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Throughout the world, Yaşar (Yaşar , Яшар , يشار ) is a widespread largely boy's, but infrequently girly forename. The first name Yaşar is characteristic of Turkey, where it is a common mostly male, but seldom female name, Azerbaijan, where it is quite a common male name, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Western Asia, particularly Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Iraq. Likewise, Yaşar is the last name as well as the forename.