The Özal family is a political family in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, the most prominent member being
Turgut Özal
Halil Turgut Özal (; 13 October 192717 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Mothe ...
, 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.
*Mehmet Sıddık Özal (1900–1953) and Hafize (1906–1988):
**
Turgut Özal
Halil Turgut Özal (; 13 October 192717 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Mothe ...
(1927–1993) and
Semra YeÄŸinmen (born 1934):
***Zeynep Özal (born 1955), businesswoman
**** Yağız Ekren
**** UÄŸur Ekren
***
Ahmet Özal (born 1955), politician and businessman
**** Merve Özal
**** Turgut Özal
***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
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), 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
Halil Turgut Özal (; 13 October 192717 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Mothe ...
'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.
References
See also
Özal University
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Turkish families
*Ozal