Ethem
Ethem is an Albanian and Turkish male given name of Arabic origin. The form Edhem occurs particularly in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro as well as in Turkey . Edhem is based on the original Arabic spelling, Ethem is the form corresponding to the Turkish pronunciation (alignment of the originally voiced d with the following unvoiced h).
Name bearer
Ottoman time
- İbrahim Ethem Pascha (1818–1893), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- Halil Edhem Eldem (1861–1938), Ottoman-Turkish archaeologist
- Ibrahim Ethem (1865–1945), Ottoman politician of Albanian origin
- Çerkez Ethem (1883 / 84–1949), Ottoman-Circassian guerrilla leader
First name
- Ethem Erboğa (* 1999), Turkish soccer player
- Ethem Menderes (1899–1992), Turkish politician
- Edhem Mulabdić (1862–1954), Bosnian writer
- Ethem Özerenler ( Manolo; 1938–2008), Turkish football fan in Mönchengladbach
- Edhem Šljivo (* 1950), Yugoslav football player
- Ethem Yilmaz (* 1952), Turkish-German publisher
See also
- Et'hem Bey Mosque , Ottoman sacred building in the Albanian capital Tirana