Enver Ören (10 February 1939,

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– 22 February 2013,

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) was the founder of

İhlas Holding İhlas Holding A.Ş. is a Turkish conglomerate. Besides media assets which include the '' Türkiye'' newspaper and TGRT News TV, it has primary interests in construction (İhlas Construction Group), electric and electronic (İhlas Home Appliance i ...

. He was born in

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Science at

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in 1961. He was accepted to the premier military school of Turkey with a full scholarship and graduated top of his class. After graduating he went to

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, on a

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scholarship for one and a half years for further study and research. In the early 1970s he assumed the heavy responsibility of publishing a newspaper. Ören was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by

Selçuk University Selçuk University ( tr, Selçuk Üniversitesi) is a state-owned higher educational institution which was founded 1975 in Konya, Turkey. It is one of the largest universities in Turkey with a student body of 63,000 of which 2,200 are foreign stu ...

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for his contributions to the advancement of science and technology. He was also awarded the decade's most successful manager of a newspaper company (1980–1990) by the Ankara Association of Journalists. He was the Associate President of the Newspaper Owners' Association and a Board Member of the Press Advertising Authority (Basin Yayın Kurumu). He was also an honorary member of the International Islamic Science Academy. He speaks English and French and has been frequently called upon to speak and participate in numerous international seminars, meetings and symposia. Enver Ören had been married to Dilvin Ören since the 1968. The couple's only son, Ahmet Mücahid Ören, was chosen to follow his father's footsteps by assuming leadership positions within Ihlas Holding.

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