Fırat is a
Turkish surname
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...
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Notable persons with that name include:
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Abdülmelik Fırat
Abdülmelik Fırat (1934, Hınıs – 29 September 2009, Ankara) was a prominent Turkish-Kurds, Kurdish politician. He was the grandson of Sheikh Said, leader of the 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion.
Early life and education
His grandfather Sheikh S ...
(1934–2009), Turkish-Kurdish politician
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Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat
Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (8 August 1943 – 11 July 2019) was a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. He served as a Member of Parliament for the Grand National Asse ...
(1943–2019), Turkish politician
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Duygu Fırat
Duygu Fırat (born July 15, 1990 in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish female basketball player. The young national plays for Fenerbahçe İstanbul as center position. Duygu is 188 cm tall and weighs 74 kg. She currently plays for Burhaniye ...
(born 1990), Turkish female basketball player
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Engin Fırat
Engin Firat (born 11 June 1970) is a Turkish football manager and former player.
Coaching career Sepahan
After coming to an agreement with Ali Daei and the Iran football federation, Firat signed a head coaching job with the previous season's ru ...
(born 1970), Turkish football manager
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Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1 February 1923 in Malatya – 16 October 2014 in Ankara) was a Turkish composer, painter and poet.
Fırat graduated from Istanbul University with a degree in law in 1948 and held a career as a judge until his retirement i ...
(1923–2014), Turkish composer, painter and writer
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Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu
Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu (born 8 March 1974) is the chairman of National Party and journalist. He is the Head-Columnist of '' Turkish Left''. He was arrested and sent to prison with the accusation of " Insulting the President" on 31 May 2015, b ...
(born 1974), Turkish journalist
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İbrahim Halil Fırat
İbrahim Halil Fırat (born 1 January 1973) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Adıyaman since 7 June 2015.
Born in Adıyaman, he graduated from Marmara University ...
(born 1973), Turkish politician
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İdil Fırat
İdil Fırat (born 5 November 1972) is a Turkish actress.
Biography
İdil Fırat was born in Ankara on 5 November 1972. She graduated in theatre from Dokuz Eylül University's Conservatory. She worked at İzmir State Theatre, İzmir Child Theat ...
(born 1972), Turkish actress
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Mert Fırat
Şahabettin Mert Fırat (born 10 January 1981) is a Turkish actor and screenwriter.
Life
His father is singer Nihat Fırat. After finishing high school, he studied radio and television broadcasting in Sweden. He then returned to Ankara and took a ...
(born 1981), Turkish actor and screenwriter
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Nurhan Fırat
Nurhan Fırat (born September 4, 1972 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish female karateka competing in the kumite +60 kg and open divisions. She was twice European champion. Daughters-> Sâra Melike Celik, Erva Zehra Celik, E ...
(born 1972), Turkish karateka
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Salih Fırat
Salih Fırat (born 1 January 1960) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Adıyaman 28 June 2011 to 16 May 2018.
Early life and career
Born in Adıy ...
(born 1960), Turkish-Kurdish politician
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Yusuf Emre Fırat (born 2000), Turkish cross-country skier
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Turkish-language surnames