İpek (given name)
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İpek
Gender: Female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

Origin: Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

Meaning: "Silk"
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İpek is a common feminine Turkish given name
Turkish name
A Turkish name consists of an ad and a soyadı . Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı in the full name, there may be more than one ad...

. In Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

, "İpek" means "Silk".

People

  • İpek Çalışlar, a writer
  • İpek Derici
    Ipek Derici
    İpek Derici is a Turkish female basketball player. The young national plays for Fenerbahçe İstanbul at the forward position. She is tall and weighs . İpek Derici graduated from the University of North Carolina....

     (born 1990), a basketball player
  • İpek Soroğlu
    İpek Soroğlu
    İpek Soroğlu is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 192 cm and plays as middle blocker and plays for Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.-Career:İpek signed a 3 years contract with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem on June 2009...

     (born 1985), a Turkish
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

     volleyball
    Volleyball
    Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

     player.
  • İpek Şenoğlu
    Ipek Senoglu
    İpek Şenoğlu , nicknamed İpeko, is a Turkish tennis player. Şenoğlu first made history in June 2004 when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for Wimbledon. Though İpek did not advance into the main draw of Wimbledon, she became the first Turk ever to play in a qualifying tournament...

     (born 1979), a tennis player
  • Tuncay Güney
    Tuncay Güney
    Tuncay Güney , code name "Ipek" , is a Turkish citizen who claims to have infiltrated the Turkish Gendarmerie's intelligence organization JITEM, Ergenekon, the Workers' Party, and the Gülen movement before being outed. He is subordinate to Mehmet Eymür, who was discharged from the National...

     (born 1972), used Ipek as a code name

Fictional characters

  • Ipek Hanım Yildiz, a fictional character in Orhan Pamuk
    Orhan Pamuk
    Ferit Orhan Pamuk , generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing....

    's novel Snow
    Snow (novel)
    Snow is a novel by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk. It was published in Turkish in 2002 and in English in 2004. The story encapsulates many of the political and cultural tensions of modern Turkey and successfully combines humor, social commentary, mysticism, and a deep sympathy with its characters.Kar...

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