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List of Egyptian people of Turkish descent

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The following is a list of notable Egyptians of at least partial Turkish descent.

List

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The first Queen of Egypt Nazli Sabri was maternally of Turkish descent.[1]
Mohamad Sharif Pasha served as Prime Minister of the Khedivate of Egypt three times.[2]
The Islamic feminist scholar Leila Ahmed is maternally of Turkish origin.[3]
Qasim Amin was born to father of partial paternal Turkish origin, and Egyptian mother.[4] He was one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo University.
Cairo-born Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is a Turkish politician, academic, and the former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.[5]
Abdel Khalek Sarwat was the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Egypt. He was from an aristocratic Turkish family.[6]
Of Turkish origin, Safiya Zaghloul played an important role in Egypt's political movement and was called "Umm Al-Masryeen" ("the Mother of Egyptians").[7][8]
King Farouk of Egypt with Queen Farida of Egypt, on a one Egyptian Pound Stamp.

See also

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Ottoman Empire

List of Algerians of Turkish origin

References

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