Cihat is a Turkish given name for males. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic name and word

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: جِهاد ''jihād''). People named Cihat include:

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* Cihat Arman, Turkish football goalkeeper * Cihat Bilgehan (1923–1981), Turkish jurist and politician *

Cihat Teğin Cihat Teğin (born 16 November 1915, date of death unknown) was a Turkish fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and o ...

, Turkish fencer * Cihat Yaycı (born 1966), Turkish military officer

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* Hasan Cihat Örter, Turkish guitarist

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