Yaşar is a masculine Turkish given name, which also appears as a surname that means immortal. In non-Turkish publications, the name would many times appear as Yasar (with no cedilla on the s).
People with the name include:
Given name Yaşar Yaşar Aliyev (born 1955), Azerbaijani diplomat Yaşar Altıntaş (born 1957), Turkish footballer Yaşar Alpaslan (1914–1995), Turkish footballer Yaşar Bilgin (born 1950), German politician and physician Yaşar Turgut Bilgin (born 1957), Turkish author Yaşar Büyükanıt (1940–2019), Turkish general, Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Yaşar Halit Çevik (born 1955), Turkish ambassador Yaşar Doğu (1913–1961), Turkish sports wrestler Yaşar Erkan (1911–1986), Turkish sports wrestler Yaşar Giritli (born 1969), Turkish boxer Yaşar Güler (born 1954), Turkish general Yasar İsmailoğlu (born 1945), Turkish-Cypriot poet, writer and journalist Yaşar Karadağ (born 1976), Turkish politician and educator Yaşar Kaya (1938–2016), Kurdish politician Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), Turkish writer and journalist of Kurdish origin Yaşar Kurt (born 1968), Turkish musician of Armenian origin Yaşar Mumcuoğlu (born 1942), Turkish footballer Yaşar Nezihe (1882–1971), Ottoman Turkish poet Yaşar Okuyan (1950–2023), Turkish politician Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1951–2016), Turkish politician Yaşar Ören (born 1942), Turkish cross-country skier Yaşar Topçu (born 1941), Turkish politician and government minister Yaşar Tüzün (born 1966), Turkish politician Yaşar Yakış (1938–2024), Turkish politician and government minister Yaşar Yılmaz (born 1930), Turkish sports wrestler
Yasar Yasar Onel, Turkish-born Swiss and American physicist Yasar Shah, Indian politician
Middle name Murat Yaşar Günaçgün (born 1970), Turkish pop singer Turhan Yaşar Erdoğan (1938–2019), Turkish academic Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (1926–1984), Turkish poet Umit Yasar Toprak (died 2014), Turkish militant and sniper
Surname Yaşar Ali Yaşar (born 1995), Belgian footballer Ebru Yaşar (born 1978), Turkish female musician Ece Yaşar (born 1990), Turkish female karateka Muhsin Yaşar (born 1995), Turkish basketball player Necdet Yaşar (1930–2017), Turkish tanbur (lute) player and teacher Nurettin Yaşar (born 1961), Turkish politician and member of Parliament Osman Yaşar, American computer scientist Özcan Yaşar (born 2002), Turkish footballer Selim Yaşar (born 1990), Ingushetia-born Russian and Turkish wrestler Seyfettin Anıl Yaşar (born 2002), Turkish footballer
Yasar
Farrukh Yasar (1441–1500), Iranian monarch Farrukh Yasar II, 16th-century Iranian monarch Mehmet Yasar, 19th-century Ottoman governor Nedim Yasar (1987–2018), Danish former gangster and radio host of Turkish origin Özgür Yasar (born 1981), Swedish footballer Ursal Yasar (born 1980), Swiss footballer and manager
See also Yashar (disambiguation) Yaşar, Karkamış, village in Gaziantep Province, Turkey
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