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Turan (name)
Turan is a personal name of differing origins, it may refer to: Given name *Turan (mythology), in Etruscan mythology, the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of ''Vulci'' *Turan-Shah (d. 1180), Ayyubid prince (emir) of Yemen, Baalbek, Damascus, Alexandria *Al-Muazzam Turanshah (d. 1250), son of Sultan As-Salih Ayyub * Turan Akalın (born 1984), Turkish wheelchair tennis player and wheelchair curler * Turan Dursun (1934–1990), Turkish mufti * Turan Güneş (1922–1982), Turkish politician * Turan Mirzayev (born 1979), Azerbaijani weightlifter * Turan Sofuoğlu (born 1965), Turkish footballer * Turan-Mirza Kamal (1951–2004), American musician Surname *Frigyes Turán (born 1974), Hungarian rally driver *Pál Turán (1910–1976), Hungarian mathematician *Ali Turan (born 1983), Turkish soccer player *Arda Turan (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Atila Turan (born 1992), Turkish-French footballer *Cemil Turan (born 1947), Turkish footballer * Ekin Tunçay Turan, Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turan (mythology)
Turan was the Etruscan goddess of love, fertility and vitality and patroness of the city of Velch. Depiction In art, Turan was usually depicted as a young winged girl. Turan appears in toilette scenes of Etruscan bronze mirrors. She is richly robed and jeweled in early and late depictions, but appears nude under the influence of Hellenistic art in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. She is paired with her young lover Atunis (Adonis) and figures in the episode of the Judgement of Paris. Attributes Turan was commonly associated with birds such as the dove, goose and above all the swan, ''Tusna'', "the swan of Turan". Her retinue were called Lasas. Turan may be quite ancient but does not appear on the Piacenza list nor in Martianus list of Etruscan deities. The Etruscan month of July was named after her, although we only know the Latin word for it, ''Traneus''. Etymology Turan was seen as the equivalent to the Roman Venus and the Greek Aphrodite. Her name is the pre-Hellenic root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esin Turan
Esin Turan (born 1970) is a Turkish painter and sculptor who currently resides in Vienna. Turan focuses her work on overcoming Western stereotypes of the Muslim world The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is practiced. I .... Esin Turan completed her studies at the Sculpture Department of the Arts Faculty of Hacettepe University before, in 1992, continuing her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Professor Bruno Gironcoli. Between 1992 and 1993 Turan attended the University of Applied Art in Vienna as a guest student under Wander Bertoni. Between 1993 and 1999 she organized and created workshops at Verein Kiddy & Co. in Vienna. Starting in 2009, Turan continued her education with a doctoral degree at Angewante Kunst, Vienna with professor Christian Reder. Today she continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toran (Pashtun Tribe)
Toran ( ps, توران) is one of the two main branches of the Ghilji The Ghiljī ( ps, غلجي, ; fa, خیلجی, Xelji) also spelled Khilji, Khalji, or Ghilzai or Ghilzay (), are one of the largest Pashtun tribes. Their traditional homeland is Ghazni and Qalati Ghilji in Afghanistan but they have also sett ... Pashtun tribal confederation. Naval Postgraduate School Program for Culture and Conflict Studies. The other branch is the Ibrahimzai. References Ghilji Pashtun tribes {{ethno-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veysel Turan
Veysel Turan (1901 - 25 March 2007) was one of the last Turkish veterans of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923). Military years He joined the newly-established army of Mustafa Kemal Pasha in Ankara. In the early period of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923), he carried grain from various places of the country to the soldiers in the west front. Following the Greek Summer Offensive in 1920, he was assigned to a military hospital in Kütahya. He then fought in clashes near Polatlı. He remembers that "they had to bury the fallen in night in order not to demoralize their comrades". After the retreat of the Greek troops, he received a horse, and became a cavalryman in the combat assault battalion of the 1st Division. Subsequently, he took part in the Second Battle of İnönü (1921), Battle of Sakarya (1921) and Battle of Dumlupınar (1922). Later years In his later years, Tuyrma earned his living by farming. He lived nearly 25 years bedridden at Aydınlıkevler neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sefer Turan
Sefer Turan (born 1962 Afşin, Kahramanmaras, Turkey) is a Turkish journalist and author. Turan was educated in Egypt and he knows Arabic very well. Career Sefer Turan is one of the few Middle East experts in Turkey. He served as a head of foreign news department at the Channel 7 TV station. He prepared and presented "the East & West" program at the ULKE TV. Turan monitored Afghanistan and Iraq wars. His most remarkable works are on Palestine case. He prepared programs on Second Intifada, Palestine-Israel and Lebanon-Israel conflicts. Sefer Turan attends as a political commentator on international TV Programs such as Al Jazeera, BBC Arabic, Rusiya Al-Yaum. He is appointed to the post of coordinator at state channel TRT el Türkiye which started broadcasting in Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sali Turan
