Semiha Yıldırım (born 1954) is a Turkish retired teacher. She is the wife of former Turkish prime minister

Binali Yıldırım Binali Yıldırım (; born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last Prime Minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019. He was Leader of the Justice and Dev ...

. The "Semiha Yıldırım Primary School" in

Çekmeköy Çekmeköy is a district in the Asian suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey. It became a district in 2009 by secession from Ümraniye. Also; Ömerli, Alemdağ, and Taşdelen villages, 17 quarter and four towns joined Çekmeköy district in the same year. It ...

was built by former school children and commissioned by the Ministry of Education. The school is named in her honor.

Life

Semiha Yıldırım was born in 1954 in Kayıköy of Refahiye district in Erzincan. After finishing her primary and secondary education, she entered the school for teachers training and graduated in 1972. She started teaching at a school in her hometown at Refahiye district. Until 1993 Yıldırım continued

teaching Teaching is the practice implemented by a ''teacher'' aimed at transmitting skills (knowledge, know-how, and interpersonal skills) to a learner, a student, or any other audience in the context of an educational institution. Teaching is closely re ...

at various schools across

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. After her retirement, she continued supporting voluntary education projects. A primary school in Istanbul is named after her.

Personal life

She is married to Turkey's 27th Prime Minister

. Together they raised three children: Erkan Yıldırım, Ahmet Yıldırım and Büşra Yıldırım. She is a devout Sunni Muslim, and once she stated: "Islam should conquer everywhere".

Awards

*2012 - "Mother of the Year",

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Education Volunteers Association

References

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