Şevket
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Şevket is the Turkish
form of the Arabic
male name Shawkat
. People named Şevket 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,...
form of the Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
male name Shawkat
Shawkat
Shawkat is a masculine Arabic given name, it is also used as a surname. It may refer to:*Alia Shawkat, American actress best known from her role in the television series Arrested Development...
. People named Şevket include:
- Şevket Süreyya AydemirSevket Süreyya AydemirSevket Surreya Aydemir was a Turkish intellectual, and was one of the founders and a key theorist of Kadro, an influential policy journal published in Turkey from 1932-1934. He was educated and became familiar with Marxism at Moscow University where he studied economics, and worked as a teacher...
, Turkish intellectual - Şevket MüftügilSevket MüftügilŞevket Müftügil was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from October 24, 1978 until August 7, 1982.-External links:*...
, Turkish judge - Şevket PamukSevket PamukŞevket Pamuk is Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a leading economic historian of the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East and modern Turkey...
, Turkish economist - Şevket SabancıSevket SabanciŞevket Sabancı , a member of the renowned Sabancı family in second generation, is a Turkish businessman and philanthropist.-Biography:...
, Turkish businessman - Şevket ŞahintaşSevket SahintasŞevket Şahintaş is a photographer from Istanbul, Turkey.A car mechanic by training, Şahintaş has always worked as a taxicab driver. In 2004, he started taking photographs on his nighttime tours, portraying prostitutes, alcoholics and the homeless in Istanbul....
, Turkish photographer