İskender is the Turkish form of the name

Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...

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Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

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İskender Alın İskender Alın (born 28 February 1984) is a Turkish professional football player who currently plays as a forward for Şile Yıldızspor. Life and career Alın began his football career when Yimpaş Yozgatspor signed him to a youth contract ...

(born 1984), Turkish footballer *

İskender Köksal İskender Köksal (born 22 August 1981) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He started his professional career with Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. It ...

(born 1981), Turkish footballer *

Iskender Pasha (governor of Ozi) Iskender Pasha (, ; 1620) was an Ottoman commander and the beylerbey of Oczakov ( Ozi). In 1620 Iskender Paşa led an Ottoman army, with Wallachian contingents (13,000-22,000) against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Cecora ...

(fl. 1620), Ottoman military commander *

Iskender Pasha (governor of Egypt) Iskender Pasha (died 1571) was an Ottoman statesman. He was the governor of Egypt for the Ottoman Empire from 1556 to 1559. Iskender Pasha was muslim, a member of the faith of Islam according to his role as beylerbey. During his term as governor ...

(fl. 1555–1559), Ottoman governor of Egypt *

İskender Chitaşi İskender (Alexander) Chitaşi (, , ) (1904-1938) was a Laz linguist, educator, writer, and activist. He was known for creating the first newspaper in the Laz language called "''Mçita Murutsxi" (Red Star)''. References 20th-century linguist ...

(1904-1938) A Laz Linguist, writer and activist *

Skanderbeg Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanians, Albanian Albanian nobility, feudal lord and military commander who led Skanderbeg's rebellion, a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, ...

(1405–1468), Albanian hero, Ottoman military commander * Alexander (son of Ivan Shishman) (died 1418), Bulgarian prince who converted to Islam

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* İskender kebap, Turkish dish invented by İskender Efendi * Eskandar, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * İskender, Edirne

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