Faruk Süren
Faruk Süren | |
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30th President of Galatasaray SK | |
In office 16 March 1996 – 17 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Alp Yalman |
Succeeded by | Mehmet Cansun |
Personal details | |
Born | (1945-07-28) 28 July 1945 (age 78) Istanbul, Turkey |
Faruk Süren (born 1945) is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K..[1]
Süren was born in Istanbul as Faruk Surenyan. His paternal grandfather was Arşak Surenyan, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's dentist. He has Armenian descent from his paternal grandfather and Italian Levantine descent from his paternal grandmother. He went to Deutsche Schule Istanbul and graduated from a German high school in Germany, then studied business administration in Istanbul University. After serving as vice-president for years, he was elected as the president of Galatasaray S.K. in 1996, a position he held for five years. He is fluent in English, French and German as well as his native Turkish. He is married and has two children. One of his daughter is married to 38th president of Galatasaray S.K. Burak Elmas.
Galatasaray S.K. won the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup would join with four consecutive Turkish league titles. This accomplishments would make Süren the most popular and successful chairman of all-time.
See also
References
- ^ "Nurten Erk: Cimbom'a ABD'li ortak". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 29 September 1999. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
External links
- Galatasaray official website
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Preceded by | President of Galatasaray SK 16 March 1996 – 17 July 2001 | Succeeded by |
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- Ali Sami Yen (1905–19)
- Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu (1919–22)
- Yusuf Ziya Öniş (1922–25)
- Ali Sami Yen (1925)
- Ahmet Robenson (1925)
- Ali Haydar Şekip (1925–26)
- Adnan İbrahim Pirioğlu (1926–28)
- Necmettin Sadık Sadak (1928–29)
- Abidin Daver (1929–30)
- Ahmet Kara (1930–31)
- Tahir Kevkep (1931–32)
- Ali Haydar Barşal (1932)
- Ahmet Kara (1932)
- Fethi İsfendiyaroğlu (1932–33)
- Ali Haydar Barşal (1933–34)
- Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu (1934)
- Ethem Menemencioğlu (1934–36)
- Saim Gogen (1936–37)
- Sedat Ziya Kantoğlu (1937–39)
- Nizan Nuri (1939)
- Adnan Akıska (1939)
- Sedat Ziya Kantoğlu (1939–40)
- Tevfik Ali Çınar (1940–42)
- Osman Dardağan (1942–44)
- Sedat Ziya Kantoğlu (1944)
- Muslihittin Peykoğlu (1944–46)
- Suphi Batur (1946–50)
- Yusuf Ziya Öniş (1950–53)
- Ulvi Yenal (1953–54)
- Refik Selimoğlu (1954–57)
- Sadık Giz (1957–60)
- Refik Selimoğlu (1960–62)
- Ulvi Yenal (1962–65)
- Suphi Batur (1965–69)
- Selahattin Beyazıt (1969–73)
- Mustafa Pekin (1973–75)
- Selahattin Beyazıt (1975–79)
- Ali Uras (1979–86)
- Ali Tanrıyar (1986–90)
- Alp Yalman (1990–96)
- Faruk Süren (1996–2001)
- Mehmet Cansun (2001–02)
- Özhan Canaydın (2002–08)
- Adnan Polat (2008–11)
- Ünal Aysal (2011–14)
- Duygun Yarsuvat (2014–15)
- Dursun Özbek (2015–2018)
- Mustafa Cengiz (2018–2021)
- Burak Elmas (2021–2022)
- Dursun Özbek (2022–)