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Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...

( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of

, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic ''Muhammad'' were completed with an ''e'' in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemed and the name lost the central ''e'' over time

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of ''d'' to ''t'' is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, ''Muhammed''. The name Mehmet also often appears in derived compound names. The name is also prevalent in former Ottoman territories, particularly among Balkan Muslims in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo. The name is also commonly used in Turkish culture in the form of Mehmetçik, meaning ''little Mehmet'', for unranked soldiers.

Given name

Mehmed

* Mehmed I (1382–1421), Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed II Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...

(1432–1481), Ottoman sultan (''Fatih'', "the Conqueror") * Mehmed III (1566–1603), Ottoman sultan * Mehmed IV (1642–1693), Ottoman sultan (''Avcı'', "the Hunter") *

Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother Ab ...

(1844–1918), Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed VI Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the ...

(1861–1926), 36th and last Ottoman sultan * Mehmed I Giray (1465–1523), a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 1515–1523 * Mehmed Abdulaziz (1901–1977), Ottoman prince * Mehmed Alagić (1947–2003), Bosnian soldier * Mehmed Alajbegović (1906–1947), Croatian politician * Mehmed Ali Pasha (disambiguation) * Mehmed Alispahić (born 1987), Bosnian footballer * Mehmed Baždarević (born 1960), Bosnian football manager * Mehmed Bushati, Albanian Pasha * Mehmed Emin (disambiguation) * Mehmed Emin Pasha (disambiguation) * Mehmed Ertuğrul Efendi (1912–1944), Ottoman prince * Mehmed Handžić (1906–1944), Bosnian author *

Mehmed Janjoš Mehmed Janjoš (born 5 August 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is currently working as an assistant coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Playing career Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegov ...

(born 1957), Bosnian football manager * Mehmed Kalakula, Albanian politician * Mehmed Kodro (born 1967), Bosnian footballer and football manager * Mehmed Malkoč (born 1990), Bosnian footballer * Mehmed Merejan, Bulgarian poet * Mehmed Orhan (1909–1994), Ottoman prince * Mehmed Pasha (disambiguation) * Mehmed Namık Pasha (1804–1892), Ottoman statesman * Mehmed Reshid (1873–1919), Ottoman governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet * Mehmed Sadık Pasha (1825–1901), Ottoman statesman * Mehmed Said Efendi (died 1761), Ottoman statesman * Mehmed Selim Pasha (1771–1831), Ottoman statesman * Mehmed Spaho (1883–1939), Bosnian politician * Mehmed Talat, Ottoman Grand Vizier * Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007), Kurdish writer * Kavalalı Mehmed Ali Pasha (1769–1849), Ottoman Albanian viceroy of Egypt *

Kadızade Mehmed Kadızade Mehmed Efendi, aka Küçük (Little) Kadızade or Kadızadeli (1582 Balıkesir Province, Ottoman Empire - 1635) was an Islamic preacher in the Ottoman Empire. Those who accepted his ideas called themselves '' Kadızadeliler'' ("those for ...

(1582–1635), Islamic preacher in the Ottoman Empire. * Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish gunman

Mehmet

* Mehmet Akgün (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer * Mehmet Al (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Altan (born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist, and writer * Mehmet Altınsoy (1924–2007), Turkish politician * Mehmet Arif (disambiguation) * Mehmet Aslantuğ (born 1961), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Aydın Mehmet Aydın is a Turkish politician who was one of Turkey's Ministers of State.Mehmet Aziz (malariologist) Mehmet Aziz, CBE, (September 24, 1893, Larnaca – June 17, 1991) was a Turkish Cypriot medical doctor and ordinance professor. He was the Chief Health Inspector for the British colonial Government of Cyprus in the 1930s and 1940s, and is widely ...

, Cypriot malariologist *

Mehmet Aurélio Mehmet Aurélio (born Marco Aurélio Brito dos Prazeres, 15 December 1977) is a Brazilian-born Turkish football coach and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. He was most recently an assistant coach of Fenerbahçe. Club career ...

(born 1977), Brazilian-born Turkish footballer * Mehmet Batdal (born 1986), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Baydar (1924–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat * Mehmet Boztepe (born 1988), Turkish-German footballer *

Mehmet Bölükbaşı Mehmet Bölükbaşı (born 24 March 1978) is a Turkish goalkeeper playing for TFF Second League side İstanbulspor. He is a product of A. Sebatspor youth academy. Journeyman Mehmet spent most of his professional career with the UEFA Cup winner ...

(born 1978), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Budak Mehmet Budak (born August 1, 1980 in Doğanşehir, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer. He last played as a winger for 68 Yeni Aksarayspor. Club career Budak previously played for Adanaspor and Malatyaspor in the Super Lig, and Eskişehirspor an ...

(born 1980), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Cavit Bey (1875–1926), Turkish economist * Mehmet Cesur (born 1982), Turkish Paralympian goalball player * Mehmet Çetingöz (born 1991), Turkish wheelchair basketball player * Mehmet Eren Boyraz (born 1981), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Emin (disambiguation) Mehmet Emin or Mehmed Emin is a Turkish given name for males, made up of the two names Mehmed and Emin. People with the name include: * Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), Kurdish writer * Mehmet Emin Bughra (1901–1965), Uyghur separatist * ...

