Yılmaz () is a
Turkish word that translates to “unyielding”, "unbeatable", or "brave", and is a common surname and occasional male given name. Its cognates are
Almas (disambiguation) and
Almaz (disambiguation).
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Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
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Yılmaz Arslan (born 1968), Kurdish film director, screenwriter and producer
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Yılmaz Büyükerşen (born 1936), Turkish politician
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Yılmaz Erdoğan
Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 4 November 1967) is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film '' Vizontele'' (2001) and the television series ''Bir Demet Tiyatro'' (1995–2002/2006–2007 ...
(born 1967), Turkish film director, scenarist, poet and actor
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Yılmaz Gruda
Yılmaz Gruda (14 July 1930 – 25 July 2023) was a Turkish actor, poet, playwright, and translator.
Life and career
A graduate of Ankara Commerce High School, Gruda worked as a government officer and became famous in 1950s when his poems were p ...
(1930–2023), Turkish actor
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Yılmaz Güney
Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made f ...
(1937–1984), Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor
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Yılmaz Karakoyunlu (1936-2024), Turkish writer and politician
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Yilmaz Kerimo (born 1963), Swedish politician
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Yılmaz Orhan (born 1955), Turkish footballer
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Yılmaz Özlem
Yılmaz Özlem (born 1 June 1972) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfiel ...
(born 1972), Turkish footballer
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Yılmaz Urul (1942-2025), Turkish footballer
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Yılmaz Vural (born 1953), Turkish football coach
Surname
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Alper Yılmaz
Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Anadolu Efes or simply Efes, is a Turkish professional basketball team based in Istanbul. Founded in 1976, the club was formerly known as Efes Pilsen until 2011. Efes is the 2021–22 EuroLeagu ...
(born 1975), Turkish basketball player
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Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote screenplays for ...
(1925–2006), Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer
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Aydın Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
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Ayfer Yılmaz (born 1956), Turkish female civil servant, politician and former government minister
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Barış Alper Yılmaz (born 2000), Turkish footballer
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Betül Yılmaz
Betül Yılmaz (born 31 October 1988 in Ümraniye, Istanbul) is a Turkish handballer who plays in left back position. She is a member of the Turkey national team.
Early life
Betül Yılmaz was born in Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey on 31 Octo ...
(born 1988), Turkish female handball player
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Betül Nur Yılmaz
Betül Nur Yılmaz is a Turkish woman football referee and school teacher. She is a FIFA listed woman assistant referee.
Yılmaz started her officiating career as an assistant referee in the Amateur league for boys in 2009. She served at thi ...
, Turkish football referee
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Burak Yılmaz
Burak Yılmaz (born 15 July 1985) is a Turkish professional association football, football coach and former player who played as a forward (association football), forward. He is the current head coach of Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa S.K., Kasımp ...
(born 1985), Turkish former international footballer
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Cem Yılmaz
Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
(born 1973), Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter
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Cem Yılmaz (rower) (born 1982), Turkish Olympian rower
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Cevdet Yılmaz
Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician who has been the 2nd and current vice president of Turkey since 2023. Previously, he served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the interim election government formed by Prime Mini ...
(born 1967), Turkish politician
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Deniz Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
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Dilek Akagün Yılmaz
Dilek Akagün Yılmaz (born 1963) is a Turkish politician.
Life
Dilek Akagün was born to Ali and Ümmü in Külköy village of Karahallı district in Uşak Province, Turkey in 1963.
In 1984, after completing the School of Law of the Dokuz Eylü ...
(born 1963), Turkish politician
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Durmuş Yılmaz (born 1947), Turkish economist
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Duygu Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish women's footballer
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Fatih Yılmaz (born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Gözde Yılmaz
Gözde Yılmaz (born 9 September 1991 in Ankara) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall at . Currently, she plays for Eczacıbaşı VitrA. Yılmaz is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Career Clubs
A member of Eczac ...
(born 1991), Turkish female volleyball player
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Gülümser Yılmaz (born 1956), Turkish female chess player
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Hakan Yılmaz (born 1982), Turkish weightlifter
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Huseyin Yilmaz (1924-2013), Turkish-American physicist
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İbrahim Yılmaz (born 1994), Turkish footballer
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Kübra Yılmaz
Kübra Yılmaz (born 8 January 1991) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League
The Turkish Women's Handball Super League () is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. I ...
(born 1991), Turkish female handball player
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Lev Yilmaz (born 1973), Turkish-American independent film maker, artist, and publisher
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Mahmut Yılmaz (born 1979), German footballer
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Mehmet Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
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Mehmet Yılmaz (born 1979), Turkish footballer
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Mesut Yılmaz
Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial term ...
(1947–2020), Turkish politician
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Mustafa Yılmaz (chess player) (born 1992), Turkish Grand Master of chess
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Neşe Zara Yılmaz (born 1976), Turkish female singer
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Nevriye Yılmaz (born 1980), Turkish female basketball player
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Nurten Yılmaz (born 1957), Austrian politician
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Oğuz Yılmaz (1968–2021), Turkish musician
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Okan Yılmaz
Okan Yılmaz (born 16 May 1978) is a Turkish retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
Early life and club career
Yılmaz started playing football for Karayollari Yolspor in 1988. His professional career began in İnegölspor w ...
(born 1978), Turkish footballer
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Özgür Yılmaz (born 1986), Turkish footballer
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Özgür Yılmaz (born 1977), Turkish judoka
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Ramazan Yılmaz (born 2005), Turkish cyclist
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Reyhan Yılmaz (born 2001), Turkish goalball player
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Rıdvan Yılmaz (born 2001), Turkish footballer
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Serra Yılmaz
Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek.
She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bast ...
(born 1954), Turkish actress
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Şimal Yılmaz (born 2003), Turkish female sport shooter
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Şükriye Yılmaz
Şükriye Yılmaz (born 2001) is a Turkish arm wrestling, armwrestler competing in the 60 kg category. She won medals mostly in the 55 kg category of Youth and Junior events.
Early life and education
Şükriye Yılmaz was born in a vill ...
(born 2001), Turkish female armwrestler
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Tayfur Emre Yılmaz (born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Tutya Yılmaz (born 1999), Turkish female artistic gymnast
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Yağız Yılmaz (born 1993), Turkish archer
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Yasemin Beyza Yılmaz (born 2001), Turkish female sport shooter
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Yaşar Yılmaz
Yaşar Yılmaz (born 4 March 1930) is a Turkish former Olympian sports wrestler in the Bantamweight and Featherweight division of Men's Greco-Roman style. He won three times the silver medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in 1955, ...
(born 1930), Turkish wrestler
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Yeliz Yılmaz (born 1980), Turkish female handball player
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Yusuf Yılmaz (born 1991), Turkish footballer
See also
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"Yilmaz" (''Criminal: Germany''), a television episode
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Masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names
Turkish-language surnames