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, "Filiz" means "Sprout", "Blossom" and/or "to Flower"; derived from the Greek word "fillís" (φυλλίς).

Given name

* Filiz Ahmet (born 1981), Macedonian-Turkish stage and screen actress *

Filiz Akın Filiz Akın (born Suna Akın, 2 January 1943 – 21 March 2025) was a Turkish actress, writer and television presenter. Known as Yeşilçam Turkish cinema's "noble, modern, urban and elegant face", Filiz Akın had a large fan base in Turkey. Sh ...

(1943–2025), Turkish film actress, writer and television presenter * Filiz Ali (born in 1937), Turkish pianist and musicologist * Filiz Dinçmen (born 1939), First Turkish female Ambassador to a foreign country *

Filiz Hyusmenova Filiz Hyusmenova (; born 10 June 1966 in Silistra, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian politician of Bulgarian-Turkish descent who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 until 2019. She is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freed ...

(born 1966), Bulgarian politician of Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament *

Filiz İşikırık Filiz İşikırık (born August 20, 1993, in Siverek, Şanlıurfa, Turkey) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Ataşehir Belediyespor with jersey number 63. She appeared in th ...

(born 1993), Turkish footballer *

Filiz Kadoğan Filiz Kadoğan (born 12 February 1982 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish shot putter. She earned a bronze medal in the women's shot put at the 2003 European U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and later represented her nation Turkey on her se ...

(born 1982), Turkish shot putter *

Filiz Kocaman Filiz Kocaman (born February 23, 1985, in Tokat) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 178 cm and plays as libero. She has been playing for Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball Team since 2007 season start and wears number 14. She has played 43 ti ...

(born 1985), Turkish volleyball player *

Filiz Koç Filiz Koç (born 6 October 1986), aka Filiz Heilmann or Filiz Heilmann Koç, is a Turkish-German women's footballer who plays as a midfielder in the Turkish Women's First League for 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor. She is a member of the ...

(born in 1986), Turkish-German footballer, model and sports reporter *

Filiz Koçali Filiz Koçali (born 22 January 1958, Istanbul) is a female Turkish politician and a feminist activist and journalist. She was a founder member of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) in 1996 and of the break-away Socialist Democracy Party (SDP ...

(born 1958), Turkish politician *

Filiz Polat Filiz Polat (born 11 July 1978) is a German politician for the Alliance 90/The Greens. Early years Polat was born on 11 July 1978 in Bramsche, a town in Osnabrück District, Germany, to a Turks in Germany, Turkish physician father and a German r ...

(born 1978), Turkish-German politician *

Filiz Taçbaş Filiz Taçbaş (born 1964) is a Turkish film and television series actress and former national tennis player. Early life Filiz Taçbaş was born in İzmir, Turkey in 1964. She is of Azerbaijani descent. Already at age ten, she appeared as child ...

(born 1964), Turkish actress and former national tennis player *

Filiz Vural Filiz Vural (born 1953) is a former Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971. She participated at a beauty pageant organized by the newspaper ''Hürriyet'', and won the title Miss Turkey 1970. The next year, she represented her country at t ...

(born 1953), Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971

Surname

Atalay Filiz Atalay Filiz (born June 2, 1986) is a Turkish serial killer. He is held responsible for at least three murders, possibly for one in 2012, two in September 2013 and one in May 2016. A fugitive for more than two years, he was captured in June 2016. ...

(born 1986), Turkish murderer and fugitive

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