Esra Erdoğan Albayrak (born 1983) is a Turkish sociologist. She is the daughter of the

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President of Turkey,

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, and the wife of the 66th Minister of Finance and Treasury,

Berat Albayrak Berat Albayrak ( born 21 February 1978) is a Turkish businessman and former politician, and the son-in-law of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He is a former CEO of Çalık Holding. He was a member of parliament from Istanbul in the 25th ...

Family

Her father is

and her mother is

Emine Erdoğan Emine Erdoğan (; ; born 16 February 1955) is the current first lady of Turkey, and the wife of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Family and education Early life Emine Erdoğa, was born as Cemal and Hayriye Gülbaran’s fifth child and only daug ...

. She has three siblings: Ahmet Burak, Necmettin Bilal and Sümeyye. On 11 July 2004, she was married to

Sadık Albayrak Sadık Albayrak (born 15 February 1942) is a Turkish journalist and author of around 40 books. He ran for parliament in 1977 general election from National Salvation Party. He again ran for parliament from Welfare Party in 1991 and 1995. His 1 ...

's son

at the Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center. Guests at the ceremony included Romanian Prime Minister

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, Greek Prime Minister

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, Jordanian King

Abdullah II Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein ( ar, عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين , translit=ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of t ...

, Pakistani President

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, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

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. They have four children; Ahmet Akif (b. 2006), Emine Mahinur (b. 2009), Sadık (b. 2015) and Hamza Salih (b. 2020).

Education

She completed her high school education in Kadıköy İmam Hatip High School and her undergraduate education in 2003 in the field of sociology and history at

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. She received her master's degree from the

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. In 2016, she completed her PhD in sociology at the same university. One of her friends whom she studied with described her as a person with "strong personality; strict beliefs about life, faith, politics and family".

Social activities

She is a board member of TURKEN Foundation in New York, USA, TÜRGEV (Turkey Youth and Education Services Foundation), and Green Crescent, established under the leadership of her father Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. She participated in the 'We are Volunteers, We Teach' campaign initiated by

Ümraniye Ümraniye () is a district of Istanbul. It was separated from Üsküdar in 1987. It is bordered by Çekmeköy to the northeast, Sancaktepe to the east, Ataşehir to the south, Üsküdar to the west and Beykoz to the northwest. History Ümraniye i ...

Municipality for disabled people and taught the alphabet to disabled girls.

References

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Esra Esra is a common Turkish given name for females. It is also a common Arabic name. People named Esra include: Given name * Esra Battaloğlu, Turkish geneticist * Esra Bilgiç (born 1992), Turkish actress * Esra Dalfidan (born 1975), Turkish s ...

Indiana University alumni Living people Turkish sociologists Turkish women sociologists