf (11 June 1923, Ankara – 28 January 1981, Istanbul) was one of the prominent Turkish poets during the early Republican period. Biography Life He was born on 11 June 1923 in Ankara. His real name is Halit Özdemir Arun. His ...

(1923–1981), Turkish poet and writer *

Özdemir Bayraktar Özdemir Bayraktar (1949 - 18 October 2021) was a Turkish engineer and entrepreneur. He founded the Turkish private defense company Baykar and was its Chairman of the Board of Directors until his death in 2021. Bayraktar also contributed heavily ...

(1949–2021), Turkish entrepreneur and engineer *

Özdemir Erdoğan Özdemir Erdoğan (born 17 June 1940) is a Turkish singer-songwriter and composer. He was elected as a Turkish state artist in 1998. Early life Of Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the Sout ...

(born 1940), Turkish musician * Özdemir Pasha (died 1561), Circassian Mamluk general for the Ottoman Empire *

Özdemir Sabancı Özdemir Sabancı (1941 – January 9, 1996) was a Turkish businessman and a second generation member of the Sabancı family. Biography He was born in Adana, Turkey. After finishing high school at the Tarsus American College in Tarsus, provinc ...

(1941–1996), Turkish businessman * Ozdemir Turan (born 1950), Turkish acrobat

Surname

* Abdulkadir Özdemir (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Ali Özdemir (1923–2009), Turkish wrestler * Ali Talip Özdemir (born 1953), Turkish politician and former leader of the Motherland Party * Bayram Özdemir (born 1976), Turkish wrestler * Berat Özdemir (born 1998), Turkish footballer * Bestemsu Özdemir (born 1992), Turkish actress * Burak Özdemir (born 1994), Turkish chef and restaurateur *

Cansu Özdemir Cansu Özdemir (born 8 September 1988) is a German politician of The Left from Hamburg. She is a member of the Hamburg Parliament. Life Özdemir was born in Hamburg to Kurdish parents in 1988. After she received her ''Abitur'' from Kieler St ...

(born 1988), German politician of Kurdish descent *

Cem Özdemir Cem Özdemir (; ; born 21 December 1965) is a German politician who served as Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany), Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture in the Scholz cabinet, cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 202 ...

(born 1965), German politician of Turkish descent *

(born 1992), Turkish footballer *

Cüneyt Özdemir Cüneyt Özdemir (born 8 February 1970) is a Turkish journalist, television host and producer. Özdemir is the anchorman of the leading local and foreign affairs program 5N1K, broadcast on CNN Türk Television for 20 years now. Career ''32. G� ...

(born 1970), Turkish journalist *

Demet Özdemir Demet Özdemir (born 26 February 1992) is a Turkish actress and former dancer known for her roles in ''Erkenci Kuş'', ''Dunyayla Benim Aramda'', '' Doğduğun Ev Kaderindir,'' '' Adım Farah and Eşref Rüya''. She has been increasingly reco ...

(born 1992), Turkish actress, model and dancer * Ela Naz Özdemir (born 2006), Turkish female swimmer *

Emre Ozdemir Emre is a popular Turkish male given name that means "lover" and/or "friend" and "kakkihousu" examples of this is a famous guy named cemre acarca. It is also a surname in Turkey. Etymology The most popular idea is that Emre originates from the T ...

(born 1981), Turkish cartoonist and illustrator *

Enes Özdemir Enes Özdemir (born 2002) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kata. Career He won the gold medal in the Team kata event at the 2021 European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia. He won the bronze medal in the Team kata event at t ...

(born 2002), Turkish karateka *

Engin Özdemir Engin Özdemir (born 1 October 1968) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder and winger. He is best known for playing for Gençlerbirliği. He is also the father of Youtuber CaniSports. Career Club Ö ...

(born 1968), Turkish footballer * Evren Ozdemir (born 1977, Turkish-Canadian rapper, producer and songwriter * Gülper Özdemir (born 1994), Turkish actress * Hasan Özdemir (born 1947), Turkish former police chief and politician * Hasan Özdemir (born 1964), Turkish footballer *

İbrahim Özdemir İbrahim Özdemir (born January 1, 1960) is a Kurdish philosopher, academic and Islamic environmentalist. He is a professor of philosophy at Uskudar University and Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National E ...

