Zekeriya is the Turkish version of the Arabic masculine given name
Zakariya and is mostly used in Turkey. It is a reference to one of the
prophets
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mentioned in the
Quran
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.
Notable people with the name are as follows:
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Zekeriya Aknazarov
Zekeria Sharafutdinovich Aknazarov (; 22 August 1924 – 2 April 2000) - Soviet statesman and party leader. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Bashkir ASSR (1962–1986).
Biography
Aknazarov was born on the Yamashevo farm in the Zila ...
(1924–2000), Soviet-Bashkir statesman and politician
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Zekeriya Alp
Zekeriya Alp (born 1 January 1948) is a Turkish former international association football player and, current businessman and sports executive. He represented Turkey at senior level in 22 international encounters. Alp formerly took role of "Head ...
(born 1948), Turkish retired football player and businessman
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Zekeriya Güçlü
Zekeriya Güçlü (April 7, 1972 – February 21, 2010) was a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 division. He won the gold medal at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships.
Wrestling career
Zekeriya Güçlü was born in Bulgaria as ...
(1972–2010), Turkish wrestler
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Zekeriya Sertel
Zekeriya Sertel, also known as Mehmet Zekeriya Sertel, (1890–1980) was a Turkish journalist. He is the first director of state press department and founder and editor of various periodicals. From 1950 to 1980 Sertel lived in exile.
Early life ...
(1890–1980), Turkish journalist
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Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu
Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu (born 1966; Batman) is a Kurdish Turkish politician and lawyer who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from June 2021 on.
Biography
Born in 1966 in the city of Batman in the so ...
(born 1966), Turkish-Kurdish politician and lawyer
References
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Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names