Mehmet Ali, Memet Ali or Mehmed Ali (
"Ali"
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Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
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given name for males. People with the name include:
* Memet Ali Alabora (born 1977), Turkish actor
* Mehmet Ali AÄŸca
Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving ...
(born 1958), Turkish assassin
* Mehmet Ali Aybar (1908–1995), Turkish sprinter
* Mehmet Ali Birand (1941–2013), Turkish journalist
* Mehmet Ali Erbil
Mehmet Ali Erbil (born 8 February 1957) is a Turkish comedian, actor and talk show host of Kurdish descent.
Biography
Mehmet Ali was born in Istanbul, Turkey, as the son of Sadettin Erbil, a theatre and film actor, in 1957. He is the grandson o ...
(born 1957), Turkish comedian
* Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik (born 1950), Turkish politician
* Mehmet Ali Pasha, various people
** Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, Ù…Øمد علي باشا, ; ota, Ù…Øمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...
(1769–1849), Albanian-Ottoman governor of Egypt
** Çerkes Mehmed Ali Pasha (died 1625), Ottoman statesman and grand vizier
** Mehmed Ali Pasha (1827–1878), German-born Ottoman soldier and marshal
** Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, also spelled as Mehmed Emin Aali (March 5, 1815 – September 7, 1871) was a prominent Ottoman statesman during the Tanzimat period, best known as the architect of the Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856, and for his role in t ...
(1815–1871), Ottoman statesman and grand vizier
* Mehmet Ali Åžahin
Mehmet Ali Åžahin (born 16 September 1950) is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2009 to 2011.
He was a member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the ru ...
(born 1950), Turkish politician
* Mehmet Ali Talat (born 1952), Turkish Cypriot politician
* Memet Ali (born 1993), Chinese footballer
See also
* Egyptian frigate Mehemet Ali (launched circa 1860)
* Ali (name)
Ali is a common unisex name.
In Arabic, Ali is derived from the Arabic root Ê•-l-w, which literally means "high", "elevated" or "champion", and is used as both a given name and surname. Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to the Isl ...
* Mehmet (name)
* Muhammad Ali (disambiguation)
References
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Turkish masculine given names