Halil is a common Turkish,

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and Bosnian male given name. It is equivalent to the

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given name and surname Khalil or its variant Khaleel. Notable persons with the name include: *

Halil Akbunar Halil Akbunar (born 9 November 1993) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Eyüpspor and the Turkey national team. Club career Akbunar was promoted to the senior team of Göztepe in January 2012 after ...

(born 1993), Turkish footballer *

Halil Akkaş Halil Akkaş (born 1 July 1983) is a Turkish middle-distance runner who won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games. He finished fourth in the 5000 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. At the 2007 ...

(born 1983), Turkish middle distance runner *

Halil Akıncı Halil Akıncı (born 9 December 1945) is a retired Turkish diplomat who served as the Turkish Ambassador to Slovenia, India, and Russia. He was formerly the Secretary General of the Turkic Council The Organization of Turkic States (OTS), fo ...

(born 1945), Turkish diplomat *

Halil Altındere Halil Altındere (born in 1971 in Mardin, lives in Istanbul) is a contemporary artist. His work includes video, sculpture, photography, installation, performance, as well as collaborative editorial and curatorial projects. The themes of his wor ...

(born 1971), Turkish artist *

Halil Altıntop Halil Altıntop (; born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer. During his playing days, he was deployed as an attacking midfielder, centre-forward, or winger. Halil is the identical twin brother of Hamit Altıntop. ...

(born 1982), Turkish footballer * Halil Asani (born 1974), Serbian footballer *

Halil Bajramović Halil Bajramović (born 18 August 1971) is a Bosnian politician and businessman. During the Bosnian War, he joined the V Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was defending the city of Bihać from the surrounding Arm ...

(born 1971), Bosnian businessman *

Halil Berktay Halil Berktay (born August 27, 1947) is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily ''Taraf''. Life and career Halil Berktay was born in İzmir into an intellectual Turkish communist family. Both of his parent ...

(born 1947), Turkish historian *

Halil Sami Bey Halil Sami Bey (1866 – 1925) was an Ottoman Army colonel, who served in the First World War. He successfully managed to fend off British and French forces during the Landing at Cape Helles. Career Halil Sami was in charge of the Otto ...

(1866–1925), Ottoman Army colonel *

Halil Bıçakçı Halil Bıçakçı (11 July 1926 – 28 February 1989) was a Turkish professional football manager. Bıçakçı managed Altay when they won the 1966–67 Turkish Cup. Honours Altay * Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competiti ...

(1926-1989), Turkish football manager *

Halil Çolak Ibrahim Halil Çolak (born 29 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger Club career Youth career Çolak was born in Birecik, Turkey, but was raised in Deventer, a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. Çolak ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Halil Dervişoğlu Halil İbrahim Dervişoğlu (born 8 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Gaziantep, on loan from Süper Lig club from Galatasaray. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Turkey national team. Dervişo� ...

(born 1999), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent *

Halil Sezai Erkut Halil Sezai Erkut (1908–1988) was a Turkish government minister and politician. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey in 1961, immediately following the 1960 Turkish coup d'état. In 1963 he was elected mayor of Ankara; he s ...

(1908–1988), Turkish government minister and politician *

Halil Ergün Halil İbrahim Ergün (born 8 September 1946), better known as Halil Ergün, is a Turkish stage, movie, and television series actor. He studied political science at Ankara University. Halil began his theater career in Bursa. Ergün debuted in c ...

(born 1946), Turkish actor *

Halil Gür Halil Gür (born 14 February 1951, in Karakese) is a Turkish-born Dutch writer who made his debut with his novel 'Crazy Mustafa and other stories' in 1984. He was the pioneer of a large group of Dutch writers from non-western cultures. The fact ...

(born 1951), Dutch author of Turkish origin *

Halil Güven Halil Guven (Halil Güven, in Turkish) is a Cypriot-born professor, currently serving as the Dean of San Diego State University - Georgia. He was a Vice Dean of SDSU Georgia for four years before then and was one of the coordinators of the proj ...

(born 1956), American professor and university administrator of Turkish Cypriot descent *

Halil İbrahim Eren Halil İbrahim Eren (born 20 January 1956) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a striker. He spent his entire playing career in the Turkish Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponso ...

(born 1956), Turkish footballer *

Halil İnalcık Halil İnalcık (7 September 1916 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish historian. His highly influential research centered on social and economic approaches to the Ottoman Empire. His academic career started at Ankara University, where he completed h ...

