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Veda (film)
''Veda'' is a 2010 Turkish biographical film, written and directed by Zülfü Livaneli based on the memoirs of Salih Bozok, which traces the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on is one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010. Production Filming commenced on 27 October 2009 with location shooting taking place in Antalya, Ayvalık, İzmir and Seferihisar, Turkey. Cast * Sinan Tuzcu as Atatürk (age 25–45) * Serhat Kılıç as Salih Bozok (age 30–57) * Dolunay Soysert as Zübeyde Hanım *Özge Özpirinçci as Fikriye Hanım * Ezgi Mola as Latife Hanım * Burhan Güven as Atatürk (age 57) * Kaan Olcay as Atatürk (age 6–7) * Bartunç Akbaba as Atatürk (age 14–17) * Erk Bilgiç as Cevat Abbas * Orhan Aydın as Kurmay Başkanı * Mehmet Erbil as İsmail Hakkı Tekçe Release General release The film opened in 300 screens across Turkey on at number three in the Turkish box office chart with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zülfü Livaneli
Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, which led to his exile from Turkey in 1972. He lived in Stockholm, Paris, Athens, and New York, where he met and collaborated with artists and intellectuals such as Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller, James Baldwin, and Peter Ustinov. Livaneli returned to Turkey in 1984. In 1995, UNESCO appointed him a Goodwill Ambassador to UNESCO for his cultural works, political activities, and contributions to world peace. He resigned from this position in 2016 to protest the Turkish State's damage to the historic Kurdish Old Town of Diyarbakir. He served in the Grand National Assembly and the Council of Europe. Personal life Livaneli's family is of Georgian descent. His father was a judge who later became the president of the Turkish Supreme Court. He h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hürriyet Daily News
The ''Hürriyet Daily News'', formerly ''Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review'' and ''Turkish Daily News'', is the oldest current English-language daily in Turkey, founded in 1961. The paper was bought by the Doğan Media Group in 2001 and has been under the media group's flagship ''Hürriyet'' from 2006; both papers were sold to Demirören Holding in 2018. Ideology ''Hürriyet Daily News'' has generally taken a secular and liberal or centre-left position on most political issues, in contrast to Turkey's other main English-language daily, the '' Daily Sabah'', which is closely aligned with the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus .... Another conservative competitor, the Gülen movement-run '' Today's Zam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İsmail Hakkı Tekçe
In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs. Within Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor of the Ishmaelites (Hagarenes or Adnanites) and patriarch of Qaydār. Etymology The name "Yishma'el" existed in various ancient Semitic cultures, including early Babylonian and Minæan. In the Amorite language, it is attested as ''yaśmaʿ-ʾel''. It is a theophoric name translated literally as "God (El) has hearkened", suggesting that "a child so named was regarded as the fulfillment of a divine promise". Genesis narrative The Genesis narrative sees the account of Ishmael's life through the . Birth The birth of Ishmael was planned by the Patriarch Abraham's first wife, who at that time was known as Sarai. She and her husband Abram (Abraham) sought a way to have children in order to fulfil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmet Erbil
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. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic ''Muhammad'' were completed with an ''e'' in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemmed, Mehemed and the name lost the central ''e'' over time. Final devoicing of ''d'' to ''t'' is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, ''Muhammed''. In Azerbaijani it is ''Məhəmməd''. 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 (1382–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orhan Aydın
Orhan Aydın Hacıyev (born 1 October 1989) is an Azerbaijani professional basketball player for iLab Basketbol of the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi. He plays the power forward position. He is 2.03 m tall. He is member of Azerbaijan national basketball team. He also holds a Turkish citizenship Turkish nationality law is based primarily on the principle of ''jus sanguinis''. Children who are born to a Turkish mother or a Turkish father (in or out of marriage) are Turkish citizens from birth. The intention to renounce Turkish citizen .... References External linksTBLStat.net Profile 1989 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cevat Abbas
Cevat is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Cevat Rıfat Atilhan (1892–1967), Turkish career officer, antisemitic writer, initiator of the 1934 Thrace pogroms *Cevat Çobanlı (1870–1938), military commander of the Ottoman Army, War Minister of the Ottoman Empire *Cevat Güler (born 1959), Turkish former football player and coach *Cevat Abbas Gürer (1887–1943), officer of the Ottoman Army, the Turkish Army, politician of the Republic of Turkey *Cevat Gürkan (1907–1984), Turkish equestrian *Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1886–1973), Cretan Turk writer of novels, short-stories and essays *Cevat Kula (1902–1977), Turkish equestrian *Ahmed Cevat Pasha (1851–1900), Ottoman career officer and statesman *Cevat Prekazi (born 1957), Yugoslav-Turkish former footballer *Cevat Seyit (1906–1945), Turkish footballer *Leman Cevat Tomsu (1913–1988), Turkish architect *Refi Cevat Ulunay (1890–1968), Syrian-Turkish writer, controversial journalist and novelist du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaan Olcay
Kaan may refer to: People, persons, titles, characters * Kaan (name), a name * K.A.A.N., abbreviation for Knowledge Above All Nonsense, an American rapper * Kagan, a title for a ruler in Turkic and Mongolian languages * Lord Kaan, a fictional character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe Places * Kaan (Maya state), a pre-Columbian state of the Maya civilization * Ka'an Arcus, Ultima, 486958 Arrokoth (Ultima Thule), Kuiper Belt, Solar System; a circular region Other uses * KAAN-FM, an American radio station * KAAN (AM), an American radio station * ''Kaan'' (film), a 2016 Indian film * Kaan language, an Adamawa language of Nigeria * '' Kaan: Barbarian's Blade'', a video game * TAI TF Kaan, a Turkish all-weather air superiority fighter under development See also * KAAN-717, a gun * Siaan Kaan or Uaxactun, an ancient ruin of the Maya civilization * * Caan (other) * Kahn (German surname) * Kan (other) * Khan (other) Khan may refer to: * Khan (su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burhan Güven
Burhan (, ) is an Arabic male name, an epithet of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. It is especially popular in Turkey, as it respects Turkish vowel harmony and the end syllable "-han" can be interpreted as the Turkish variant of "Khan". Origin Given name * Burhan Ali, self-declared Shah of Shirvan * Burhan Nizam Shah II (ruled 1591–1595), the ruler of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan * Burhan G (born 1983), Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish-Turkish origin * Burhan Alankuş (born 1950), Turkish alpine skier * Burhan Atak (1905–1987), Turkish footballer * Burhan Asaf Belge (1899–1967), served as the representative of Muğla province during the 11th term of Turkish National Assembly * Burhan Al-Chalabi (born 1947), British-Iraqi writer and political commentator * Burhan Conkeroğlu (1903–2001), Turkish wrestler * Burhan Dajani (1921–2000), Palestinian academic and economist * Burhan Doğançay (1929–2013), Turkish-American painter and photographer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latife Hanım
Latife is a Turkish feminine given name derived from the name Latifa. Notable people with the name include: * Latife Tekin (born 1957), Turkish writer * Latife Uşaki Latife Uşaklıgil (born Fatıma-tüz Zehra Latife Uşakîzâde; with the honorifics, Latife Khanum, Hanım; 17 June 1898 – 12 July 1975) was Mustafa Kemal's (later Atatürk) wife between 1923 and 1925. She was related from her father's side to ... (1898–1975), wife of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk {{given name Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
