Turki bin Talal Al Saud ( ar, تركي بن طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) is a
Saudi prince, politician, and military officer who has served as the governor of
Asir
The ʿAsir Region ( ar, عَسِيرٌ, ʿAsīr, lit=difficult) is a region of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country that is named after the ʿAsīr tribe. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,211,875 (2017). It is ...
since 2018.
Early life and education
Prince Turki is
Prince Talal's fourth son. His blood sister is
Sara bint Talal.
Their mother is Moudie bint Abdul Mohsen Al Angari who was the third wife of Prince Talal.
[ She died in 2008.][
Prince Turki has a BSc in political science. He was educated in ]Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town of ...
in the UK and in United States Air Force Academy. He received an honorary doctorate degree in management from Amman Arab University in 2015.
Career
Prince Turki served in the Royal Saudi Air Force as a pilot, eventually reaching the rank of brigadier general. He also served as personal representative of his father, Prince Talal bin AbdulAziz Al Saud and as chairman of the Board of Trustees at Mentor Arabia
Other activities
* Group meetings, most notably the Ramadan seminars, and are concerned with heritage.
* He was famous for his patriotic role, most notably the completion of reconciliation efforts between tribes in retribution cases, in addition to a variety of patriotism, embodying the epic of the conquest of Riyadh through the Riyadh Gate project and the restoration of the historic Al-Anaqer Palace in Thurmada and others.
* He led an urgent relief operation for the Palestinian brothers, in which several international, Arab and local organizations participated, which resulted in his visit to the occupied territories and his prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Al-Aqsa Mosque (, ), also known as Jami' Al-Aqsa () or as the Qibli Mosque ( ar, المصلى القبلي, translit=al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī, label=none), and also is a congregational mosque located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is situa ...
.
* He led relief operations, most notably ground relief for NGOs during the Israeli war in July 2006 on Lebanon, and during the Israeli attack on Gaza
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** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip
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* Ghazzeh, a village in ...
in January 2009, transporting medical relief materials, transporting the wounded, and bringing in food for those affected in time of war.
* Establishing humanitarian relief initiatives, such as the initiative We Answer the Appeal for the Relief of Syrian Refugees (according to which he was awarded the Distinguished Arab Personality Award in Relief Work).
* Received the honor of His Highness the Governor of the Riyadh region for the participants in the “Thameen Initiative” projects to support the urban heritage in the region.
* He heads the supervisory board for the buildings of the Arab Open University, which has implemented five universities in five Arab countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Egypt, and the implementation of three other buildings is being supervised.
Family
Prince Turki's former wife is Sara bint Abdullah, a daughter of King Abdullah.[ Prince Turki also has four daughters: Princess Al Anood, Princess Alia, Princess Abeer and Princess Al Jawhara.
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References
External links
Mentor Arabia
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Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Living people
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Year of birth missing (living people)
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