Demir means ''iron'' in
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
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Demir Demirkan
Demir Demirkan () (born 12 August 1972) is a Turkish musician, Eurovision Song Contest winning composer, formerly guitarist for thrash metal band Mezarkabul. Demir Demirkan started playing music when he was 13 and played guitar with various gr ...
, Turkish rock musician and songwriter
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Demir Demirev
Demir Demirev ( bg, Демир Демирев, born 31 August 1984) is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He is of Turkish ethnicity. He participated in the men's -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, fi ...
, Bulgarian weightlifter
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Demir Elmaağaçlı
Demir Elmaağaçlı (born ) is a Turkish male compound archer and part of the national team.
Sport career
Elmaağaçlı won the silver medal at the 2008 World Archery Youth Championships held in Antalya, Turkey. He was part of the Turkish team, w ...
(born 1990), Turkish archer
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Demir Hotić, Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer
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Demir Ramović
Demir Ramović (; born 3 January 1982), also known as ramovicOAK, is a Montenegrin ''eFootball'' player and former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Montenegro at the UEFA eEURO 2020.
Club career
Ramović ...
, Montenegrin footballer
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Demir Sabancı, Turkish businessman and entrepreneur
Surname
*''Demir'' or ''D. Mir'', pseudonyms of Romanian poet
Mircea Demetriade
Mircea Constantin Demetriade (; also rendered as Demetriad, Dimitriade, Dimitriadi, or Demitriadi; September 2, 1861 – September 11, 1914) was a Romanian poet, playwright and actor, one of the earliest animators of the local Symbolist movement. ...
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Alihan Demir
Alihan Demir (born July 11, 1996) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Central Wyoming Rustlers, Drexel Dragons and Minnesota G ...
(born 1996), Turkish basketball player
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Aykut Demir
Aykut Demir (born 22 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Ankara Keçiörengücü. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey at international level.
Club career
Demir made his debut in professional footba ...
, Turkish footballer
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Bahadır Demir
Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".
This name is written with a dotless ı. It appears as BAHADIR in uppercase and bahadır in lowercase.
Relat ...
(1942–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat
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Cem Demir, Turkish footballer
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Ebru Demir
Ebru Demir (née: Baybara; born 1976) is a Turkish social entrepreneur and chef. She has involved in many projects targeting women and biodiversity.
Biography
She was born in Mardin in 1976 and was raised in Istanbul. She graduated from Marmar ...
(born 1976), Turkish social entrepreneur and chef
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Emine Demir
Emine Demir (born November 11, 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Women's Super League for Galatasaray with jersey number 30. She was a member of the Turkey girls' U-17, Turkey women's U-19, women's U-21 and ...
(born 1993), Turkish footballer
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Erdin Demir
Erdin Demir (born 27 March 1990 as Erdin Demirovski) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back. He played in Sweden, Norway, and Belgium during a career ...
, Swedish footballer of Turkish descent
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Evin Demir
Evin Demir (born 16 February 2001) is a Turkish race walker specialising in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events. She is a native of Sancaktepe in Istanbul, Turkey. She was a member of Sancaktepe Spo, before she was transferred by Enka SK.
Sports care ...
(born 2001), Turkish race walker
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Hamza Demir
Hamza Demir (born 1956) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature
A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Soverei ...
(born 1956), Swedish politician
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İlyas Demir
İlyas Demir (born June 16, 1985 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -60 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..
Achievements
;2010:
* Baku Open - September 14 ...
, Turkish karateka
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Mahmut Demir
Mahmut Demir (21 January 1970 in Amasya, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic, World and European champion sports in the super heavyweight class. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling.
Wrestling career
He was bor ...
, Turkish wrestler
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Mahmut Demir (futsal)
Mahmut Demir (born 1982) is a Turkish-Austrian futsal player. He currently plays for Stella Rossa Vienna and previously played for Austria 13.
He is a member of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship
The UEFA European ...
, Turkish futsal player
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Mustafa Demir
Mustafa Demir ( b 18 January 1961) is a Turkish politician, a member of parliament, the former Minister of Public Works and Housing under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the founder and former chairman of the ruling AK Party's Samsun ...
, Turkish politician
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Neslihan Demir Darnel
Neslihan Demir (born 9 December 1983) is a retired Turkish volleyball star. She is one of the most successful athletes of Turkey and has been among FIVB Heroes. She represented her country as the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and th ...
(born 1983), Turkish volleyballer
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Orhan Demir
Orhan Demir (; born 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Canadian jazz guitarist.
His first release in 1986 "The way I see You" second release is in 1987 "North West", third album was in 1989 "Windmill" in 1990 solo acoustic album "Sultan of Strings", ...
, Canadian jazz guitarist
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Yusuf Demir
Yusuf Demir (; born 2 June 2003) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Austria national team.
Club career Early life
Yusuf Demir was born on 2 June 2003, in Vienna, Austr ...
(born 2003), Austrian footballer
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Zeki Demir
Zeki Demir (born June 6, 1982 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -80 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
His younger brother İdris Demir I ...
, Turkish karateka
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Demir Kapija
Demir Kapija ( mk, Демир Капија ) is a small town in North Macedonia, located near the ominous limestone gates of the same name. It has 3,725 inhabitants. The town is the seat of Demir Kapija Municipality.
Etymology
The name of the tow ...
, town in the Republic of Macedonia
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Demir Hisar (town)
Demir Hisar ( mk, Демир Хисар ) (formerly Murgaševo until 1946) is a small town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Demir Hisar Municipality. This small settlement has an absolute Macedonian ethnic majority. The name of the town tra ...
, town in the Republic of Macedonia
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Demirović Demirović (; meaning Son of " Demir") is a Bosnian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Demirović, German sociologist
* Andrea Demirović (born 1985), Montenegrin singer
* Elian Demirović (born 2000), Slovenian footballer
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Temur (disambiguation)
Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir or Tömör is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means '' iron''. It is a cognate of the Bosnian and Turkish name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to '' east'', and symbolizes hope by t ...
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Timur
Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...
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Demir, Kemaliye
Demir is a village in the Kemaliye District
Kemaliye District is a district of the Erzincan Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Kemaliye.
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