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i would guess its pronounced rox-eh-lahn-ah. i've learned that Turkish words dont have any silent letters (at least thats what a Turkish friend of mine told me) so if you see a letter in there (like the E in the middle), pronounce it.

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If you want to stay with a Turkish name all the way through you could go with:

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Roxelana Yasemin (yass-eh-meen, this is the name of my friends daughter)
Roxelana Ayse (ay-shuh)
Roxelana Nur (noor)
Roxelana Busra (bush-ruh)
Roxelana Semra
Roxelana Esra

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or Arabic mn's

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Roxelana Basima
Roxelana Basira
Roxelana Fayruz (fair-ooz)
Roxelana Hadia (hah-dee-ya)
Roxelana Hafsa
Roxelana Leila
Roxelana Lujayn (loo-zhayn)
Roxelana Nadia
Roxelana Rabia or Rabea
Roxelana Raja
Roxelana Sadia or Saudia
Roxelana Safiya
Roxelana Samira
Roxelana Shahrazad - this one is a bit of a mouthful but it kinda sounds cool.
Roxelana Taliba
Roxelana Thamina
Roxelana Zayna
Roxelana Zainab
Roxelana Zuleika

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hope this helps! :)