Cihat is a Turkish given name for males. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic name and word

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: جِهاد ''jihād''). People named Cihat include:

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Cihat Arman Cihat Arman (16 July 1915 in Istanbul – 14 May 1994 in Istanbul), was a Turkish football goalkeeper and manager. He represented Turkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was the coach of the Turkish national football ...

, Turkish football goalkeeper *

Cihat Bilgehan Cihat Bilgehan (1923–1981) was a Turkish jurist and politician. He was a member of the Turkish Parliament from 1961 to 1980 and served in various cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and education He was born in Keskin, Kırıkkale ...

(1923–1981), Turkish jurist and politician *

Cihat Teğin Cihat Teğin (born 16 November 1915, date of death unknown) was a Turkish fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and o ...

, Turkish fencer *

Cihat Yaycı Cihat Yaycı (born on 29 April 1966 in Elazığ) is a Turkish author, former rear admiral, and theoretician of the irredentist and expansionist strategic–maritime doctrine known as "Blue Homeland (Mavi Vatan), Blue Homeland". Education Cih ...

(born 1966), Turkish military officer

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Hasan Cihat Örter Hasan Cihat Örter (born October 24, 1958) is a Turkish composer, progressive guitarist and arranger. Örter was very young when he first started playing the piano and violin. He then attended Emin Ongan's Turkish music lessons at Uskudar Mus ...

, Turkish guitarist

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