Cevdet

Cevdet is a Turkish male first name of Arabic origin meaning " maturity, size; Freedom from error ". It also occurs as a surname.

Bearers of the name

Ottoman period

• Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822-1895), Ottoman statesman, historian and legal scholar
• Abdullah Cevdet (1869-1932), Ottoman poet, writer, politician

First name

• Cevdet Caner (born 1973 ), Austrian entrepreneurs of Turkish origin
• Cevdet Sümer (* 1922), Turkish -jumper
• Cevdet Sunay (1899-1982), Turkish army officer and politician, fifth president
• Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1967 ), Turkish politicians

Family name

• Melih Cevdet (1915-2002), Turkish writers

Art figure

• Cevdet and his sons, novel by Orhan Pamuk in 1982