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Sinan

American  
[si-nahn] / sɪˈnɑn /

noun

  1. 1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.


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The issue raises serious concerns about the protection of seafarers and international maritime obligations, according to Arif Sinan Unlu, lawyer and mediator.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

“Turkey would try to discover and identify the ultimate negotiation threshold of Iran,” said Sinan Ulgen, a former Turkish diplomat and director of the Istanbul-based think tank Edam.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

She then stayed for the weekend and got dinner with the donor, local cardiologist Sinan Gursoy, at the French restaurant Bleu Provence, according to records and an interview with the Naples mayor.

From Salon Sep. 28, 2025

A second-year student from Mimar Sinan University, whose hearing was scheduled, said: "We have no fear, we are not the ones who should be afraid."

From BBC Apr. 18, 2025

To this I may add the city or Teyes, near which there is a leskar of thirty or forty thousand soldiers, commanded by a German renegado under the pacha of Sinan.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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