Bilal Erdoğan

Turkish businessman (born 1981)

Bilal Erdoğan

Born|

Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan

(1981-04-24) 24 April 1981 (age 44)

Istanbul, Turkey

Alma mater| Indiana University
Harvard University
Spouse|

Reyyan Uzuner

(m. 2003)​

Children| 3
Parent(s)| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Emine Erdoğan
Relatives| Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (brother)
Esra Erdoğan (sister)
Sümeyye Erdoğan (sister)

Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan (born 23 April 1981) is a Turkish businessman and the second-born child of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

## Early life

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Necmettin Bilal was born on 24 April 1981,[1] the second child of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Emine Erdoğan. He has an older brother, Ahmet Burak, and two younger sisters, Esra Erdoğan and Sümeyye Erdoğan. After finishing secondary school at Kartal Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi in 1999, Erdoğan moved to the United States, and graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a bachelor's degree in political science and economics.[2] He then earned a master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2004.[citation needed]

## Career

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After graduation, he served at the World Bank as an intern for a while.[1] He returned to Turkey in 2006 and started his business life. Erdoğan is one of the three equal shareholders of BMZ Group Denizcilik ve İnşaat Sanayi Anonym Şirketi, a marine transportation corporation.[3][4] He is also on the governing board of the Turkish Youth Foundation (TÜGVA)[5] which is exempt of paying taxes by decree of the Turkish president, Bilal's father.[6]

## Personal life

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Erdoğan married Reyyan Uzuner in 2003.[7] The couple have two sons, Ömer Tayyip and Ali Tahir, and a daughter, Fatıma Serra.[8]

In October 2014, Today's Zaman reported that Erdoğan and his family had moved to Bologna, Italy, after his father's AK Party lost its parliamentary majority in June. It is stated that he will finish his PhD at The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center there, but that all he has to do is complete his thesis, which does not require his permanent presence in Bologna, but does enable him to obtain a two-year residence permit.[9]

In February 2017 the prosecuting attorney of Bologna started a lawsuit for money laundering against him.[10]

## Corruption scandal

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Main article: 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey

Erdoğan came under accusations of corruption during the 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey that extended to other top members of TÜRGEV,[11][12][13] for which he gave testimony.[14]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Bilal Erdoğan". Biyografi.info. 23 April 1981. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
2. ^ "IU Goes to Turkey: Indiana University". global.iu.edu. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
3. ^ "Erdoğan: Oğlum gemi değil gemicik aldı". Hurriyet.com.tr. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
4. ^ "Küçük Erdoğan holdingleşiyor". Yurtgazetesi.com.tr. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
5. ^ Buyuk, Hamdi Firat (21 March 2022). "Turkish Journalist Who Revealed Islamist NGO's Murky Ties Faces Prison". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
6. ^ "President Erdoğan issues tax exemption for his son's foundation". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
7. ^ "Gul ve Erdoganin cocuk gelinleri" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
8. ^ "İki oğlu vardı". www.haberturk.com. 17 August 2018.
9. ^ "Report: Erdoğan's son has settled in Italy with his family". Today's Zaman. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
10. ^ "riciclaggio, indagato il figlio di Erdogan" (in Italian). Bologna: Corriere della Sera. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
11. ^ "Cumhuriyet Gazetesi - Maliye, TÜRGEV'e arazi verdiğini kabul etti". Cumhuriyet.com.tr. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
12. ^ "Türkiye'yi, Bilal'in üstüne yapacakmış". Patronlardunyasi.com. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
13. ^ "Bilal Erdogan da gozaltina alinacak mi". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
14. ^ "Bilal Erdoğan salı günü savcılara ifade verdi! - Türkiye Haberleri". Radikal. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

* 12th President of Turkey (2014–present)
* 25th Prime Minister of Turkey (2003–2014)
* Member of the 23rd and 24th Parliament Istanbul 1st electoral district (2007–2011; 2011–2015)
* Member of the 22nd Parliament Siirt electoral district (2002–2007)
* 1st and 4th Leader of the Justice and Development Party (2001–2014; 2017–present)
* 28th Mayor of Istanbul (1994–1998)

Presidency|

* Inauguration
* Cabinets
* 66th
* 67th
* Presidential trips
* University diploma controversy
* Böhmermann affair
* Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan
* 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
* 2016–present purges
* 2017 constitutional referendum
* Iran poem controversy
* 2018–present Economic crisis
* 2025 Turkish protests

Premiership|

* Cabinets
* 59th
* 60th
* 61st
* Prime ministerial trips
* Foreign policy
* Democratic initiative
* Solution process
* 2005 Diyarbakır speech
* 2007 Turkish constitutional referendum
* 2010 Turkish constitutional referendum
* Vision 2023
* Gezi Park protests
* Civil–military relations

Electoral history|

| Istanbul Mayoral|

* 1994

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Local|

* 2003
* 2004
* 2009
* 2014
* 2019
* 2024

General|

* 2002
* 2007
* 2011

Presidential|

* 2014
* campaign
* 2018
* campaign
* 2023
* campaign

Works|

* Mas-Kom-Yah (1975 play)
* This Song Doesn't End Here (1999 album)
* A Fairer World Is Possible (2021 book)

Family|

* Emine Erdoğan (wife)
* Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (son)
* Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan (son)
* Esra Erdoğan Albayrak (daughter)
* Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar (daughter)
* Berat Albayrak (son-in-law)
* Selçuk Bayraktar (son-in-law)

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* Honours and awards
* Honorary doctorates
* Erdoğanism
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* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
* Erdoğan Hospital
* Turkey: Empire of Erdogan
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* 2024 Ankara prisoner exchange

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