Background
Emine Erdoğan was born in Üsküdar, Istanbul.
Emine Erdoğan was born in Üsküdar, Istanbul.
She attended Mithat Paşa Akşam Art School, but left before graduation.
She is of ethnic Arab descent, her family comes from the south-eastern province of Siirt and the youngest child of a family of five children. Erdoğan joined the "Idealist Women"s Association". During these activities she met Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a conference.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Emine Gülbaran married on 4 February 1978.
The couple has four children: Ahmet Burak Erdoğan, Sümeyye, Necmettin Bilal, and Esra. In October 2010, Erdoğan visited Pakistan and the flood hit areas to personally witness the devastation caused by the floods and contributed significantly in the fund-raising campaign to help the country’s flood victims.
On 16 February 2011, Emine Erdoğan was presented with the "Prix de la Fondation" by the Crans Montana Forum at a ceremony in Brussels.