Remzi Gür

Remzi Gür (born October 1949) is a Turkish businessman, founder and owner of the Ramsey clothing manufacturing and retail company, and "a close friend and financial sponsor of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan".

Remzi Gür
BornOctober 1949
Kastamonu, Turkey
OccupationBusinessman
ChildrenÖmer Gür

Early life

Remzi Gür was born in October 1949 in Kastamonu, Turkey.[1]

Career

With his Ramsey brand, Gür built a clothing manufacturing and retail business which he founded in London in the 1970s, and which has factories in Turkey and shops from Dublin to Almaty.[2]

In 2013, Gür went into partnership with the Azerbaijani state oil company, Socar, to establish three companies in Turkey.[3]

Gür is also chairman of Gürmen.[4]

Gür is the chairman of the Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry.[2]

Political activity

In 2008, the Financial Times noted his decade-long "close friendship" with Turkey's leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.[2] In May 2008, Gür received a ten year prison sentence for trying to bribe an opposition politician, which he denies.[2] Gür paid for the higher education of all four of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's children.[5] In 2013, Hürriyet called him "a close friend and financial sponsor of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan".[3]

Personal life

His son Ömer Gür is married to Didem Yurter, sister-in-law of Ali Babacan,[6] Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2009 to 2015.

References
  1. "Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry". Companies House. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. Barker, Alex (28 November 2008). "Remzi Gür: High places pose big risk". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. "Azeri firm to deliver gas with local boss". Hürriyet. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. "Executive Profile Remzi Gur". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. Seibert, Thomas (18 December 2010). "Daughter of Turkish premier fuels debate on headscarf". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. "Turkish Parliament may become one big family reunion". Today's Zaman. 23 May 2007. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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