Mehmet Akif is a
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy (20 December 1873 – 27 December 1936) was a Turkish poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the Turkish National Anthem. Widely regarded as one of the premiere literary minds of his time, Ersoy is noted for h ...
(1873–1936), Turkish poet
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Mehmet Akif Pirim
Mehmet Akif Pirim (September 17, 1968, Rize, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the featherweight class (62 kg), and currently a trainer. He won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling ...
(born 1968), Turkish sport wrestler
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Akif
Akif, Akef, Aakif or Aqif () is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "focused, attached, intent, devoted".
It may also refer to one who sits in itikaf during the last 10 days of Ramadan, devoting oneself to ibadah during these days and stayin ...
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Mehmet
Mehmed or Mehmet is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad () (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Origina ...
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