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‘Alparslan‘ most popular name for boys, ‘Zeynep‘ for girls

The most popular name given to boys born in 2022 was "Alparslan," while "Zeynep" became the most preferred name for newborn girls, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has announced.

According to TÜİK'S 2022 children statistics, "Yusuf" and "Miraç" followed the most used name, "Alparslan."

More than 8,300 of newborn male babies were named "Alparslan" in 2022.

Fraud ‘professor’ uses name similarity in scientific articles

After coming to the country's agenda with forged documents showing her a professor, Zulal Atalay Laçin has been found using scientific papers of another Turkish academic, with whom she shares name resemblance, in her file, claiming that they are hers, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Turkey bags 3 medals at World Para Athletics Grand Prix

Turkey's National Para Athletics Team won three medals on Feb. 10 at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai. 

The Turkish Sports Federation for the Physically Disabled said in a statement that Hamide Doğangün claimed the gold in the women's 800-meter race with 1.56.60 while Zeynep Acet clinched a silver medal with 2.14.84 in the same event.

Nearly 1.2 million babies born in Turkey in 2019

Almost 1.2 million babies were born in Turkey in 2019, according to data made public by the Interior Ministry's General Directorate of Civil Registration and Citizenship.

Of the 1,180,840 babies born, 8,816 male babies were named Yusuf, and 6,857 male babies were named Eymen.
The most popular names given to female babies were Zeynep, with 13,420, followed by Elif, with 8,586.

Turkish designer's collection pays homage to 'Lost Jewel'

For Spring/Summer 2019, Turkish fashion designer Zeynep Kartal's collection celebrates the designer's ties with both her Turkish heritage and the place she now calls her second home, England. The collection also pays homage to "Nelson's Lost Jewel," by Martyn Downer, and the diamond chelengk given to Lord Nelson by Ottoman Sultan Selim III of Turkey. 

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