Yıldırım

Yıldırım is a Turkish word meaning "lightning" and may refer to:

People

Given name

• Ali Yıldırım Koç (born 1967), Turkish businessman and member of the Koç family
• Yıldırım Akbulut (born 1935), Turkish politician
• Yıldırım Aktuna (1930–2007), Turkish psychiatrist and politician
• Yıldırım Demirören (born 1964), Turkish businessman and president of Turkish Football Federation

Surname

• Ahmet Yıldırım (born 1974), Turkish footballer
• Adnan Yıldırım (1957–1994), Turkish person involved in the Susurluk scandal
• Aziz Yıldırım (born 1952), Turkish businessman and predisent of Fenerbahçe S.K.
• Binali Yıldırım (born 1955), Turkish politician
• Bülent Yıldırım (referee) (born 1972), Turkish football referee
• Cem Yıldırım (born 1961), Turkish mathematician
• Elif Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish female middle-distance runner
• Fatma Sezen Yıldırım (born 1954), Turkish singer, song-writer and producer
• Fatoş Yıldırım (born 1994), Turkish women's footballer
• Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım (born 1966), Turkish NGO leader
• Haluk Yıldırım (born 1972), Turkish basketball player
• Hüseyin Yıldırım (born 1928), convicted Turkish spy of the Cold War era
• Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1953), Turkish Olympian contract killer
• Mithat Yıldırım (born 1966), Turkish cross-country skier
• Murat Yıldırım (actor) (born 1979), Turkish actor
• Murat Yıldırım (footballer) (born 1987), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent
• Uğur Yıldırım (born 1982), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent
• Ramazan Yıldırım (born 1975), Turkish footballer and manager
• Rukiye Yıldırım (born 1991), Turkish female taekwondo practitioner
• Sercan Yıldırım (born 1990), Turkish footballer

Nickname

• Bayezid I (1354–1403), "Yıldırım Bayezid", Ottoman sultan

Places

• Yıldırım, Bursa, a metropolitan district in the center of Bursa, Turkey
• The Turkish name of the town of Milia, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus

Other uses

• Ereğli Özel Yıldırım Lisesi, a high school in Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey
• J-600T Yıldırım, a conventional battlefield ballistic missile system of Turkey
• Yıldırım Bosna S.K., a football club in Istanbul, Turkey
• Yıldırım Army Group, army group of the Ottoman Empire during World War I