Turkey

Erdogan’s daughter celebrates wedding in Istanbul

Party of the year in Istanbul: About 6000 guests were invited to the wedding of a daughter of the Turkish heads of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Ceremony took place under heavy security.

Sümeyye Erdogan and the son of a Turkish businessman had selected for the Celebration in a exclusive location on the Marmara sea, reports the newspaper “Hürriyet”. The two are engaged, according to Reports, the first since March. The police had blocked several streets. Onlookers got the President’s daughter not to face, but the invited guests, among whom were not only high-level representatives from Turkish politics, but also from countries such as Qatar and Pakistan were.

Sümeyye Erdogan studied at Indiana University in the United States and earned a degree at the London School of Economics. It was later, as a foreign policy adviser to the conservative-Islamic justice and development party (AKP) of their father, than this Prime Minister. After Erdogan’s election as President in 2014, she presented the work for the party. She is the Deputy Chairman of a stop of a women’s group, the Association for women and democracy (Kadem).

Erdogan’s son-in-law works in the defence sector

The 1980-born groom, Selcuk Bayraktar, studied Turkish media, also in the USA, including at the prestigious in Pennsylvania. The family of the groom belongs to the Baykar group. The company is in the defense sector is active and produces, among other things, drones.

The wedding ceremony took place under heavy security

The Turkish President Erdogan and his wife Emine have four children: His eldest daughter Esra is married to Minister of energy, Berat Albayrak. The oldest son, Burak made with the shipping company shops million. The other son Bilal is also an entrepreneur. In connection with allegations of corruption against him and his father, he was repeatedly in the headlines.

RF/wl (afp, dpa)