Ziya
Appearance
Ziya (IPA: [ˈziːja]) is a Turkish given name for males and females, it is of Arabic origin, in Turkish Ziya means light.
Given name
First name
- 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
- Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author
- Hilmi Ziya Ülken (1901–1974), Turkish scholar