Åževket

Şevket is a Turkish male first name of Arabic origin, meaning " the big brave "; " The Exalted ".

Well-known bearers of the name

Ottoman period

• Mahmoud Şevket Pasha (1856-1913), the Ottoman military and politicians

First name

• Memduh Şevket Esendal (1883-1952), Turkish writer, diplomat and politician
• Mehmet Şevket Eygi ( born 1933), Turkish journalist
• Mazhar Şevket İpşiroğlu (1908-1985), Turkish art historian
• Şevket Müftügil ( * 1917 ), high- Turkish lawyer