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Kizilbash unrest under Tahmasp I
Kizilbash unrest under Tahmasp I (شورش قزلباشان) was a decade of Qizilbash tribal factional conflict in Safavid Iran, from Shah Ismail I's death in 1524 until 1533.
Kizildere Geothermal Power Plant
The Kizildere Geothermal Power Plant is a group of three geothermal power stations in western Turkey with about 260 MW of capacity, including Turkey's first geothermal plant from 1984.
Kizilkaya
Kızılkaya (Kizilkaya) names several Turkish features: a ~3,770 m summit of the Aladağlar in the Central Taurus between Niğde and Kayseri, and the Lower Pliocene Kızılkaya ignimbrite of Cappadocia, the welded tuff hosting the Derinkuyu underground city.
Kizimen
Kizimen is an isolated, conical stratovolcano in Kamchatka, Russia, at the eastern Central Kamchatka Depression. Formed about 12,000 years ago in four cycles, it erupted in 1927-28 and from 2010 to 2013 (VEI 3), with dacite-andesite magma mixing.
Kizlar agha
Kızlar Ağası (Darüssaade Ağası), the Chief Harem Eunuch of the Ottoman Empire, head of the black eunuchs of the imperial harem from 1582/1588; third-ranking officer, manager of Mecca and Medina endowments, exiled to Cairo, office lapsed in the 1830s.
Kizlyar Bay Biosphere Reserve
Kizlyar Bay Biosphere Reserve (Кизлярский залив), a UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve in Dagestan, Russia, designated 2017; 354,100 ha around one of the largest Caspian Sea bays, key for migratory waterbirds, Caspian seal and sturgeons.
Kiznaiver (キズナイーバー)
Kiznaiver (キズナイーバー) is a 2016 original 12-episode TV anime by Studio TRIGGER, directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi and written by Mari Okada, about students linked by the Kizna System that shares their pain; aired April 9 to June 25, 2016, with IMDb 6.9/10.
Kizomba
Kizomba: Angolan partner dance and music genre from the late 1970s to 1980s, fusing semba with Caribbean zouk; credited to Eduardo Paím, spread via Portugal, declared Angolan intangible heritage in 2024.
Kizumonogatari (傷物語)
Kizumonogatari (傷物語) is Shaft's three-part 2016–2017 anime film trilogy adapting Nisio Isin's prequel novel, directed by Tatsuya Oishi with chief director Akiyuki Shinbo, grossing ¥820 million for Part I, and re-edited in 2024 as Koyomi Vamp.
Kizuna AI (キズナアイ)
Kizuna AI (キズナアイ) is a virtual entertainer who debuted in 2016 and later returned in 2025 as the music artist KizunaAI. She is credited with popularizing the VTuber format.
Kizuna Bridge
The Kizuna Bridge is a 1.36-kilometer road bridge across the Mekong River at Kampong Cham, Cambodia, the first bridge in the country to cross the Mekong, opening in 2001.
Kizuna-kai (絆會)
Kizuna-kai (絆會), also known as the Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi, is a Hyogo-based yakuza group formed in April 2017 as a splinter from the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi; a designated boryokudan and confrontation-designated group distinct from the religious corporation Kizunakai.
Kizz Daniel
Kizz Daniel (born Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, 1994, Abeokuta) is a Nigerian Afropop singer, formerly Kiss Daniel, known for "Woju", "Buga (Lo Lo Lo)" (most Shazammed song of 2022), the Flyboy Inc label, and albums New Era through Uncle K: Lemon Chase.
Kizzuwatna
Kizzuwatna was a Bronze Age kingdom in the Cilician plain of southeastern Anatolia, a buffer between the Hittites and Mittani before its absorption into the Hittite empire.
Kırıkkale Refinery
Kırıkkale Refinery (Kırıkkale Rafinerisi) is a Tüpraş-owned oil refinery in Kırıkkale Province, central Turkey, commissioned in 1986 to supply products to Ankara and surrounding regions.
Kısas-ı Enbiya
Kısas-ı Enbiya (قصص الأنبياء, "stories of the prophets") is a genre narrating the prophets' lives from Adam to Muhammad; Rabguzi wrote the first Turkish example in the 14th century.
Kıvanç Birsoy
Kıvanç Birsoy is a Turkish-born cancer biologist who heads a laboratory at Rockefeller University, known for discovering that the mitochondrial electron transport chain supports cell proliferation through aspartate synthesis.
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Turkish actor born 1983 in Adana; former basketball player and 2002 Best Model of the World. Known for Gümüş, Aşk-ı Memnu (Behlül), Kuzey Güney, and Aile; married Başak Dizer in 2016.
Kızılbel
Kızılbel is a 6th-century BC tumulus on Karabelen hill near Elmalı in Lycia, Turkey, whose built tomb chamber is painted with friezes of Gorgons, hunts, and processions, excavated by Machteld Mellink from 1969 to 1975.
Kızıldağ inscriptions
The Kızıldağ inscriptions are Hieroglyphic Luwian royal texts of King Hartapu, son of Mursili, carved at Kızıldağ and Karadağ in Konya Province, central Turkey, and long disputed in date.
Kızılırmak River
The Kızılırmak, known in classical Greek as the Halys, is the longest river entirely within Anatolia, rising near Zara and reaching the Black Sea after about 1,150 km.
Kj and The Ravens
Kj and The Ravens is a Japanese rock band formed in 2018 as backing band for Kj's solo tour; from that tour onward it performed as The Ravens.
KJ Apa
KJ Apa (Keneti James Fitzgerald Apa, born 1997, Auckland) is a New Zealand actor and musician, best known as Archie Andrews on Riverdale (2017–2023) and for I Still Believe; he records as Mr. Fantasy and stars as James Stewart in Jimmy (2026).
KJ Charles
KJ Charles is a British romance author who spent twenty years as a London publishing editor. She is known for her queer historical romance, often called "Heyer but gayer."
KJ Duff
KJ Duff (Korey Duff Jr.), Rutgers Scarlet Knights wide receiver from Riverhead, NY; 6-6 junior, 2025 All-Big Ten with 1,084 yards, national leader in contested catches, 2027 NFL Draft prospect.
KJ Jackson
KJ Jackson (born 2006) is an Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback from Montgomery, Alabama; a Saint James School 3A state champion and record-setting passer who became Arkansas's starting QB in 2026.
KJ Muldoon
KJ Muldoon, also known as Kyle Muldoon Jr., is an American infant who in 2025 received the first personalized CRISPR gene-editing therapy, treating his CPS1 deficiency.
KJ Simpson
KJ Simpson (born 2002) is an American NBA guard from West Hills, California; a Colorado Buffaloes standout drafted 42nd overall in 2024 by Charlotte, now on a two-way Denver Nuggets contract.
Kjartan Fløgstad
Kjartan Fløgstad, born 1944, is a Norwegian novelist, poet, essayist, and translator who writes in Nynorsk; his breakthrough novel Dalen Portland (1977) won the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, born in 1947 in Billund, Denmark, is the grandson of LEGO's founder and led the LEGO Group as chief executive from 1979 to 2004.