(1916-2016), Turkish historian *

Halil Jaganjac Halil Jaganjac (born 22 June 1998) is a Croatian handball player who plays for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the Croatian national team. Career Jaganjac was born in Rijeka to Bosnian parents. His father hails from Bosanski Petrovac, and his mother h ...

(born 1998), Croatian handball player *

Halil Jaçellari Halil Jaçellari (14 July 1940 – 23 October 2009) was an Albanian writer and translator. Published works *''Mirë mëngjes njerëz'' (Good morning people), 1976, story collection *''Hapat e tij'' (His footsteps), 1978, story collection *''N ...

(1940–2009), Albanian writer and translator *

Halil Kanacević Halil Kanacević (; born October 23, 1991) is an American-born Montenegrin former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Saint Joseph's University, where he helped lead the team to the 2014 Atlantic 10 championship. High ...

(born 1991), American-born Montenegrin basketball player *

Halil Kaya Halil Kaya (1920 in Derepazarı – 4 July 2000) was a Turkish sport wrestler. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, bantamweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the Capital city, capital and Lis ...

(1920–2000), Turkish Olympic sport wrestler *

Halil Kut Halil Kut (1881 – 20 August 1957), also known as Halil Pasha, was an Ottoman Turkish military commander and politician. He served in the Ottoman Army during World War I, notably taking part in the military campaigns against Russia in the Ca ...

(1881–1957), Ottoman-born Turkish regional governor, military commander and genocide perpetrator *

Halil Köse Halil Ibrahim Köse (born 21 April 1997) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club FCS Mariekerke-Branst. Born in Belgium, he represented Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located ...

(born 1997), Belgian-born Turkish footballer *

Halil Menteşe Halil Menteşe (1874–1948) was a Turkish government minister and politician, who was a well known official of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the President of the Chamber of Deputies in th ...

(1874–1948), Turkish government minister, politician and genocide perpetrator *

Halil Suleyman Ozerden Halil Suleyman "Sul" Ozerden (; born December 5, 1966) is the United States federal judge, chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and a former nominee to be a circuit judge f ...

(born 1966), American lawyer and judge * Halil Pasha (disambiguation), several people *

Halil Mete Soner Halil Mete Soner is a Turkish American mathematician born in Ankara and is the Normal John Sollenberger Professor at Princeton University. Soner's research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations; asymptotic analysis of Ginzburg-L ...

, Turkish-American mathematician and academic *

Halil Mutlu Halil Mutlu (born Halil Aliev () on 14 July 1973 in Postnik, Bulgaria) is a former professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championship titles. Mutlu is one of the six weightlifters who has achieved three consecutive ...

(born 1973), Bulgarian-Turkish Olympic weightlifter * Halil Mutlu (politics) (born 1971), Turkish-born physician, political lobbyist and community activist living in the USA *

Halil Mëniku Halil Mëniku (died June 4, 1967) was an Albanian politician and publisher. He served as mayor of Tiranë from 1943 to 1944. Life He was born in Tirana, Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empi ...

(died 1967), Albanian politician and publisher * Halil Savda (born 1974), Turkish conscientious objector *

Halil Savran Halil İbrahim Savran (born 20 June 1985) is a Turkish-German footballer who plays as a striker. Career Savran, who was born in Wiesbaden, has played for Reinickendorfer Füchse, SV Lichtenberg 47 and Tennis Borussia Berlin. In his last seaso ...

(born 1985), Turkish-German footballer * Halil Tikveša (born 1935), Bosnian painter *

Halil Uysal Halil Ibrahim Uysal (Kurdish: Xelîl Uysal; 1973 – April 2008) was a German-born journalist and film director mainly focused on reporting on the Kurdish liberation movement. He later changed his surname to Daĝ. Family and early life He was b ...

(1973–2008), Turkish journalist and film director * Halil Yeral (born 2000), Turkish footballer *

Halil Zeybek Halil Zeybek (born 23 August 1985) is a Turkish professional footballer who most recently played as a right winger In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfiel ...

(born 1985), Turkish footballer * Halil Zorba (born 1988), British weightlifter *

Halil Zıraman Halil İbrahim Zıraman (1927-1984) was a javelin thrower from Turkey, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics in 1948 and 1952. Halil İbrahim was born 1927 in Zıraman village of Kula district in Manisa Province. He f ...

(1927–1984), Turkish javelin thrower *

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Halil Ürün Halil Ürün (born 3 July 1968) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar since 12 June 2011. Born in Afyonkarahisar, he graduated from Selçuk University ...

(born 1968), Turkish politician *

(1916–2016), Turkish historian

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