Derviş is the Turkish and Bosnian (''Derviš'') spelling of the

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and

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word " " (), referring to a

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aspirant. The word appears as a given name and surname in various forms throughout Arabic, Bosnian (a Slavic language), Persian, and Turkish-speaking communities. An etymology for the name is given in the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names:

Given name

Derviş

Derviş Ali Derviş Ali ( Modern Turkish: ''Derviş Ali'') (d. 1673) was a 17th-century Ottoman calligrapher. Life and work His is known as Derviş Ali, the elder or by the nicknames ''Büyük'', ''Birinci'' or ''ayırt Mâruf'' (to distinguish him from t ...

(died 1673), Ottoman calligrapher * Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu (1924-1965),

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

politician assassinated by Turkish paramilitary group TMT. *

Derviş Eroğlu Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...

. * Derviş Kemal Deniz (born 1954), Turkish Cypriot politician * Dervis Konuralp (born 1980), British Paralympic swimmer of Turkish-Cypriot descent *

Derviş Vahdeti Derviş Vahdeti (1870 – 19 July 1909) was a Cypriot-born religious figure and Islamist politician. He was the leading figure of 31 March incident. He was executed on 19 July 1909 due to his role in the incident. Biography Vahdeti was born in C ...

(1870–1909), Cyprus-born Ottoman religious figure and journalist *

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best S ...

(born 1964), Turkish Cypriot novelist

Derviš

Derviš-beg Alić Sarvanović Derviš-beg Alić Sarvanović ( sr-cyr, Дервиш-бег Алић Сарвановић), known as Derviš Alić (Дервиш Алић) or Dervish Bey () was the Ottoman governor of the sanjak of Montenegro from 1592 to at least 1597. He was fro ...

, Ottoman governor of the sanjak of Montenegro *

Derviš Hadžiosmanović Derviš Hadžiosmanović (Cyrillic: Дервиш Хаџиосмановић, ; born 9 August 1958) is a Montenegrin football coach and former player. Playing career Club Born in Pljevlja, SR Montenegro, back then within Yugoslavia, he played a ...

(born 1959), Montenegrin football coach and former player *

Derviš Sušić Derviš Sušić (3 June 1925 – 1 September 1990) was a Bosnian writer, known best for his first work '' I, Danilo''. His political affiliations and life path had a significant impact on the themes of his literary works. Sušić was a Yugo ...

(1925–1990), Bosnian writer

Dervish

* Dervish Mehmed, the title and name of several historical Ottoman people

Surname

Ahmet Derviş Ahmet Derviş also known as Derviş Bey or Derviş Pasha (1881, Yenidje-Vardar ( Giannitsa), Salonica Vilayet – January 17, 1932, Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. See also *List of high-ranking ...

(1881–1932), officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army *

Kemal Derviş Kemal Derviş (; 10 January 1949 – 8 May 2023) was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's developm ...

(1949–2023), Turkish economist and politician *

Suat Derviş Suat Derviş (1905–1972) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, and political activist, who was among the founders of the Socialist Women’s Association in 1970. Family and early career Suat Derviş was born in 1905 in Istanbul into an aristocra ...

(1905–1972), Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist