Ismet () is a Turkish form of the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

name Ismat which comes from

Ismah ''‘Iṣmah'' or ''‘Isma'' (; literally, "protection") is the concept of incorruptible innocence, immunity from sin, or moral infallibility in Islamic theology, and which is especially prominent in Shia Islam. In Shia theology, ''ismah'' is ch ...

. Along with Turkish, the name is also seen in Albanian, Bosnian, and Macedonian. The name means "honesty" or "purity" and in classical "infallibility", "immaculate", "impeccability" and "faultlessness".

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* Ismet Ahmad (1945–2023), Indonesian politician and academic *

Ali İsmet Öztürk Ali İsmet Öztürk (born 23 May 1964) is a Turkish professional aerobatics, display pilot (aircraft), pilot, an aerobatic aircraft designer and an aviation businessman. He is the first civilian to be recognised as a professional aerobatic pilot ...

(born 1964), Turkish aerobatics pilot * Ismet Akpinar (born 1995), German basketball player * Ismet Asllani (1955–1999), Kosovan businessman, humanitarian and army commander * İsmet Atlı (1931–2014), Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler * Ismet Azizi (born 1960), Kosovan professor and journalist * Ismet Bajramović (1966–2008), Bosnian soldier * Ismet Cheriff Vanly (1924–2011), Kurdish scholar and political activist * Ismet Đuherić (born 1949), Bosnian WWII army commander * Ismet Ekmečić (born 1969), Slovenian footballer * İsmet Ergün (born 1950), German artist and stage designer * Ismet Godinjak (born 1973), Bosnian volleyball player *

İsmet Güney İsmet Güney (15 July 1923 – 23 June 2009) was a Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter. He is best known as the designer of the modern flag of the Republic of Cyprus, the country's coat of arms and the original Cyprus lir ...

(1923–2009), Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter * Ismet Hadžić (1954–2015), Bosnian footballer * Ismet Horo (born 1959), Bosnian comedian * Ismet Hoxha (born 1948), Albanian footballer * İsmet Hürmüzlü (1938–2013), Iraqi Turkmen actor, director and screenwriter * İsmet İbrahimoğlu (1943–1989), Turkish chess player * İsmet İnönü (1884–1973), second President of

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 ...

* Ismet Iskandar (1948–2024), Indonesian politician * Ismet Jashari (1967–1998), Albanian member of the Kosovo Liberation Army * Ismet Kaya Erdem (born 1928), Turkish politician * İsmet Kotak (1939–2011), Turkish Cypriot politician, administrator, columnist and journalist * İsmet Kür (1916–2013), Turkish female educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature * Ismet Lushaku (born 2000), Kosovan footballer * İsmet Miroğlu (1944–1997), Turkish academic * Ismet Muftić (1876–1945), Bosnian imam * Ismet Mulavdić (born 1968), Bosnian footballer * Ismet Munishi (born 1974), Kosovan footballer and manager * İsmet Özel (born 1944), Turkish poet and scholar * Ismet Peja (1937–2020), Kosovan Albanian folk singer * Ismet Popovac (died 1943), Bosnian lawyer, physician and Chetnik leader * Ismet Ramadan (born 1998), Bulgarian footballer *

Ismet Rizvić Ismet Rizvić ( Mostar, 1933 - Sarajevo 1992) was a Bosnian artist. Life Rizvić was born in Mostar in 1933, but spent much of his life, and all of his working life, in Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different lan ...

(1933–1992), Bosnian artist * Ismet Sejfić (born 1993), Bosnian basketballer * Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo (1925–1987), Bosnian accordionist * Ismet Shehu, Albanian chef * Ismet Sinani (born 1999), Kosovan footballer * Ismet Šišić (born 1958), Bosnian footballer * Ismet Štilić (born 1960), former Bosnian footballer * Ismet Toto (1908–1937), Albanian writer, bureaucrat and political activist * İsmet Uçma (1955–2021), Turkish politician and parliamentarian * İsmet Uluğ (1901–1975), Turkish footballer and boxer * İsmet Yılmaz (born 1961), Turkish politician

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