Nihat is a Turkish given name for males. It means "legacy". People named Nihat include: *

Ali Nihat Yazıcı Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964) is the head of Turkish Chess Federation. After graduating from Istanbul Technical University as an electronics and communication engineer in 1987, Yazıcı worked for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (T ...

(born 1964), Turkish chess official * Nihat Altınkaya (born 1979), Turkish actor * Nihat Anılmış (1876–1954), Ottoman army officer and Turkish general * Nihat Balkan, Turkish fencer *

Nihat Baştürk Nihat Baştürk (born 23 October 1973 in Afyon, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Turkish amateur-side Afjet Afyonspor. He spent the majority of his career with Gençlerbirliği, playing 12 seasons of Süper Lig football in Turkey. ...

(born 1973), Turkish footballer * Nihat Bekdik (1902–1972), Turkish footballer * Nihat Berker (born 1949), Turkish theoretical physicist * Nihat Ergün (born 1962), Turkish politician and government minister *

Nihat Erim İsmail Nihat Erim (30 November 1912 – 19 July 1980) was a Turkish politician and jurist. He served as the 13th prime minister of Turkey for almost 14 months after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. He was assassinated by the Revolutionary ...

(1912–1980), Turkish politician and journalist *

Nihat Eski Nihat Eski (born 24 July 1963 in Tosya, Turkey) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( , CDA) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in ...

(born 1963), Turkish-Dutch politician *

Nihat Genç Nihat Genç (born 1956) is a Turkish journalist and writer. He graduated from Trabzon Commerce School in 1974. Although he entered the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences and Ankara School of Banking and Insurance, he dropped ...

(born 1956), Turkish journalist and writer *

Nihat Kahveci Nihat Kahveci (born 23 November 1979), better known mononymously as Nihat, is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward and right winger for Beşiktaş, Real Sociedad and Villarreal. He works as a football commentator for ...

(born 1979), Turkish footballer *

Nihat Nikerel Nihat Nikerel (05 February 1950 – 26 September 2009) was a Turkish actor, best known for his role in the crime drama series ''Kurtlar Vadisi ''Valley of the Wolves'' () is a Turkish crime drama television series created by Osman Sınav and ...

(1950–2009), Turkish actor *

Nihat Özdemir Nihat Özdemir (born 5 April 1950) is a Turkish business man, owner of Limak holding and former president of the Turkish Football Federation. He was the Deputy President and Press Spokesman for Turkey, Turkish Süper Lig football club Fenerbahçe ...

(born 1950), Turkish businessman *

Nihat Şahin Nihat Şahin (born 15 September 1989) is a Turkish footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Gazişehir Gaziantep. Nihat made his Süper Lig debut for Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reaso ...

(born 1989), Turkish footballer *

Nihat Türkmenoğlu Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 5 June 1988) is a Turkish Paralympian archer competing in the Men's compound bow W1 event. He is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual W1 and Mixed team W1 events. He won the silver medal in the I ...

(born 1988), Turkish opara archer *

Nihat Zeybekci Nihat Zeybekci (born 1 January 1961) is a Turkish economist, politician, a member of parliament for Denizli Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and former Minister of the Economy. Early life Nihat Zeybekci was born to ...

(born 1961), Turkish economist, politician and government minister

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