Nihat

Nihat is a Turkish given name for males. It means "legacy". People named Nihat include:

• Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964), Turkish chess official
• Nihat Altınkaya (born 1979), Turkish actor
• Nihat Anılmış (1876–1954), Ottoman army officer and Turkish general
• Nihat Balkan, Turkish fencer
• Nihat Baştürk (born 1973), Turkish footballer
• Nihat Bekdik (1902–1972), Turkish footballer
• Nihat Berker (born 1949), Turkish theoretical physicist
• Nihat Ergün (born 1962), Turkish politician and government minister
• Nihat Erim (1912–1980), Turkish politician and journalist
• Nihat Eski (born 1963), Turkish-Dutch politician
• Nihat Genç (born 1956), Turkish journalist and writer
• Nihat Kahveci (born 1979), Turkish footballer
• Nihat Nikerel (1950–2009), Turkish actor
• Nihat Özdemir (born 1950), Turkish businessman
• Nihat Şahin (born 1989), Turkish footballer
• Nihat Türkmenoğlu (born 1988), Turkish opara archer
• Nihat Zeybekci (born 1961), Turkish economist, politician and government minister

See also

• Nihad