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given name Akram, meaning "kind", "generous", or "benevolent." Sometimes rendered Eqrem in Albania. Notable people with these names include:

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Ekrem Akurgal Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), ...

(1911–2002), Turkish archaeologist * Ekrem Al (born 1955), Turkish footballer *

Ekrem Alican Ekrem Alican (1916 – June 18, 2000) was a Turkish politician, government minister and party leader. Early years Alican was born in 1916 in Adapazarı in the Hüdavendigâr vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (now Sakarya Province of Turkey) to Yusuf ...

(1916–2000), Turkish politician * Ekrem Bardha (born 1933), Albanian-American businessman * Ekrem Bora (1934–2012), Turkish film actor *

Eko Fresh Ekrem Bora (born 3 September 1983), better known by his stage name Eko Fresh, is a German rapper of Turkish descent.ALEMEKO FRESH-EK IS BACKRetrieved 5 September 2010 Eko Fresh auf Twitter: "@xRay_RU halber Kurde halber Türke aber eigentlich ja ...

(real name Ekrem Bora, born 1983), German-Turkish rapper * Ekrem Boyalı (born 1970), Turkish taekwondo practitioner and coach * Ekrem Buğra Ekinci (born 1966), Turkish academic * Ekrem Buyukkaya, executive at

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Ekrem Bradarić Ekrem Bradarić (born 12 July 1969) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. He was most recently the assistant manager of First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegov ...

(born 1969), Bosnian footballer * Ekrem Çelebi (born 1965), Turkish politician and parliamentarian *

Ekrem Celil Ekrem Celil (born February 20, 1980, in Kardzhali, Bulgaria) is a Turkish European champion weightlifter competing in the –69 kg and –77 kg divisions. Born in Bulgaria of Turkish descent, he started to perform weightlifti ...

(born 1980), Turkish weightlifter * Ekrem Cemilpaşa (1891–1973), Kurdish politician and officer *

Ekrem Dağ Ekrem Hayyam Dağ (born 5 December 1980) is a football coach and a former player. Born in Turkey, he played for the Austria national team. Club career Dağ started his career at SVL Flavia Solva but joined the youth team of SK Sturm Graz in 1 ...

(born 1980), Austrian footballer of Turkish descent *

Ekrem Dumanlı Ekrem Dumanlı (born 1964) is a Turkish newspaper executive and, since 2001, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper '' Zaman''. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of its English-language version, ''Today's Zaman''. Dumanlı graduated from the ...

(born 1964), Turkish journalist * Ekrem Ekinci, Turkish chemist and academic * Ekrem Ekşioğlu (born 1978), Turkish footballer *

Ekrem Eylisli Akram Najaf oglu Naibov (, born December 6, 1937), better known by his pen name Akram Aylisli, is an Azerbaijani writer, playwright, novelist and former member of parliament.Üçüncü çağırış Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Məclisinin de ...

(born 1937), Azerbaijani writer and parliamentarian *

Ekrem Gench Ekrem Genç ( Bulgarian: Екрем Генч; born 1 July 1974) is a former Bulgarian footballer. Biography Over the course of his career, Genç represented Arda Kardzhali, FC Chirpan, Etar 1924 and Beroe. During the 1997/1998 season in the ...

(born 1974), Bulgarian footballer *

Ekrem Gökay Yüksel Ekrem Gökay Yüksel (born 1981) is a Turkish politician. He is a Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Balıkesir deputy in the 28th term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Biography He was born in Balıkesir in 1981. He has been interested ...

(born 1981), Turkish politician *

Ekrem Ibrić Ekrem Ibrić (born 25 January 1962, in Srebrenik) is a former Yugoslav football player, from the 1980s. Currently, he is Sloboda Tuzla's secretary. Career Ibrić played several seasons in the Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( ...

(born 1962), Yugoslav football player *

Ekrem İmamoğlu Ekrem İmamoğlu (born 4 June 1970) is a Turkish politician and businessman who has served as the 32nd Mayor of Istanbul since 2019. He is currently suspended from office temporarily. He is the Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for the ...

(born 1970), Turkish politician and current mayor of Istanbul *

Ekrem Jevrić Ekrem Jevrić (Cyrillic: Екрем Јеврић, ; born 25 October 1961 – 4 March 2016) was a Montenegrin American based in Yonkers, New York who became a singer and television personality. Recognized as an internet phenomenon by the BBC and ' ...

