Turki bin Talal Al Saud ( ar, تركي بن طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) is a

Saudi prince The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), an ...

, politician, and military officer who has served as the governor of Asir since 2018.

Early life and education

Prince Turki is Prince Talal's fourth son. His blood sister is Sara bint Talal. Their mother is Moudie bint Abdul Mohsen Al Angari who was the third wife of Prince Talal. She died in 2008. Prince Turki has a BSc in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. He was educated in Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK and in

United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and U ...

. He received an honorary doctorate degree in management from Amman Arab University in 2015.

Career

Prince Turki served in the

Royal Saudi Air Force The Royal Saudi Air Force ( ar, ‎الْقُوَّاتُ الْجَوِّيَّةُ الْمَلَكِيَّةْ ٱلسُّعُوْدِيَّة, Al-Quwwat Al-Jawiyah Al-Malakiyah as-Su’udiyah) (RSAF) is the aviation branch of the Saudi Arabia ...

as a pilot, eventually reaching the rank of

brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

. He also served as personal representative of his father, Prince Talal bin AbdulAziz Al Saud and as chairman of the Board of Trustees at Mentor Arabia

Other activities

* Group meetings, most notably the Ramadan seminars, and are concerned with heritage. * He was famous for his patriotic role, most notably the completion of reconciliation efforts between tribes in retribution cases, in addition to a variety of patriotism, embodying the epic of the conquest of Riyadh through the Riyadh Gate project and the restoration of the historic Al-Anaqer Palace in Thurmada and others. * He led an urgent relief operation for the Palestinian brothers, in which several international, Arab and local organizations participated, which resulted in his visit to the occupied territories and his prayers at

Al-Aqsa Mosque Al-Aqsa Mosque (, ), also known as Jami' Al-Aqsa () or as the Qibli Mosque ( ar, المصلى القبلي, translit=al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī, label=none), and also is a congregational mosque located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is situate ...

. * He led relief operations, most notably ground relief for NGOs during the Israeli war in July 2006 on Lebanon, and during the Israeli attack on Gaza in January 2009, transporting medical relief materials, transporting the wounded, and bringing in food for those affected in time of

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

. * Establishing humanitarian relief initiatives, such as the initiative We Answer the Appeal for the Relief of Syrian Refugees (according to which he was awarded the Distinguished Arab Personality Award in Relief Work). * Received the honor of His Highness the Governor of the Riyadh region for the participants in the “Thameen Initiative” projects to support the urban heritage in the region. * He heads the supervisory board for the buildings of the Arab Open University, which has implemented five universities in five Arab countries, namely

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

and

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

, and the implementation of three other buildings is being supervised.

Family

Prince Turki's former wife is Sara bint Abdullah, a daughter of King Abdullah. They have one son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Talal Al Saud. Prince Turki also has four daughters: Princess Al Anood, Princess Alia, Princess Abeer and Princess Al Jawhara.

References

External links

Mentor Arabia

Turki Chagatai (چغتای, ''Čaġatāy''), also known as ''Turki'', Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic (''Čaġatāy türkīsi''), is an extinct Turkic literary language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia and remained the shared literar ...

Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Living people

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