Hakkı is a Turkish name, originating from the days of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
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Its direct translation is 'truth'. As a result of it being frequently used in the Ottoman Empire as a birth name, it has led to the name being given to children in Turkey and Cyprus.
The name itself was more common during the 17th century when the Turkish Empire was at its peak, but its frequency of use declined gradually in the following years. In the 20th century however, many Turkish parents began to find it a more modern and European name than that of Mehmet and Huseyin and as a result, the name again became popular in Turkey as well as European countries with sizeable Turkish communities, such as the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
People named Hakkı include:
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Hakkı Atun
Hakkı Atun (born 7 October 1935) is a former Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He held this office between 1994 and 1996. He was born in Famagusta in 1935.
In 1959, he graduated from Istanbul Technical University as an ...
, former prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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Hakkı Hocaoğlu, Turkish footballer
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Hakkı Keskin
Hakkı Keskin (born 12 February 1943 in Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish-German politician with the Left Party (''die Linkspartei''), formerly of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and a professor of Political Science. He was the ...
, Turkish-German politician
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Hakkı Ketenoğlu
Hakkı Ketenoğlu (1906 - 1977) was a Turkish judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers o ...
(1906–1977), Turkish judge
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Hakkı Yeten
Hakkı Yeten, (3 December 1910 – 16 April 1989) was a Turkish football player and president of the İstanbul-based football club Beşiktaş J.K., which he also coached. He is one of the most important names in Beşiktaş history.
He made Beşi ...
, (1910–1989), Turkish footballer
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Hakkı Yazıcı (born 1981) Turkish economist
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Hakki Hasanen (born 1975) Legendary Finnish tour bus driver
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Turkish masculine given names