Sali Turan (born 1949, Trabzon) is a Turkish painter. He lives in Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ..., Turkey. Biography He studied painting at Atatürk Educational Institute, Istanbul 1970–74. He studied for his master's degree in painting at Istanbul State Academy of Fine Art 1976–81. From 1978 to 1986 he was a lecturer at Marmara University in Istanbul, Uludağ University in Bursa and Anadolu University in Eskişehir. He received his Doctorate in 1984. He became an Associate Professor in 1985 and in 1986 he resigned from the University and devoted himself to painting. *1994 Daniel Ferguson (a friend of Francis Bacon and author of his biography) suggested opening an exhibition in a gallery of his choice in London (100 paintings) *1996–2001 Study an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Özdemir Turan
Özdemir Turan (born January 21, 1950) is a Turkish acrobat. He began his career in 1962 as one of the first Turkish performers of acrobatics. He was taught by Selim Oktulmuş from Salonika. Background Turan was born in Istanbul. In 1957, at the age of seven, he attended acrobatic festivals in Istanbul and took an interest in the subject. The following year, he met the acrobat Selim Oktulmus in Taksim Square Taksim Square ( tr, Taksim Meydanı, ), situated in Beyoğlu in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey, is a major tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops, and hotels. It is considered the heart of modern Istanbul, with the c ..., and expressed his own desire to be an acrobat. However, Oktulmus did not accept him as a student because he did not believe that Turan was skilled enough. By 1967, Turan had become a prominent acrobat. For the first time, he worked in the Istanbul Circle. In 1970, he went to Europe and became a successful acrobat there. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesim Turan
Nesim Turan (born March 2, 1992) is a Turkish para table tennis player of class 4 and Paralympian. In 2014, he won the gold medal in the Individual C4 event and silver medal along with his teammates Abdullah Öztürk and Ali Öztürk in the Team C5 event at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing, China. He took the gold medal with his teammates Ali Öztürk and Abdullah Öztürk in the Team C4 event at the 2016 Lignano Master Open in Italy. He won the bronze medal in the Team C4–5 event at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ..., Brazil along with Abdullah Öztürk and Ali Öztürk. References Living people 1992 births Sportspeople from Ağrı Turkish male table tennis players Paralympic tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murat Turan
Murat Turan (born 27 April 1975) is a Turkish Paralympian Archer competing in the Men's compound bow W2 event. He is competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the individual compound open event. He won the silver medal in the Individual compound open and another silver medal with his teammates in the Team compound open events at the 2019 World Para Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ..., Netherlands. References 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Kilis Turkish male archers Paralympic archers for Turkey Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in archery 21st-century Turkish people Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmet Cahit Turan
Mehmet Cahit Turhan (born 29 April 1960) is a Turkish civil engineer, civil servant and former Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. Mehmet Cahit Turhan was born in Trabzon, northern Turkey on 29 April 1960. In 1981, he graduated from Karadeniz Technical University's Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture with a title B.Eng. in Civil Engineering. Later, he earned his M.Eng. title at the same university. Turhan started his working life in 1985 as an engineer at the Department of Kapıkule-Edirne Motorway of the Turkish Highways Administration (KGM)'s 17th Division. He worked at various positions at the KGM as a civil servant. Between January 2006 and August 2015, he served as director general of the KGM. In 2015, Turhan was appointed a chief advisor of the President of Turkey. After a brief term at this position, he was appointed a member of the Council of State on 2 October 2015. His term ended at this institution on 23 July 2016. On 10 July 2018, Turhan entered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan (; born October 27, 1946) is an American retired film critic, author, and lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. He was a film critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 1991 until 2020 and was described by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' as "arguably the most widely read film critic in the town most associated with the making of movies". Early life Turan was raised in an observant Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. At Swarthmore, he was roommates with the mathematician and science fiction author Rudy Rucker. Career Before becoming a film critic, Turan was a staff writer for ''The Washington Post''. Turan was a film critic for '' The Progressive'', a magazine published in Madison, Wisconsin, and in 1991 he became a film critic for ''The Los Angeles Times''. In 1993, he was named the director of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İlter Turan
İlter Turan is a Turkish academic. He is a professor of Political Science in the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Do .... He was Rector of the University from 1998 to 2001. He was the Program Chair of the 21st World Congress of Political Science, organized by the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in 2009. İlter Turan was the president of International Political Science Association(IPSA) 2016-2018, the most prestigious international association of political science. References 1941 births Living people Turkish academics Turkish political scientists Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey Istanbul Bilgi University faculty International Political Science Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |