Semra Sezer (née Kürümoğlu; born August 16, 1944) is a

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

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by profession and was the First Lady of Turkey from May 16, 2000, until August 28, 2007, during the

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of her husband

Ahmet Necdet Sezer Ahmet Necdet Sezer (; born 13 September 1941) is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the tenth president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 1998 to 2002. The Grand Nationa ...

. She was born on August 16, 1944, in

Yenimahalle Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2010 census, popu ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

to the family of a bank officer, Kemal Kürümoğlu. She completed her secondary education in 1962 at the Yenimahalle High School in Ankara. She met her husband Ahmet Necdet Sezer during her student time at the Law School of Ankara University. The couple were engaged in 1962. She then left the Law School in her second year, and attended the Atatürk Teachers' School for Primary Education in

to become a teacher. After the completion of her fiancé's military service, the couple married in 1964 and moved to

Dicle Dicle ( ku, Pîran, ota, پيران) is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. The population was 8,436 in 2010. The Mayor is Felat Aygören from the Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), HDP. Dicle is the Turkish language, Turkish n ...

town in

Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır Province ( tr, Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır ku, Parêzgeha Amedê) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km2 and its population is 1,528,958. The provincia ...

, where her husband was appointed as a judge. In 1966, she mothered their first child, a daughter named Zeynep. Later, the family moved to

Yerköy Yerköy is a town and district of Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 48,889 of which 32,228 live in the town of Yerköy. The Mayor is Ferhat Yilmaz from the İyi Party ...

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due to Ahmet Necdet Sezer's next appointment. In Yerköy, the twins, daughter Ebru and son Levent, were born. In 1975, the family finally moved to Ankara, where they lived from then on. Following her service of more than 30 years, Semra Sezer attended Faculty of Education at the

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old to ...

graduating in 1996 with a bachelor's degree. She became grandmother through the birth of her oldest daughter Zeynep's baby in 1998. Semra Sezer served as a teacher for primary school in Dicle, Yerköy and Ankara until her retirement on January 28, 2000. Semra Sezer is known for her modest way of life adequate to her husband's. She did not color her gray hair, paint her nails or wear jewelry. During her time as the first lady, she also avoided the media. Once, she lined up for physical examination in the hospital that is not usual. Semra Sezer lives with her husband in

Gölbaşı, Ankara Gölbaşı is a town and district of the Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, south of the city of Ankara. According to a 2010 census, the population of the district is 95,109, 93,852 of whom live in the town of Gölbaşı. ...

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