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Murat (name)

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Murat is a male Turkish name, spelled as Murad during the Ottoman period. Its meaning can be translated roughly into desire, wish, yearning or goal. It may refer to:

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Given name

  • Murat Akça (born 1990), Turkish footballer
  • Murat Akyüz (born 1981), Turkish footballer
  • Murat Bardakçı (born 1955), Turkish journalist
  • Murat Başesgioğlu (born 1955), Turkish politician and MP for Kastamonu
  • Murat Belge (born 1943), Turkish liberal intellectual, academic, literary critic, columnist, and civil rights activist
  • Murat Boz (born 1980), Turkish pop singer
  • Murat Ceylan (born 1988), Turkish footballer
  • Murat Çetinkaya (born 1976), Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey
  • Murat Didin (born 1955), Turkish basketball coach
  • Murat Direkçi (born 1979), Turkish kickboxer
  • Murat Duruer (born 1988), Turkish footballer
  • Murat Evliyaoğlu (born 1969), Turkish basketball player
  • Murat Gülsoy (born 1967), Turkish writer
  • Murat Günak (born 1957), Turkish automobile designer
  • Murat Karayalçın (born 1943), Turkish politician
  • Murat Karayılan (born 1954), Acting Leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK
  • Murat Kaya (born 1984), Turkish basketball player
  • Murat Kurnaz (born 1982), Turkish former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay
  • Murat Önal (born 1987), Turkish-Dutch footballer
  • Murat Önür (born 1981), Turkish footballer
  • Murat Öztürk (aviator) (1953–2013), Turkish aerobatic pilot
  • Murat Öztürk (born 1969), Turkish football coach
  • Murat Sözgelmez (born 1985), Turkish footballer
  • Murat Torun (born 1994), Turkish footballer
  • Murat Yenipazar (born 1993), Turkish volleyball player
  • Murat Yıldırım (disambiguation)
  • Murat Zyazikov (born 1957), 2nd President of the Russian republic of Ingushetia
  • Murat Pasha (disambiguation)
  • Murat Reis (disambiguation)

    • Ottoman nobility

  • Murad I (1326–1389), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1359 to 1389
  • Murad II (1404–1451), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451
  • Murad III (1546–1595), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1595
  • Murad IV (1612–1640), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640
  • Murad V (1840–1904), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876

    • Surname

  • Henriette-Julie de Murat (1670–1716), French writer
  • Jean-Louis Murat (born 1952), pseudonym of French singer Jean-Louis Bergheaud
  • Joachim Murat (1767–1815), King of Naples and Marshal of France from 1808 to 1815
  • Kapllan Murat (born 1962), Belgian criminal
  • Karo Murat (born 1983), German boxer of Armenian descent
  • Marko Murat (1864–1944), Croatian painter
  • Özkan Murat (born 1957), Turkish politician
  • Tuğçe Murat (born 1991), Turkish basketball player
  • Zeynep Murat (born 1983), Turkish female taekwondo practitioner

    • References

    Murat (name) Wikipedia
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