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Cem (surname)
Cem is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cemil Cem (1882–1950), Turkish diplomat, cartoonist, and journalist *İsmail Cem İsmail Cem (born İsmail Cem İpekçi, 15 February 1940 – 24 January 2007) was a Turkish Centre-left politics, centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author and journalist who served as the Minister of Culture (Turkey), Minister ... (1940–2007), Turkish centre-leftist politician {{surname Turkish-language surnames ...
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Turkish Surname
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full name there may be more than one ''ad'' (given name). Married women may carry both their maiden and husband's surnames. The ''soyadı'' is written as the last element of the full name, after all given names (except that official documents related to registration matters often use the format "Soyadı, Adı"). History Naming customs during the Ottoman Empire Given names At least one name, often two but very rarely more, are given to a person at birth. Newly given names are allowed up to three words. Most names are gender-specific: Oğuz is strictly for males, Tuğçe only for females. But many Turkish names are unisex. Many modern given names (such as Deniz, "sea"; or Ülkü, "ideal") are given to newborns of either sex. Among th ...
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Cemil Cem
Cemil Cem (1882–1950) was a Turkish diplomat, cartoonist and journalist who worked for the Ottoman satirical magazine ''Kalem'' and founded his own satirical magazine ''Cem''. Early life and education Cemil was born in 1882 in Istanbul. He graduated from Galatasaray High School and then obtained his law degree from Darülfunun, precursor of Istanbul University, in 1903. During his diplomatic post in Europe he also received a degree in political sciences in Paris. Career Following his graduation he held several diplomatic posts in Paris, Vienna and Rome. He published several cartoons in the Ottoman satirical magazine ''Kalem'' which was in circulation between 1908 and 1911. His cartoons contained western revolutionary ideas. Following his return to Istanbul he founded a satirical magazine entitled ''Cem'' in November 1910 which folded in 1912. His major collaborator in ''Cem'' was Refik Halit Karay. Cemil left Istanbul for Europe in 1912 and settled there until 1921. Between 1 ...
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İsmail Cem
İsmail Cem (born İsmail Cem İpekçi, 15 February 1940 – 24 January 2007) was a Turkish Centre-left politics, centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author and journalist who served as the Minister of Culture (Turkey), Minister of Culture of Turkey from July 7 to October 26, 1995, and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from June 30, 1997 to July 11, 2002. Background İsmail Cem finished high school at Robert College in İstanbul in 1959 and graduated from the Law School at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland in 1963. He had his master's degree in sociology of politics at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques in 1983, Paris, France. He was an exchange student with AFS Intercultural Programs at Piedmont High School (California), Piedmont High School, Piedmont California for one year during his high school years after Işık Koleji. Cem was the cousin of murdered liberal-leftist journalist, intellectual and human r ...
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