* Mehmet Emin Toprak (1974–2002), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Esat Bülkat Esat Pasha Janina (18 October 1862 – 2 November 1952; ota, أسعد باشا یانیه), known as Mehmed Esad Bülkat () after the 1934 Surname Law, was an Ottoman general during the First Balkan War, where he led the Yanya Corps, and in ...

(1862–1952), Ottoman general * Mehmet Çakır (born 1984), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Cansun (born 1947), Turkish businessman *

Mehmet Çekiç Mehmet Çekiç (born 1 January 1970) is a Turkish Paralympic alpine skier who competes in the LW4 disability class of men's slalom, standing and giant slalom, standing events. He represented his country, Turkey, at the 2014 Sochi and 2018 P ...

(born 1970), Turkish-French Paralympic alpine skier * Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi (1848–1917), Turkish judge * Mehmet Çoban (1905–1969), Turkish wrestler * Mehmet Çoğum (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Coral (born 1947), Turkish novelist *

Mehmet Culum Mehmet Culum (born 1948) is a contemporary Turkish novelist who was born in Çeşme, a town in western Turkey. He studied political sciences at the University of Ankara. Before starting an antique shop in his hometown, Culum worked as an IT con ...

(born 1948), Turkish novelist * Mehmet Dinçer (born 1924), Turkish former footballer * Mehmet Dragusha (born 1977), Albanian footballer *

Mehmet Durakovic Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(born 1965), Australian footballer * Mehmet Ebussuud el-İmadi, Ottoman jurist * Mehmet Ekici (born 1990), German footballer * Mehmet Ergen, Turkish theatre director * Mehmet Eroğlu (born 1948), Turkish novelist *

Mehmet Eymür Mehmet Eymür (born 1943 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish intelligence official. In 1995-6 he led the counter-terrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), which he joined as a student in 1965 as a "pursuit officer" ( tr, ...

(born 1965), Turkish intelligence official * Mehmet Ferda (born 1963), British actor * Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (1890–1966), Turkish politician * Mehmet Güney (born 1936), Turkish judge *

Mehmet Günsür Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a Turkish model, actor and producer. Early life Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic ethnic subgroup). His mother, Sibel, was a lecturer and his father, Te ...

(born 1975), Turkish actor * Mehmet Güreli (born 1949), Turkish writer *

Mehmet Gürs Mehmet Gürs (born 13 December 1969) is a Finnish- Turkish celebrity chef, television personality and restaurateur. He is considered to be Istanbul's most recognizable chef. Biography Gürs was born in Finland to a Turkish father and a Finnis ...

(born 1969), Turkish chef * Mehmet Güven (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Hacıoğlu (born 1959), Turkish former football coach * Mehmet Haberal (born 1944), Turkish surgeon *

Mehmet Hakkı Suçin Mehmet Hakkı Suçin (born 1970) is an author, literary translator and Arabist from Turkey. Biography Born in Tuzluca, (then part of Kars), he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Letters in 1993. He worked as a translator and interpreter ...

, Turkish author * Mehmet Hetemaj (born 1987), Finnish footballer *

Mehmet Vehib Kaçı Wehib Pasha also known as Vehip Pasha, Mehmed Wehib Pasha, Mehmet Vehip Pasha (modern Turkish: ''Kaçı Vehip Paşa'' or ''Mehmet Vehip (Kaçı)'', 1877–1940), was a general in the Ottoman Army. He fought in the Balkan Wars and in several the ...

, Ottoman general * Mehmet Kaplan (born 1971), Swedish politician * Mehmet Kara (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Sarper Kiskaç (born 1990), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Konica, Albanian politician *

Mehmet Kurtuluş Mehmet Kurtuluş (born 27 April 1972) is a Turkish-German actor. He is best known for his work with German director Fatih Akin. Life and career Kurtuluş was born in Uşak, Turkey, and moved at the age of 18 months to Germany, where he grew up ...

(born 1972), German actor * Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Leblebi (1908–1972), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Mehdi Eker, Turkish politician *

Mehmet Müezzinoğlu Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (born January 9, 1955) is a Turkish physician and politician, who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security between 2016 and 2017, and the Minister of Health from 2013 to 2016. Early years He was born on January ...

(born 1955), Turkish physician, politician, and Minister of Health * Mehmet Murat Somer (born 1959), Turkish author * Mehmet Nas (born 1979), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Niyazi Mehmet Niyazi Cemali ( crh, script=latn, Memet Niyaziy; January or February 1878 – November 20, 1931) was an Ottoman-born Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet, journalist, schoolteacher, academic, and activist for ethnic Tatar causes. Present fo ...

(1878–1931), Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet * Mehmet Okonsar (born 1961), Turkish-Belgian pianist *

Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons wit ...

