Sümeyye Erdoğan

Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar (born 22 August 1985[2]) is the youngest of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's four children. In 2013, she was one of the chief advisors of her father who was prime minister at the time.[3]

Sümeyye Erdoğan
Erdoğan in 2011
Born (1985-08-22) 22 August 1985
Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
EducationAraklı İmam Hatip High School
Indiana University (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)
OccupationBusinesswoman
Spouse(s)
Selçuk Bayraktar (m. 2016)
Children1[1]
Parent(s)Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Emine Erdoğan
RelativesAhmet Burak Erdoğan (brother)
Bilal Erdoğan (brother)
Esra Erdoğan (sister)

Family

Her father is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and her mother is Emine Erdoğan. She has three siblings: Ahmet Burak, Necmettin Bilal and Esra. In March 2016, she became engaged to Selçuk Bayraktar,[4] and married him on 14 May 2016.[5]

Education

She graduated from Araklı İmam Hatip High School in Trabzon. She continued her education in the United States and received bachelor's degree in sociology and politics from Indiana University. After completing her education in 2005, she completed her master's degree in economics at the London School of Economics.[6]

Career

In 2010, she became a partner at Doruk Izgara Food Trade Limited Company.[lower-alpha 1]

Politics
Sümeyye Erdoğan (second from right) with her parents during a visit to Greece, October 2010

In 2010, she started to work as a consultant in the Justice and Development Party (AKP), responsible for monitoring foreign relations and their reflections on the world press. Due to this position, she has been a part of many international trips.[7][8] She was a counselor to her father during four years, a role she decided not to carry on in October 2014.[9] During the Gezi Park protests in 2013, she was involved in meetings between the government and various artists.[10]


Notes
  1. Sümeyye Erdoğan's company, which is a shareholder of ₺90 thousand, is headquartered in Sultangazi, Istanbul. The company's partners include his brother Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan. The field of activity of the company is defined as the food sector.

References
  1. http://turkiyegazetesi.com.tr/editorunsectikleri/495922.aspx
  2. "Sümeyye Erdoğan". biyografi.info. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. "AK Parti'den Sümeyye Erdoğan açıklaması!". Vatan. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  4. "Sümeyye Erdoğan'ın nişanlandığı Selçuk Bayraktar kimdir?". CNN Türk. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. "Sümeyye Erdoğan bugün evleniyor". Posta. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  6. Faruk Zabcı (20 December 2008). "Emine Hanım'ı ağlatan mutluluk". Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. Metehan Demir (16 July 2010). "Sümeyye AK Parti'de danışman". Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  8. Ümit Çetin (30 May 2010). "Maymunu Türkiye'ye Ahmet'e götürelim". Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  9. "President Erdoğan's youngest daughter resigns". Daily Sabah. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  10. "Erdoğan, Gezi Parkı heyetiyle görüşüyor". BBC News. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
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