(1961–2016), Montenegrin singer and musician *

Ekrem Kahya Ekrem Kahya (born 9 February 1978) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer. After beginning his professional career in 1996 with ADO Den Haag, he has since played for Denizlispor, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Dordrecht and VVV-Ve ...

(born 1978), Turkish-Dutch footballer *

Ekrem Kılıçarslan Ekrem Kılıçarslan (born 22 August 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Esenler Erokspor on loan from Göztepe. Career Kılıçarslan is a youth product of Hastane Bayırıspor, Dardanelspor and Eskişehir ...

(born 1997), Turkish footballer *

Ekrem Koçak Ekrem Koçak (18 May 1931 – 12 June 1993) was a Turkish middle distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He won the Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlan ...

(1931–1993), Turkish middle distance runner *

Ekrem Lagumdžija Ekrem Lagumdžija ( sr-Cyrl, Екрем Лагумџија; born 10 March 1965) is a Bosniak former professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Yugoslavia national team. He has a volleyball academy named SMEČ which is ...

(born 1965), Bosnian volleyball player * Ekrem Libohova (1882–1948), Albanian politician *

Ekrem Memnun Ekrem Memnun (born 16 July 1969) is a Turkish basketball Head coach. He is the current head coach of Çukurova Basketbol of the Women's Basketball Super League. Coaching career Ekrem Memnun started his coaching career in the Galatasaray youth t ...

(born 1969), Turkish basketball coach * Ekrem Öztürk (born 1997), Turkish wrestler * Ekrem Rexha (1961–2000), Kosovo Liberation Army commander * Ekrem Sancaklı (born 2001), Turkish basketballer * Ekrem Spahiu (born 1960), Albanian politician

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* Ali Ekrem Bolayır (1867–1937), Turkish politician and Ottoman governor of Jerusalem *

Ercüment Ekrem Talu Ercüment Ekrem Talu (1886 – December 16, 1956) was a Turkish writer, humorist and a journalist. Biography He was born to Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem, a poet and writer of the Ottoman Empire era in Istanbul in 1886. After graduating from Galatasar ...

(1886–1956), Turkish writer and journalist * Gazi Ekrem Husrev Pasha (died 1362), Ottoman Bosnian vizier *

György Ekrem-Kemál György Ekrem-Kemál (29 June 1945 – 12 June 2009) was a Hungarian nationalist, " Hungarist", far-right political figure, and leader of several organizations associated with Neo-Nazism and antisemitism. Life Ekrem-Kemál was born to a Turkish ...

(1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist political figure *

Hamid Ekrem Šahinović Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1879/1882 – 30 December 1936) was a Bosnian writer and dramatist. He was editor of ''Muslimanska svijest'' (), a Bosnian-language newspaper supporting the Young Turks political reform movement, and ''Novi Behar'', the ...

(1882–1936), Bosniak writer and dramatist *

Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem (; 1 March 1847 – 31 January 1914) was a Turkish civil servant, writer, literary critic, and intellectual, who was known for his apolitical views. He wrote poems, dramas and novels, dealt extensively with European lite ...

(1847–1914), Turkish bureaucrat and intellectual *

Reşat Ekrem Koçu Reşat is a Turkish given name for males. People named Reşat include: * Reşat Çağlar, Cypriot diplomat * Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish novelist * Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian * Reşat Mursaloğlu, Turkish politician {{DEFAULTSO ...

(1905–1975), Turkish writer and historian * Selma Ekrem (1902–1986), Turkish-American writer

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* Eqrem Basha (born 1948), Kosovan writer *

Eqrem Çabej Eqrem Çabej (; 6 August 1908 – 13 August 1980) was an Albanian historical linguist and scholar who, through the publication of numerous studies gained a reputation as a key expert in research on Albanian language, literature, ethnology and l ...

(1908–1980), Albanian scholar * Eqrem Konçi (1937–1997), Albanian chess player *

Eqrem Vlora Eqrem Bey Vlora (1 December 1885 – 30 March 1964) was an Albanian lord, politician, writer, and one of the delegates to the Assembly of Vlorë, which proclaimed the Albanian Declaration of Independence on November 28, 1912. He is described as ...

(1885–1964), Albanian politician

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Middle namer

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