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Turkish family
The Özal family is a political family in
Turkey , the most prominent member being
Turgut Özal , the 8th
President (1989–1993) and
Prime Minister of Turkey (1983–1989). The family has been active in
Turkish politics since the 1970s. Özal was a popular political figure in Turkey and founded the
Motherland Party in 1983, which won the
general elections of the same year . After his death in 1993, his son
Ahmet Özal succeeded him as the de facto patriarch of the family.
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Mehmet Sıddık Özal (1900–1953) and Hafize (1906–1988):
Turgut Özal (1927–1993) and
Semra Yeğinmen (born 1934):
Zeynep Özal (born 1955), businesswoman
Ahmet Özal (born 1955), politician and businessman
Efe Özal (born 1968), businessman
Kaan Turgut Özal
Semra Naz Özal
Serra Özal
Korkut Özal (1929–2014), politician
F. Zehra Özal
Murat Mehmet Özal (1955–2013), businessman
H. Ayşegül Özal
M. Ali Özal
A. Bahaddin Özal
Yusuf Bozkurt Özal (1940–2001), politician
İbrahim Reyhan Özal (born 1965 in
London ), politician
Ceyda Özal
İrem Özal
Kerim Özal
Meryem Özal
Enes Özal
Elif Özal Danışman (born 1968 in Ankara)
Ömer Kaan Danışman (born 1991, in Brussels)
Ilayda Nur Danışman (born 1996, in Brussels)
Emir Can Danışman (born 1999, in Ankara)
Yasemin Özal Fırat (born 1971 in Ankara)
Lara Fırat (born 2002, in Ankara)
Lina Fırat (born 2003, in Ankara)
Politics
Turgut Özal 's son,
Ahmet , remained in parliament until 2002. His younger brother Efe stayed out of politics and is a businessman. Efe's son, Kaan Turgut Özal, who was born the day after his grandfather
Turgut 's burial in 1993 and was named after him, briefly said in an interview that he was interested in politics and wanted to follow in his grandfather's footsteps.
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References
See also