Background
She was born in 1959 in Istanbul as the daughter of the former Turkish Minister of Labour and Social Security Professor Turhan Esener.
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Oya Eczacıbası
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Boğaziçi University; University of Leicester.
Career
She is chair of the board of the Istanbul Modern Art Museum. Additionally, she has a master’s degree in museum management from the University of Leicester. In 1987, she was in charge of organizing the Military Museum exhibits of the 1st Istanbul Biennial.
She has been involved with numerous Non-governmental organizations over the years.
She served on the Board of Trustees of Robert College between 1994 and 2011, the Board of Directors of the Hisar Educational Foundation between 1996 and 2006, the Board of Directors of the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) between 2003 and 2006, and the Executive Committee of the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts between 2002 and 2008. Currently, Oya Eczacıbaşı serves on the Boards of IKSV and İstanbul Modern.
Between 2002 and 2007, Oya Eczacıbaşı taught museum management at Boğaziçi University. In 2011, Oya Eczacıbaşı received the "Chevalier dans l"Ordre National de la Légion d"Honneur" from the Republic of France.
Oya married on December 19, 1980 to Bülent Eczacıbaşı (born 1949), the son of entrepreneur Nejat Eczacıbaşı.
She is fluent in English French and German.
Achievements
Membership
Oya Eczacibaşı became a member of the Biennial Advisory Board of the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) in 1985. She is also a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
