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Cem Boyner | |
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| Born | September 3, 1955 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Cem Boyner (born September 3, 1955) is a Turkish businessman in the textile industry, owner of department stores, and was a short-time politician.
Cem Boyner was born on September 3, 1955 in Istanbul to Osman Boyner, a textile industrialist from Tosya. After graduating from Robert College,[1] he studied at Boğaziçi University and earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[2]
In 1978, he was appointed the chairman of the board of the family-owned textile company Altınyıldız and of the Boyner department stores.[2] Currently, he is the CEO of Boyner Holding.[3][4]
He served as chairman of Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD), the top business association of Turkey, in the 1989-1990 term.[2][5] He was recently featured in the Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School, which includes interviews with long-time leaders of firms and NGOs in Latin America, South Asia, Turkey and Africa.[6]
Cem Boyner got interested in politics in 1990s. He founded a liberal-leaning political party, the New Democracy Movement (Template:Lang-tr, YDH), and was elected its leader.[7][8] The party participated in the 1995 general elections. The YDH was not able to enter the parliament, by gaining only 0.48% of the total votes. In 1996, he quit politics due to the poor outcome at the elections.[2][9]
Family life
Cem Boyner was previously married to Ayle Bilgün Sazak, the daughter of the assassinated politician Gün Sazak. From this marriage, he had three daughters, Emine (b. March 16, 1989), and the twins Elif and Ayşe (b. March 6, 1985). Cem Boyner made his second marriage with Ümit Nazlı Alpay (tr), with whom he had a son, Murat (b. February 14, 1996).[2]
Hobbies
After leaving politics, Cem Boyner developed an interest in underwater photography. He exhibited his photographs taken under water while touring around the world. He collected his safari photographs, taken in Africa and exhibited in 2005, in a book titled Yakındaki Uzak Uzaktaki Yakın (The Near Distant / The Distant Near).[2][10]
He is also an amateur kickboxing practitioner.[2]
Books
References
- ^ "Robert Kolej'in 150. yılı onuruna ünlü mezunlar okula döndü". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cem Boyner" (in Turkish). Biyografi. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ^ "Cem Boyner'den, 'Ben de çapulcuyum' çıkışı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ^ "Boyner Büyük Mağazacılık, YKM'yi tamamen satın aldı". Türkiye Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ "Kuruluştan Bugüne TÜSİAD Yönetim Kurulu Üyeleri <language=Turkish". TÜSİAD. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ^ http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets/pages/profile-detail.aspx?profile=cboyner
- ^ "Cem Boynere Almanyada saldırı". Zaman (in Turkish). 1995-09-25. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
{{cite news}}: C1 control character in|title=at position 11 (help) - ^ "Turkey's new reformer: magnate with a cause.(Cem Boyner of the New Democracy Movement)". High Beam. 1995-07-17. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ Ergenç, Erdinç (1996-05-28). "YDH on it's new route with Huseyin Ergun". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ^ a b Cem Boyner. Uzaktaki Yakın Yakındaki Uzak (in Turkish). ISBN 978-975-0027-50-5. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ^ Cem Boyner (1975). Dekokrasinin İçyüzü (in Turkish). Reman. p. 63. Retrieved 2014-02-12.