İskender
İskender is the Turkish form of the name Alexander, after Alexander the Great, and may refer to:
People
- İskender Alın (born 1984), Turkish footballer
- İskender Köksal (born 1981), Turkish footballer
- Iskender Pasha (governor of Ozi) (fl. 1620), Ottoman military commander
- Iskender Pasha (governor of Egypt) (fl. 1555–1559), Ottoman governor of Egypt
- Skanderbeg (1405–1468), Albanian hero, Ottoman military commander
- Alexander (son of Ivan Shishman) (died 1418), Bulgarian prince who converted to Islam
Other uses
- İskender kebap, Turkish dish invented by İskender Efendi
- Eskandar, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
See also
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