Şinasi

Şinasi is the Turkish spelling of the Persian name (شناسی), also transliterated as Shinasi. Today, it is commonly used as a male given name.

Given name

 * İbrahim Şinasi (1826–1871), Ottoman author, playwright, and journalist
 * Şinasi Bozatlı (born 1962), Turkish painter and sculptor
 * Şinasi Gündüz (born 1960), Turkish historian of religion

Surname

 * Morris Schinasi (1855–1928), American tobacco industrialist of Ottoman origin
 * Altina Schinasi (1907–1999), American artist, entrepreneur, and inventor, daughter of Morris

Places

 * Şinasi Sahnesi, theatre in Ankara, Turkey, named after İbrahim Şinasi