(born 1960), Turkish philosopher *

İlkay Özdemir İlkay Özdemir (born 1981) is a Turkish stage magician. Early years In 2001, during her study of Economics at the university, she jobbed for psychiatrist Dr. Selim Başarır. Her employer, an experienced amateur magician, inspired her in stage ...

(born 1981), Turkish female performer of stage magic * Kaan Özdemir (born 1998), Turkish footballer *

Kayra Özdemir Kayra Almira Özdemir (; born Ketty Mathé on 13 February 1988) is a French-born Turkish European champion female judoka competing in the +78 kg division. Coming from Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron in Brittany, she competed for France until her m ...

(born 1988), Turkish-French judoka * Mahinur Ozdemir (born 1982), Belgian politician * Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent *

Muzaffer Özdemir Muzaffer Özdemir (born 1955 in Gümüşhane) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his performance as Mahmut in Uzak. Awards * Best actor at Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film ...

(born 1955), Turkish actor *

Nihat Özdemir Nihat Özdemir (born 5 April 1950) is a Turkish business man, owner of Limak holding and former president of the Turkish Football Federation. He was the Deputy President and Press Spokesman for Turkey, Turkish Süper Lig football club Fenerbahçe ...

(born 1950), Turkish businessman *

Nilay Özdemir Nilay is a female given name of Turkish origin. Ay means moon and Nil means the river Nile in Turkish language. The name means Moon of the Nile. People named Nilay include: * Nilay Aydogan (1992–2023), Turkish basketball player * Nilay Erkal ( ...

(born 1985), Turkish female volleyball player * Nimet Özdemir (born 1970), Turkish entrepreneur and politician * Oktay Özdemir (born 1986), Turkish-German actor * Orkun Özdemir (born 1995), Turkish footballer * Osman Özdemir (born 1961), Turkish football player and manager *

Özer Özdemir Özer Özdemir (born 5 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Balıkesirspor. Born in France, he represented Turkey at youth international level. Club career Özdemir made his professional debut for Le Havre AC ...

(born 1998), Turkish footballer * Özgür Özdemir (born 1995), Turkish footballer *

Pervin Özdemir Pervin Özdemir (born 1951 in İzmir) is a Turkish ceramics artist. She has taken drawing and history of art classes from Ali Riza Hiti. Has completed academy in 1971. In the 1980s she continued her art studies concentrating on ceramics at the ...

(born 1951), Turkish female ceramics artist * Pınar Özdemir (born ----)

Miss Turkey The Miss Turkey () is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey World, and Miss Turkey Supranational. History The Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspa ...

winner in 1991. *

Şaban Özdemir Şaban Özdemir (born January 1, 1981) is a Turkish journalist and tv producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive ne ...

(born 1981), Turkish journalist and TV producer * Samuel Ozdemir (born 1942), Turkish-Belgian

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Minister (Christianity), Christian clergy who is an Ordinary (church officer), ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which me ...

Serkan Özdemir Serkan Özdemir (born May 14, 1976) is a former Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football ...

(born 1976), Turkish football player *

Seçkin Özdemir Seçkin Özdemir (born 25 August 1981) is a Turkish actor, TV presenter, radio personality and disc jockey. Early life Seçkin Özdemir was born and raised in Istanbul. His mother, who was born in Greece and immigrated to Turkey, is of Turkish ...

(born 1981), Turkish actor and former TV presenter, radio personality, and disc jockey (DJ) * Şenay Özdemir (born 1969), Turkish-Dutch television presenter, journalist, and women's rights activist * Turan Özdemir (1952–2018), Turkish actor and voice actor *

Volkan Oezdemir Volkan Oezdemir (born 19 September 1989) is a Swiss professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2010, Oezdemir ...

(born 1989), Turkish-Swiss MMA artist * Yasemin Özdemir (born 1965), Turkish doctor * Yusuf Özdemir (born 2001), Turkish footballer

Places

* Özdemir, Elmalı, a village in the Elmalı district of the

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of Turkey *

Panik, Turkey Panik () is a ''köy'' (village) in the Iğdır District of Iğdır Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,671 (2022). Etymology The village's name ''Panik'' is an antiquated word in Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or rela ...

, a town in the Iğdır Merkez district of the

Iğdır Province Iğdır Province (, , , ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in eastern Turkey, located along the borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan (the area of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic), and Iran. Its adjacent provinces are Kars Province, Kars to the north ...

of Turkey, known as Özdemir before 2014 {{given name, type=both Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names