Perihan Özkurt (born Perihan Benli; 18 March 1942 – 5 May 2016), [1 ] [4 ] [5 ] best known as Romalı Perihan, formerly Perihan, Princess of Esfandiari-Bakhtiari, [1 ] was an internationally known Turkish soprano, [6 ] socialite, painter…
Perihan is combined of Persian and Turkish words: peri, which literally means fairy and generally refers to a beautiful young woman, and han, which means queen in Turkish.