Tevfik is a Turkish given name for males corresponding to the Arabic Tawfik. Notable people named Tevfik include:

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* Tevfik Ahmet Özal (born 1955), Turkish politician *

Tevfik Akbaşlı Tevfik Akbasli (born 1962) is a Turkish composer. Studies One of the most prominent classical Turkish Composers, Akbasli is the son of businessman Samim Akbasli of İzmir. He spent his childhood and primary school years in Yeşilköy, Istanbul unt ...

(born 1962), Turkish composer *

Tevfik Altındağ Tevfik Altındağ (born 26 October 1988) is a German professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a midfielder for an amateur side Türkspor Neckarsulm. Career Born in Böblingen, West Germany, Altındağ began his career with SV Bö ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Tevfik Arif Tevfik Arif (; born May 1953), also known as Tofik Arifov, is a Russian/Turkish real estate developer and investor. He is the founder of the Bayrock Group, an international real estate development and investment company based in New York. He res ...

(born 1953), Turkish-Russian real estate developer *

Tevfik Başer Tevfik Başer (born 12 January 1951) is a Turkish-German film director and screenwriter. His film ''Lebewohl, Fremde'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * ''Zwischen Gott und Erde'' (198 ...

(born 1951), Turkish-German film director and screenwriter *

Tevfik Bıyıklıoğlu Tevfik Bıyıklıoğlu (1891 – 24 November 1961) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, who was a founding member of the Turkish Historical Society, Turkish Historical Association, which he served as its first president. Biography He wa ...

(1891–1961), Turkish politician *

Tevfik Burak Babaoğlu Tevfik Burak Babaoğlu (born 11 May 1993) is a Turkish foil fencer. He started fencing at the age of 11. He represented Turkey as a cadet, junior and senior fencer since the age of 15. In 2008, he was the winner of Marathon Fleuret 2008 in Par ...

(born 1993), Turkish fencer *

Tevfik Esenç Tevfik Esenç (; 1904 – 7 October 1992) was a Turkish citizen of Ubykh origin, known for being the last speaker of the Ubykh language. He was fluent in Ubykh, Adyghe and Turkish. After his death in 1992, the Ubykh language went extinct desp ...

(1904–1992), last known speaker of the

Ubykh language Ubykh is an extinct Northwest Caucasian language once spoken by the Ubykh people, an ethnic group of Circassian nation who originally inhabited the eastern coast of the Black Sea before being deported ''en masse'' to the Ottoman Empire during ...

Tevfik Fikret Tevfik Fikret () was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik (December 24, 1867 – August 19, 1915), an Ottoman educator and poet, who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry. Biography Family Mehmed Tevfik was born in Is ...

(1867–1915), Turkish poet * Tevfik Fikret Uçar (born 1966), Turkish academic *

Tevfik Gelenbe Tevfik Gelenbe (1931, Istanbul – 20 October 2004, Istanbul) was a well-known and prolific Turkish actor and comedian. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He is best known for his character "Bacı Kalfa" in the 1980s TV serial ''Uğurlugil Ail ...

(1931–2004), Turkish actor *

Tevfik İleri Ahmet Tevfik İleri (1911 – 31 December 1961) was a Turkish civil engineer, civil servant, politician and government minister. Biography Of Hamsheni origin, was born in Hemşin district of Rize Province in 1911. He spent his school years ...

(1911–1961), Turkish bureaucrat and politician *

Tevfik Köse Tevfik Köse (born 12 July 1988) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for German club DV Solingen. Club career Tevfik Köse began his career with Fortuna Düsseldorf a ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Tevfik Kış Tevfik Kış (10 August 1934 – 4 September 2019 ) was a Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestli ...

(1934–2019), Turkish wrestler *

Tevfik Lav Tevfik Lav (11 July 1959 – 4 April 2004) was a Turkish football manager. References 1959 births 2004 deaths Turkish football managers Denizlispor managers Siirtspor managers Gaziantepspor managers MKE Ankaragücü managers Kony ...

(1959–2004), Turkish football manager *

Tevfik Odabaşı Tevfik Odabasi (born 20 November 1981) is a freestyle wrestler from Turkey. He studied at Kırıkkale University. Wrestling career He participated in Men's freestyle 60 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he was ranked in 15th place. In 2 ...

