Ahmed I ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد اول Aḥmed-i evvel, ) or Ahmed Bakhti ( April 18, 1590 – November 22, 1617 ) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death in 1617.

Ahmed II Khan Ghazi ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثانى Aḥmed-i < u > s </ u > ānī ) < span dir =" ltr ">( February 25, 1643 – February 6, 1695 )</ span > was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695.

Ahmed III ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i < u > s </ u > āli < u > s </ u >) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 30 / 31, 1673 – July 1, 1736 )</ span > was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV ( 1648 – 87 ).

The reign of Ahmed III, which had lasted for twenty-seven years, although marked by the disasters of the Great Turkish War, was not unsuccessful.

A Turkish hunting party with Ahmed III.

Piri Reis ( full name Hacı Ahmed Muhiddin Piri-Hadji Ahmed Muhiddin Piri, Ahmet ibn-i el-Haç Mehmet El Karamani ; Reis was a Turkish military rank akin to that of captain ) was an Ottoman admiral, geographer and cartographer born between 1465 and 1470, and died in 1554 or 1555.

Today, based on the Ottoman archives, we know that his full name was " Hadji Ahmed Muhiddin Piri " and that he was born either in Gelibolu ( Gallipoli ) on the European part of the Ottoman Empire ( in present-day Turkish Thrace ), or in Karaman ( his father's birthplace ) in central Anatolia, then the capital of the Beylik of Karaman ( annexed by the Ottoman Empire in 1487 ).

The honorary and informal Islamic title Hadji ( Turkish: Hacı ) in Piri's ( Hadji Ahmed Muhiddin Piri ) and his father's ( Hadji Mehmed Piri ) names indicate that they had completed the Hajj ( Islamic pilgrimage ) by going to Mecca during the dedicated period of Hadjj and fulfilling the required rituals.

* April 2 – Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Turkish statesman ( b. 1823 )

Born to Turkish parents in Merzifon, he was adopted into the powerful Köprülü family at a young age and served as a messenger to Damascus for his brother-in-law, the grand vizier Ahmed Köprülü.

While holding the episcopal office Gennadius drew up, apparently for the use of Mehmed, a confession or exposition of the Christian faith, which was translated into Turkish by Ahmed, judge of Beroea ( and first printed by A. Brassicanus at Vienna in 1530 ).

Ahmed ibn Tulun was a Turkish Mamluk whose father was sent as a gift to the Abbasid Caliph al-Ma ' mun in ( 200H ./ 815 – 16 A. D .).

However, the grand vizier, Ahmed Köprülü, ordered Sabbatai's immediate arrest upon arrival and had him imprisoned, maybe to avoid any doubts among local and foreign observers of the imperial court as to the mettle of state power still wielded by the Turkish Sultanate and by the Sultan himself.

In January 1854, during the Crimean War, when Russian forces were headed up the Danube, Ahmed Pasha, commanding the Turkish forces at Calafat, made a surprise attack on the Russian garrison at nearby Cetate, which was under the command of Colonel Alexander Baumgarten.

The terms additive and divisive originate with Curt Sachs's book Rhythm and Tempo ( 1953 ) ( Agawu 2003, 86 ), while the term akshak rhythm was introduced for the former concept at about the same time by Constantin Brăiloiu ( 1951 ), in agreement with the Turkish musicologist Ahmed Adnan Saygun ( Fracile 2003, 198 ).

* Ahmed Arif ( 1927 – 1991 ), Turkish poet

* Ahmed Hulusi, Turkish writer and Sufi

Ahmed Adnan Saygun () ( 7 September 1907-6 January 1991 ) was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music.

Ahmed Adnan Saygun is acknowledged as one of the most important 20th century composers in Turkish music history.

Ahmed Shawqi produced several works praising the reforming Turkish leader Kemal Atatürk, but when Atatürk abolished the caliphate Shawqi was not slow in attacking him in verse.

* Ahmed Arif ( 1927 – 1991 ), Turkish poet

A pioneer in interpreting the works of Turkish symphonic composers written for violin, she played Necil Kazim Akses ', Ahmed Adnan Saygun's and Ulvi Cemal Erkin's " Violin Concerto " s.

* 1964 – Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi football player and politician

Arriving at Gebra they discover that Carrot has convinced the two armies to get together and play a game of football ( he has an inflatable football in his backpack for just such an emergency ), Vimes is preparing to arrest the Klatchian Prince and Lord Rust for various breaches of the peace ( such as being prepared for war ) and 71-hour Ahmed is supporting him.

* Adnan Ahmed, football player

Majed Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mohammed ( ( born November 1, 1959 in Jeddah ) is a former Saudi Arabian football ( soccer ) striker, the all-time goals leader for the Saudi national team.

The fraud charge related to testimony by Ahmed Paruk, Shaik's auditor, that Shaik held a meeting with him and Shaik's financial manager, where it was agreed that false journal entries be made in order to alter Nkobi Holdings ' financial statements.

Adnan Bin Abdulkareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie ( born March 1, 1939 ), better known professionally as Adnan Al-Kaissie, is a former Iraqi professional wrestler and manager best known as Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy, Billy White Wolf, or General Adnan.

After the sacking of French coach Henri Michel, he was named manager of former side Zamalek, on 30 November 2009. his first match in charge was on December 3, 2009, which ended in a controversial 2 – 1 loss against Haras El Hodood, as opposing player Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek was not supposed to play in that match, having been sent off the previous one.

In August 1911, Ahmet Şerafettin Bey started the football team.

The city has one professional football club, Bursaspor competing in the top-tier of Turkish football.

* 1983 – Tolga Zengin, Turkish football player

* 2008 – Turkish President Abdullah Gül attends an association football match in Armenia after an invitation by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan ; he is the first Turkish head of state to visit the country.

** Ogün Temizkanoğlu, Turkish football player

* November 19 – Ertuğrul Sağlam, Turkish football coach and former player

* March 19 – The oldest Turkish football club, Besiktas JK, is founded in Istanbul.

* November 8 – Selçuk Yula, Turkish football player and top scorer

* December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish football player

* August 2 – The Turkish football club Trabzonspor is established in Trabzon.

** Rüştü Reçber, Turkish football goalkeeper

** The Turkish football club Göztepe is founded.

* Mesut Mert ( born 1978 (, Canadian association football player and coach of Turkish descent born in Bulgaria

The city has a professional football club, Batman Petrolspor, formed in 1960 and playing in the Turkish top Süper Lig.

Another local football team, Batman B. S., participates in the Turkish Third League.

* Turkcell Süper Lig, the top-flight league in Turkish nationwide football

* Abdullah Avcı ( born 1963 ), Turkish football manager

* Abdullah Gegić ( 1924 – 2008 ), Yugoslav football coach who also had Turkish citizenship

The renowned Albanian poet was also Ali Sami Yen's uncle, founder of the Turkish football club Galatasaray.

After spending nine seasons with Turkish football team Fenerbahçe, Rüştü was available on free transfer.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, Galatasaray Sports Club ) is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S. K ..

The football team of the club is the only European cup winner team in Turkey, holding highest number of Turkish League, TSYD Cup, Turkish Super Cup as well as Turkish Cups.