(born 1979), Turkish basketball player * Mehmet Oktav (1917–1996), Turkish wrestler * Mehmet Osman, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' *

Mehmet Oz Mehmet Cengiz Öz (; born June 11, 1960), known professionally as Dr. Oz (), is an Turkish American former professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University, television presenter, author and former political candidate. The son of Tu ...

(born 1960), Turkish-American physician and television presenter * Mehmet Özal (born 1978), Turkish wrestler * Mehmet Özdilek (born 1966), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Özhaseki (born 1957), Turkish politician * Mehmet Ozyurek (born 1949), Turkish world record holder * Mehmet Polat (born 1978), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Sabancı (1963–2004), Turkish businessman *

Mehmet Sak Mehmet Sak (born 4 April 1990) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kocaelispor. Club career A native of İzmir, Sak began his career with local club Altay in 2006. He moved to Bursaspor in January 2011. On 11 A ...

(born 1990), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Scholl (born 1970), Turkish-German footballer * Mehmet Sedef (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Şimşek (born 1967), Turkish politician *

Mehmet Şenol Şişli Mehmet Şenol Şişli, also known as MŞŞ, is a Turkish songwriter, bass guitarist, vocalist, and poet. He and electric guitarist Selim Öztürk founded Kargo, one of the first and most known Turkish rock bands. Şişli left the band in 2000. ...

, Turkish musician * Mehmet Shehu (1913–1981), Albanian politician * Mehmet Tahsini (1864–?), Albanian politician * Mehmet Tanrısever (born 1953), Turkish film producer * Mehmet Tarhan (born 1978), Turkish activist *

Mehmet Terzi Mehmet Terzi (born May 5, 1955) is a medal-winning former long-distance runner from Turkey, who specialized in running marathons. He served as the president of the Turkish Athletic Federation ( tr, Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu) (TAF) for nine y ...

(born 1955), Turkish long-distance runner * Mehmet Tillem (1974–2019), Australian politician *

Mehmet Toner Mehmet Toner (born 1958) is a Turkish biomedical engineer. He is currently the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, with a joint appointment as professor at the Harvard-MI ...

(born 1958), Turkish biomedical engineer * Mehmet Topal (born 1986), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Topuz (born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Türkmehmet Mehmet Türkmehmet (born 18 October 1980 in Kirkuk Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is ...

(born 1980), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Nadir Ünal (born 1993), Turkish kickboxer and amateur boxer *

Mehmet Vasıf Yakut Mehmet Vasıf Yakut (born 15 March 1989) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner. He obtained a quota for participation at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Private life Mehmet Vasıf Yakut was born in Gevaş district of Van, Tu ...

, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner *

Mehmet Yağmur Mehmet Yağmur (born July 1, 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He plays at the point guard position. Professional career Yagmur averaged 6.7 points, 4.4 assists and 1. ...

(born 1987), Turkish basketball player *

Mehmet Yıldız Mehmet Yıldız (born September 14, 1981 in Yozgat, Turkey) is a Turkish football player. He last played as a striker for Ankaragücü. Career Mehmet spent much time being loaned out from Sivasspor and also being sold a couple of times. Firs ...

(born 1981), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Yılmaz (disambiguation) ** Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer born 1988), Turkish footballer **

Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer born 1979) Mehmet Yılmaz may refer to: * Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer, born 1979), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer, born 1988), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Yılmaz (weightlifter) (born 1974), Turkish weightlifter {{hndis, name=Yilmaz, Mehm ...

, Turkish footballer * Mehmet Yozgatlı (born 1979), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (born 1957), Turkish politician * Mehmet Duraković (born 1965), Bosnian-Australian football manager

Derived names

Mehmet Akif Mehmet Akif is a Turkish masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873–1936), Turkish poet * Mehmet Akif Pirim (born 1968), Turkish sport wrestler See also * Akif * Mehmet Mehmed (modern Turkish: Me ...

Mehmet Ali Mehmet Ali, Memet Ali or Mehmed Ali ("Ali"
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Mehmet Emin Mehmet Emin or Mehmed Emin is a Turkish given name for males, made up of the two names Mehmed and Emin. People with the name include: * Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), Kurdish writer * Mehmet Emin Bughra (1901–1965), Uyghur separatist * Meh ...

*Mehmethan (Mehmet + Han) *Mehmetcan (Mehmet + Can)

Surname

Alp Mehmet Alper Mehmet (born 28 August 1948) is a British former diplomat and one of the United Kingdom's first two ethnic minority ambassadors, along with Anwar Choudhury. Early life Mehmet arrived in the United Kingdom from Cyprus in 1956 when he was a ...

(born 1948), British diplomat * Billy Mehmet (born 1984), English-Irish footballer of Turkish descent * Dave Mehmet (born 1960), English former footballer *

Naz Mehmet Nazan "Naz" Mehmet is a fictional character from '' EastEnders: E20'', an Internet spin-off from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Emaa Hussen. Naz is a main character in series 2, where she is joined by brothers Asher ( Heshima Thom ...

, a fictional character from ''EastEnders: E20'' * Madina Memet, Chinese actress of Uyghur descent {{surname, Mehmet