Mercan Türkoğlu

	Mercan Türkoğlu {{short description, Turkish word meaning "coral" Mercan is a Turkish word meaning "coral". It is a Turkish given name for females as well as a surname, and may refer to: Surname * Faruk Mercan (born 1971), Turkish journalist and writer * Levent Mercan (born 2000), German footballer * Neşe Mercan (born 1994), Turkish female Paralympian goalball player Pseudonym * Mercan Dede (born 1966), Turkish composer, ney and bendir player (pseudonym for ''Arkın Ilıcalı'') Places * Mercan, Keşan Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names Turkish-language surnames de:Mercan (Name) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Faruk Mercan Faruk Mercan (born 1971) is a Turkish journalist and writer. Doğan KitapFaruk Mercan/ref> He is a journalist for ''Aksiyon'' and the author of a number of books on the Turkish deep state, including books on Üzeyir Garih, Nesim Malki and the Susurluk scandal. He has worked at Dünya Radyo and the '' Zaman'' newspaper.Faruk Mercan, Today's Zaman ''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included dom ..., 25 October 2010The Hanefi Avcı affair: A dramatic detective story Mercan graduated from Ankara University, Law School in 1993. Books * ''Fethullah Gülen'' (2008), Doğan Kitap * ''Niso, Nesim Malki Cinayeti'' (2007), Doğan Kitap * ''Boğazın Şövalyesi, Üzeyir Garih Cinayeti'' (2007), Doğan Kitap * ''Onlar Başroldeydi'' (2007), Doğan Kitap * ''Savaşçının Dönüşü'' (2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Levent Mercan Münir Levent Mercan (born 10 December 2000) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. Career Early career Before joining FC Schalke 04 Academy in 2016, Mercan played at youth level for various clubs in the Ruhr region, such as PSV Recklinghausen (2005-2010), VfB Hüls (2010-2011), VfL Bochum (2011-2012) and Rot-Weiss Essen (2012-2016). Schalke Mercan made his professional debut for Schalke 04 in the DFB-Pokal on 10 August 2019. He came on as a substitute in the 61st minute and scored the fourth goal in the 73rd minute in a 5–0 away win against SV Drochtersen/Assel. On 22 August 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Schalke until June 2023. Fatih Karagümrük On 16 August 2021, he agreed to join Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük on a season-long loan. On 5 July 2022, the move was made permanent. On 11 September 2021, he made his Süper Lig debut against Adana Demirspor in a late substitute at 81st mins, they won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Neşe Mercan Neşe Mercan (born 19 September 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympian goalball player. She is a member of the national team. Early years Neşe Mercan was born in İskenderun of Hatay Province, Turkey on 19 September 1994. Sporting career Mercan was a member of the women's national goalball team at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the gold medal with her teammates at the Paralympics. In 2018, she enjoyed her national team's silver medal win at the Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden. She was part of the national team, which became champion at the 2019 IBSA Goalball European Championship held in Rostock, Germany. Her team became undefeated champion at the 2019 Elite Teams International Women Goalball Tournament in Japan. Honours International * 2012 IBSA European Goalball Championships B in Ascoli Piceno, Italy * 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Konya, Turkey * 2015 IBSA Goalball European Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mercan Dede Mercan Dede (born Arkın Ilıcalı, 1966), also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish-Canadian composer, ney and bendir player, DJ, and producer. He is a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditional acoustic Turkish and other oriental styles with electronic sounds. Dede has worked in collaboration with Turkish and international musicians, such as Susheela Raman, Azam Ali, Dhafer Youssef, Sheema Mukherjee (Transglobal Underground), and Hugh Marsh. Early life and education Dede was born to working-class secular parents in Bursa. He moved to Istanbul to study journalism and photography at Istanbul University. Upon graduation, he received a scholarship from the University of Saskatchewan and moved to Montreal, Canada. Career The Mercan Dede Ensemble was founded in 1997, by which time Ilıcalı had been working as a musician for some years. Their first album was ''Sufi Dreams'', released in 1998. This album got a boost when the music was used in a German television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mercan, Keşan Mercan is a village in the Keşan District of Edirne Province in Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... Its population is 104 (2022). References Villages in Keşan District {{Edirne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Turkish Feminine Given Names Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey Turkish language * Turkish alphabet Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The word that Iranian Azerbaijanis use for the Azerbaijani language * Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkey), 1299–1922, previously sometimes known as the Turkish Empire ** Ottoman Turkish, the Turkish language used in the Ottoman Empire * Turkish Airlines, an airline * Turkish music (style), a musical style of European composers of the Classical music era * Turkish, a character in the 2000 film '' Snatch'' See also * * * Turk (other) * Turki (other) * Turkic (other) * Turkey (other) * Turkiye (other) * Turkish Bath (other) * Turkish population, the number of ethnic Turkish people in the world * Culture of Turkey * History of Turkey ** History of the Republic of Turkey * Turkic languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Feminine Given Names A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Turkish-language Surnames Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with the Latin script-based Turkish alphabet. Some distinctive characteristics of the Turkish language are vowel harmony and exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]