Ethem Sancak (born 1958,

Siirt Siirt ( ar, سِعِرْد, Siʿird; hy, Սղերդ, S'gherd; syr, ܣܥܪܬ, Siirt; ku, Sêrt) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of Siirt Province. The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188. History Pr ...

) is a Turkish businessman considered to have "close ties to President of Turkey

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". He completed his primary and secondary education in

. He graduated from

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's Faculty of Business Administration. Following graduation he worked as a journalist between 1976 and 1978. Ethem Sancak was the owner of the

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from 2004 to 2009, giving its ''

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'' newspaper a more pro- Justice and Development Party (AKP) line. Hurriyet Daily News, 8 June 2010
Pressing for freedom: The rise of a party's partisans
/ref> In early 2013, he was listed by

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as the 43rd richest person in Turkey.gazeteport.com.tr, 19 April 2013
"Dedenin kemiklerini sızlattın"

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1958 births Turkish businesspeople Turkish mass media owners Turkish newspaper publishers (people) Living people People from Siirt {{Turkey-business-bio-stub