Yilmaz
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Yılmaz is a Turkish
word that translates to unshirking, unbeatable or brave, and is a common male given name and surname.
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,...
word that translates to unshirking, unbeatable or brave, and is a common male given name and surname.
Given name
- Yilmaz ArslanYilmaz ArslanYılmaz Arslan is an award-winning Kurdish German film director, screenwriter and producer.-Biography:Yılmaz Arslan was born in Kazanlı, Turkey, but has lived in Germany since 1975. In 1992, at the age of just 24, he made his debut film, Langer Gang, for which he subsequently won many awards...
(born 1968), Kurdish film director, screenwriter and producer - Yılmaz BüyükerşenYilmaz BüyükersenYılmaz Büyükerşen is a Turkish politician and educator and current mayor of Eskişehir.-Biography:Büyükerşen graduated from Eskişehir Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences in 1962. During his academy years, he worked as a reporter, columnist, caricaturist and editor in various newspapers...
(born 1936), Turkish politician - Yılmaz ErdoğanYilmaz ErdoganYılmaz Erdoğan is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet, who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele and the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro ....
(born 1967), Turkish film director, scenarist, poet and actor - Yılmaz GüneyYilmaz GüneyYılmaz Güney, was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor from Turkey. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey.- Biography :...
(1937-1984), Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor - Yilmaz KerimoYilmaz KerimoYilmaz Kerimo is an Assyrian/Syriac and a member of the Riksdag and a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He was first elected in the Swedish parliament in 1998 and was re-elected in 2006.-References:...
(born 1963), Swedish politician - Yılmaz OrhanYilmaz OrhanYilmaz Orhan is a former football forward who played professionally in the United States and England.Spotted by Terry Matthews while playing for Aveley, Orhan made his First Division debut for West Ham United in January 1976...
(born 1955), Turkish footballer - Yılmaz ÖzlemYılmaz ÖzlemYılmaz Özlem is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Göztepe.- Notes :...
(born 1972), Turkish footballer - Yılmaz VuralYilmaz VuralYılmaz Vural is a Turkish football coach. He was a footballer and played as midfielder in Hacettepe and Sivasspor in 1970's. He is currently the manager of Turkish side Konyaspor....
(born 1953), Turkish football coach
Surname
- Adem Yılmaz (born 1979), Turkish Islamic terrorist
- Alper YılmazAlper YilmazAlper Yılmaz born on 28 March 1975 in Turkey is a professional basketball player of Erdemirspor. The shooting guard and small forward is 2.00 m tall and 80 kg weights...
(born 1975), Turkish basketball player - Atıf YılmazAtif YilmazAtıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Turkish Kurdish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was almost a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish...
(1925–2006), Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer - Aydın YılmazAydin YilmazAydın Yılmaz is a Turkish footballer playing as attacking midfielder for Galatasaray in the Süper Lig.-Club career:Aydın is a product of the Galatasaray Youth Team....
(born 1988), Turkish footballer - Burak YılmazBurak YilmazBurak Yılmaz is a Turkish footballer who plays for Trabzonspor and Turkish national team.-Antalyaspor:He began to play football in Antalyaspor and he contributed heavily in the success of Antalyaspor in 2005–2006 season to have the second place in Division 1 and promote to Süper Lig, the top...
(born 1985), Turkish footballer - Cem YılmazCem YilmazCem Yılmaz is a Turkish stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker, best known for his films G.O.R.A. , A.R.O.G and Yahşi Batı , who has won two Sadri Alışık awards for his roles in Organize İşler and The Magician .-Biography:While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of...
(born 1973), Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter - Cevdet YılmazCevdet YılmazCevdet Yılmaz is a Turkish politician.After completing high school in Bingöl in 1983, Yılmaz graduated from the METU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration. He graduated with honors in 1988...
(born 1967), Turkish politician - Deniz YilmazDeniz YilmazDeniz Yilmaz is a naturalized Turkish footballer who plays for FSV Mainz 05 and Turkey U21....
(born 1988), Turkish footballer - Durmuş YılmazDurmus YilmazDurmuş Yılmaz is a Turkish economist and was the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey between 2006 and 2011.-Biography:...
(born 1947), Turkish economist - Fatih YılmazFatih YilmazFatih Yılmaz is a Turkish football player, who last played for Eintracht Braunschweig.-Career:Yilmaz began his career in his hometown for VfB Hannover-Wülfel and joined 2005 in the youthteam of Hannover 96. He played for Hannover 96 between 2007 and signed than in summer of this year with...
(born 1989), Turkish footballer - Hakan YılmazHakan Yılmaz (weightlifter)Hakan Yılmaz is a European champion Turkish weightlifter competing in the –94 kg and 105 kg divisions. He acts also as a trainer in Eskişehir.-Achievements:Olympics:World Championships:...
(born 1982), Turkish weightlifter - Hasan YılmazHasan YilmazHasan Yılmaz is a Turkish singer. He is from the "Ankaralı" school of Turkish ethnic music.-Discography:* Alivericem - "I Will Buy It"...
(born 1967), Turkish singer - Mahmut YilmazMahmut YilmazMahmut Yilmaz is a German footballer. He currently plays for Hamm United. He also holds Turkish citizenship.-External links:...
(born 1979), German footballer - Mehmet Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Mehmet Yılmaz (born 1979), Turkish footballer
- Mesut YılmazMesut YilmazAhmet Mesut Yılmaz is the former leader of the Motherland Party and was the Turkish prime minister in the 1990s.Mesut Yılmaz was a rising star in the Motherland Party of Turgut Özal, representing the Black Sea province of Rize in the parliament and serving as tourism minister in Ozal's cabinet...
(born 1947), Turkish politician - Neşe Zara Yılmaz (born 1976), Turkish singer
- Nevriye YılmazNevriye YilmazNevriye Yılmaz is a Turkish-Bulgarian professional female basketball player of Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria as a member of Turkish minority, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship...
(born 1980), Turkish basketball player - Oğuz YılmazOguz YilmazOğuz Yılmaz is a famous folk musician in Turkey. He was born and grew up in Ankara, Turkey. He lived and performed most of his life in Sincan, a region of Ankara. Therefore he is also known as "Oguz from Sincan". His lyrics were controversial, educational and also entertaining...
(born 1968), Turkish musician - Okan YılmazOkan YilmazOkan Yılmaz is a Turkish professional footballer.-Early life and career:Yılmaz started playing footbal for Karayollari Yolspor in 1988. His professional career began in İnegölspor when he was signed up in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, he was transferred to Bursaspor...
(born 1978), Turkish footballer - Özgür YılmazÖzgür YilmazÖzgür Yılmaz is a Turkish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
(born 1977), Turkish judoka - Serkan YilmazSerkan YilmazSerkan Yilmaz , known as "The Turkish Samurai" and "The Turkish Wonder Kicker", is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner and kickboxer.- Biography and career :...
(born 1975), Turkish taekwondo fighter - Tayfur Emre YılmazTayfur Emre YilmazTayfur Emre Yılmaz is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Torbalıspor in the TFF Third League on loan from Sivasspor until the end of the 2009-10 season....
(born 1989), Turkish footballer - Yusuf YilmazYusuf YilmazYusuf Yılmaz is a footballer who plays professionally in Greece for Ethnikos Piraeus. He has previously played for English club Stoke City in their youth Academy as well as his hometown club Hannover 96.-References:...
(born 1991), Turkish footballer