(born 1981), Turkish wrestler *

Tevfik Rüştü Aras Tevfik Rüştü Aras (11 February 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Turkish politician, serving as deputy and foreign minister of Turkey during the Atatürk era (1923–1938). Early years Aras was born in 1883 in Çanakkale. He graduated from th ...

(1883–1972), Turkish politician * Tevfik Sağlam (1882–1963), Turkish doctor *

Tevfik Taşçı Tevfik Haccar Taşçı (1890 Kadıköy, Istanbul – Istanbul 1979) was a Turkish footballer, who was among the first squads of Fenerbahçe. He was the third president of the major Turkish multi-sport club Fenerbahçe SK between 1909 and 19 ...

(1890–1979), Turkish footballer *

Tevfik Yüce Tevfik Yüce (1927 – 4 January 2005) was a Turkish wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly ...

(1927–2005), Turkish wrestler

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Ahmet Tevfik Pasha Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (‎; 11 February 1843 – 8 October 1936), later Ahmet Tevfik Okday after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934, was an Ottoman diplomat and statesman of Crimean Tatar origin. He was the last grand vizier of the Ottoman Empir ...

(1845–1936), last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *

Celal Tevfik Karasapan Celal Tevfik Karasapan (1899–1974) was a Turkish diplomat and politician who served as the director of National Security between 1959 and 1960 and minister of press, broadcasting and tourism between 1962 and 1963. He was the ambassador of Turke ...

(1899–1974), Turkish diplomat and politician *

Hüseyin Tevfik Pasha Hüseyin Tevfik Pasha (1832 in Vidin, Ottoman Empire (now in Bulgaria) – 16 June 1901 in Constantinople (now Istanbul)) was a mathematician from the Ottoman Empire and military adjutant representing the Ottoman Empire in the purchase of foreig ...

(1832–1901), Turkish diplomat and mathematician *

Mehmet Tevfik Biren Mehmet Tevfik Biren (1867 – 1956) was an Ottoman government official and liberal politician of the short-lived Ottoman Liberty Party. He was in favor of signing the Treaty of Sèvres. He was the son of an Ottoman bureaucrat, growing up in I ...

(1867–1956), Turkish bureaucrat and politician *

Mehmet Tevfik Gerçeker Mehmet Tevfik Gerçeker (born Mehmed Tawfiq; 1898 – 28 January 1982) was a Turkish scholar. Biography In his hometown, he studied religion and astronomy for his education. After this period, he moved to Istanbul where he completed higher educa ...

(1898–1982), Turkish Islamic scholar *

Menderes Mehmet Tevfik Turel Menderes may refer to: Geography and places in Turkey * Menderes (Istanbul Metro), an underground rapid transit station * Menderes, İzmir, a district of İzmir Province * Büyük Menderes River The Büyük Menderes River ("Great Meander", ...

(born 1964), Turkish politician *

Nurullah Tevfik Ağansoy Nurullah Tevfik Ağansoy (1960, Topcular, Istanbul – August 28, 1996, Bebek, Istanbul) was a Turkish mob boss and former Grey Wolves member who was involved in the Susurluk scandal. After the 1980 Turkish coup, he was arrested and sentenced ...

(1960–1996), Turkish gangster *

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish people, Turkish Turkish philosophy, philosopher, poetry of Turkey, poet, politician of liberalism, li ...

(1869–1949), Ottoman and Turkish poet and philosopher

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Ebüzziya Tevfik Ebüzziya Mehmed Tevfik (1849 – 1913) was an Ottoman writer, editor, and politician, whose ideas contributed to the formation of Turkish national identity during the early decades of the Turkish Republic. An early participant in the Young O ...

(1849–1913), Ottoman writer and politician * Feriha Tevfik (1910–1991), Turkish actress *

Neyzen Tevfik Tevfik Kolaylı (March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953), better known by his pen name Neyzen Tevfik (often misrendered as "Neyzen Teyfik"), was a Turkish poet, satirist, and ''neyzen'' (a " ney performer" in Turkish). Tevfik was born in Bodru ...

(1879–1953), pen name of Turkish poet Tevfik Kolaylı *

Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik Efendi (; 6November 1874 – 31 December 1931) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin, and grandson of Sultan Abdulmejid I. Early life Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik was born on 6 November 1874 in the Dolm ...

(1874–1931), Ottoman prince

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