Ziya Explained

Ziya (pronounced as /tr/) is a Turkish given name for males and females, it is of Arabic origin, in Turkish Ziya means light.

Ziya Doğan, Turkish football manager
Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist
Nazmi Ziya Güran, Turkish impressionist painter
Ziya Hurşit, person executed for attempting an assassination against Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Ziya Müezzinoğlu (1919–2020), Turkish economist, diplomat and politician
Ziya Onis, Turkish economist
Ziya Saylan, Turkish medical doctor
Ziya Şengül, Turkish footballer
Ziya Songülen, Turkish footballer
Ziya Tong, television personality and producer
Ziya Yildiz, Bosnian footballer

Middle name