Cemal is the
Turkish spelling of the
Arabic
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masculine given name
Jamal
Jamaal ( ''/'') is an Arabic given name and surname meaning "beauty."[Jamaal]
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Arabic
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جَمَال jamāl) which means "beauty, charm".
People named Cemal include:
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Cemal Erçman
Cemal Erçman (1896/1904–?), also known as Gülleci Cemal, was a Turkish people, Turkish Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, who competed at the Turkey at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 and Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1928 Olympic Games ...
(1896/1904–?), Turkish weightlifter
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Cemal Gürsel
Cemal Gürsel (9 June 1894 – 14 September 1966) was a Turkish military officer and politician who was the fourth president of Turkey, serving from 1960 to 1966 after taking power in a coup d'état.
Early life
Gürsel was born in the town ...
(1895–1966), Turkish army general and fourth President of Turkey
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Cemal Nalga
Cemal Nalga (born 16 September 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyespor of the Turkish Basketball First League(TBL). He plays the center position.
Jersey scandal
Nalga is also known for a ma ...
(born 1987), Turkish basketball player
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Cemal Oğuz
Cemal Oğuz (born 1 December 1980) is a Turkish judoka
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大� ...
(born 1980), Turkish judoka
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Cemal Pasha
Ahmed Djemal (; ; 6 May 1872 – 21 July 1922), also known as Djemal Pasha or Cemâl Pasha, was an Ottoman military leader and one of the Three Pashas that ruled the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
As an officer of the II Corps, he was ...
(1872–1922), Ottoman military leader
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Cemal Reşit Eyüpoğlu
Cemal Reşit Eyüpoğlu (1906 – 21 January 1988) was a Turkish finance officer, lawyer, politician and journalist. He was a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP). He served at the Parliament from 1950 to 1954 and the Constituent Assembl ...
(1906–1988), Turkish politician and journalist
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Cemal Reşit Rey
Cemal Reşit Rey (; 25 October 1904 – 7 October 1985) was a Turkish people, Turkish composer, pianist, screenwriter, script writer and Conducting, conductor. He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas fo ...
(1904–1985), Turkish composer
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Cemal Süreya
Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish– Zaza descent.
Biography
Süreya and his family were deported to Bilecik, a city in the Marmara Region of Turkey after the Dersim R ...
(1931–1990), Turkish writer
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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 ...
(1925–2009), Turkish philosopher
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Ahmed Cemal Eringen (1921–2009), Turkish- American engineering scientist
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Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980), Turkish diplomat and politician
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Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), Turkish composer
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