Yıldırım Explained

Yıldırım is a Turkish word meaning "lightning" and may refer to:

People

Given name

• Ali Yıldırım Koç (born 1967), Turkish businessman and member of the Koç family
• Yıldırım Akbulut (1935–2021), Turkish politician
• Yıldırım Aktuna (1930–2007), Turkish psychiatrist and politician
• Yıldırım Demirören (born 1964), Turkish businessman and president of Turkish Football Federation

Surname

• Adem Yıldırım (born 1973), Turkish politician
• Adnan Yıldırım (1957–1994), Turkish person involved in the Susurluk scandal
• Ahmet Yıldırım (born 1974), Turkish footballer
• Avni Yıldırım (born 1991), Turkish boxer
• Aygün Yıldırım (born 1995), German footballer
• Aziz Yıldırım (born 1952), Turkish businessman and former chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K.
• Binali Yıldırım (born 1955), Turkish politician and prime minister from May 2016 to July 2018
• Bülent Yıldırım (referee) (born 1972), Turkish football referee
• Cemal Yıldırım (1925–2009), Turkish philosopher of science
• Cem Yıldırım (born 1961), Turkish mathematician
• Elif Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish female middle-distance runner
• Enver Yıldırım (born 1995), Turkish fencer
• Erman Yıldırım (born 1986), Turkish footballer
• Sezen Aksu (Fatma Sezen Yıldırım) (born 1954), Turkish singer, songwriter and producer
• Fatoş Yıldırım (born 1994), Turkish women's footballer
• Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım (born 1966), Turkish NGO leader
• Gülser Yıldırım (born 1963) Turkish-Kurdish politician
• Haluk Yıldırım (born 1972), Turkish basketball player
• Hüseyin Yıldırım (born 1928), convicted Turkish spy of the Cold War era
• Irmak Yıldırım (born 2005), Turkish female motocross racer
• Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1953), Turkish Olympian contract killer
• Mithat Yıldırım (born 1966), Turkish cross-country skier
• Murat Yıldırım (actor) (born 1979), Turkish actor
• Murat Yıldırım (footballer) (born 1987), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent
• Özkan Yıldırım (born 1993), German footballer
• Ramazan Yıldırım (born 1975), Turkish footballer and manager
• Rıza Yıldırım (born 1987), Turkish wrestler
• Rukiye Yıldırım (born 1991), Turkish female taekwondo practitioner
• Selma Yildirim (born 1969), Austrian politician
• Sercan Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish footballer
• Uğur Yıldırım (born 1982), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent

Nickname

• Bayezid I (1354–1403), "Yıldırım Bayezid", Ottoman sultan

Places

• Yıldırım, Bursa, a metropolitan district in the center of Bursa, Turkey
• Yıldırım, Yenişehir, Turkey
• Milia, Famagusta (Turkish: Yıldırım|link=no), Northern Cyprus
• Yıldırım railway station, a commuter rail station in Ankara, Turkey

Other uses

• J-600T Yıldırım, a conventional battlefield ballistic missile system of Turkey
• Yıldırım Bosna S.K., a football club in Istanbul, Turkey
• Yıldırım Army Group, army group of the Ottoman Empire during World War I