Ismet

Ismet (Turkish: İsmet) is a Turkish form of the Arabic name Ismat which comes from Ismah. Along with Turkish, the name is also seen in Albanian, Bosnian, and Macedonian. The name means "honesty" or "purity" and in classical "infallibility", "immaculate", "impeccability" and "faultlessness".

Given name

Ismet Ahmad (1945–2023), Indonesian politician and academic
Ali İsmet Öztürk (born 1964), Turkish aerobatics pilot
Ismet Akpinar (born 1995), German basketball player
Ismet Asllani (1955–1999), Kosovan businessman, humanitarian and army commander
İsmet Atlı (1931–2014), Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler
Ismet Azizi (born 1960), Kosovan professor and journalist
Ismet Bajramović (1966–2008), Bosnian soldier
Ismet Cheriff Vanly (1924–2011), Kurdish scholar and political activist
Ismet Đuherić (born 1949), Bosnian WWII army commander
Ismet Ekmečić (born 1969), Slovenian footballer
İsmet Ergün (born 1950), German artist and stage designer
Ismet Godinjak (born 1973), Bosnian volleyball player
İsmet Güney (1923–2009), Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter
Ismet Hadžić (1954–2015), Bosnian footballer
Ismet Horo (born 1959), Bosnian comedian
Ismet Hoxha (born 1948), Albanian footballer
İsmet Hürmüzlü (1938–2013), Iraqi Turkmen actor, director and screenwriter
İsmet İbrahimoğlu (1943–1989), Turkish chess player
İsmet İnönü (1884–1973), second President of Turkey
Ismet Iskandar (1948–2024), Indonesian politician
Ismet Jashari (1967–1998), Albanian member of the Kosovo Liberation Army
Ismet Kaya Erdem (born 1928), Turkish politician
İsmet Kotak (1939–2011), Turkish Cypriot politician, administrator, columnist and journalist
İsmet Kür (1916–2013), Turkish female educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature
Ismet Lushaku (born 2000), Kosovan footballer
İsmet Miroğlu (1944–1997), Turkish academic
Ismet Muftić (1876–1945), Bosnian imam
Ismet Mulavdić (born 1968), Bosnian footballer
Ismet Munishi (born 1974), Kosovan footballer and manager
İsmet Özel (born 1944), Turkish poet and scholar
Ismet Peja (1937–2020), Kosovan Albanian folk singer
Ismet Popovac (died 1943), Bosnian lawyer, physician and Chetnik leader
Ismet Ramadan (born 1998), Bulgarian footballer
Ismet Rizvić (1933–1992), Bosnian artist
Ismet Sejfić (born 1993), Bosnian basketballer
Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo (1925–1987), Bosnian accordionist
Ismet Shehu, Albanian chef
Ismet Sinani (born 1999), Kosovan footballer
Ismet Šišić (born 1958), Bosnian footballer
Ismet Štilić (born 1960), former Bosnian footballer
Ismet Toto (1908–1937), Albanian writer, bureaucrat and political activist
İsmet Uçma (1955–2021), Turkish politician and parliamentarian
İsmet Uluğ (1901–1975), Turkish footballer and boxer
İsmet Yılmaz (born 1961), Turkish politician

Given name

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