Emine Erdoğan is a Turkish political personality who is best known for having served as the first lady of Turkey as the wife of the 12th president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Born Name
Emine Gülbaran
Nick Name
Emine
Emine Erdoğan as seen in August 2015 (Yasin Bulbul / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sun Sign
Pisces
Born Place
Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Residence
Presidential Complex, Ankara, Turkey
Nationality
Education
Emine Erdoğan studied at Istanbul Mithatpaşa Vocational Institute for Girls.
Occupation
Political Personality
Family
Father – Cemal Gülbaran
Mother – Hayriye Gülbaran
Siblings – Hasan Gülbaran (Older Brother), Eyüp Gülbaran (Older Brother), Ali Gülbaran (Older Brother), Hüseyin Gülbaran (Older Brother)
From Left to Right – Emine Erdoğan, Michelle Obama, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Barack Obama posing for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, United States in September 2009 (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson / Flickr / Public Domain)
Height
5 ft 7 in or 170 cm
Weight
60 kg or 132 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Emine Erdoğan has dated –
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1978-Present) – On July 4, 1978, she got married to politician Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the duo has been blessed with 4 children including 2 boys named Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (b. July 4, 1979) and Bilal Erdoğan (b. April 23, 1981) and 2 daughters named Esra Erdoğan (b. 1983) and Sümeyye Erdoğan (b. August 22, 1985).
Race / Ethnicity
White
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Deep-set eyes
Wears glasses
Religion
Sunni Islam
Emine Erdoğan (Left) as seen while presenting books of poetry by the Persian poet Rumi to Laura Bush during a coffee at the White House on January 29, 2004 (Susan Sterner / White House Photo / Public Domain)
Emine Erdoğan Facts
She is the youngest sibling and originally, her family hails from the south-eastern province of Siirt in Turkey.
She co-founded the “Idealist Women’s Association”, a name coined by her.
Emine Erdoğan has been a vital influence behind the “Come on Girls, Let’s Go to School” campaign.
She was presented with the Pakistani Nishan-e-Pakistan by the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on December 7, 2010.
She has opposed child marriages and once said, “Forced child marriage is clearly unacceptable under any conditions”.
Emine Erdoğan was honored with the “Prix de la Fondation” by the Crans Montana Forum at a ceremony in Brussels on February 16, 2011.
She has amassed a huge social media fan base with more than a million followers on Instagram and more than 600k followers on Twitter.
Featured Image by Yasin Bulbul / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0
