Safiye
Encyclopedia
Safiye is a Turkish
given name for females. People named Safiye include:
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
given name for females. People named Safiye include:
- Safiye AliSafiye AliSafiye Ali was the first Turkish woman to become a medical doctor. She treated the soldiers in the Turkish War of Independence, the Balkan Wars, and in World War I. She studied medicine in Germany in 1916, and opened her office in Istanbul in 1922....
, Turkish physician - Safiye AylaSafiye AylaSafiye Ayla was one of the most famous singers of Turkish classical music.She began her musical education as a piano student...
, Turkish singer - Safiye SultanSafiye SultanSafiyā Valida Sultânā, , née Sofia Baffo, , was the consort of Ottoman Sultan Murad III, the Valida Sultânā and de facto co-regent to her son, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III.- Biography :She was of Venetian descent...
, the spouse of Ottoman Sultan Murad III