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Semra Sezer Edit Profile

politician

Semra Sezer is a school teacher by profession and was the First Lady of Turkey from May 16, 2000 until August 28, 2007 during the presidency of her husband Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

Background

She was born on August 17, 1944 in Yenimahalle, Ankara to the family of a bank officer, Kemal Kürümoğlu.

Education

She completed her secondary education in 1961 at the Yenimahalle High School in Ankara. She then left the Law School in her second year, and attended the Atatürk Teachers" School for Primary Education in Ankara to become a teacher.

Career

The couple were engaged in 1963. Later, the family moved to Yerköy in Yozgat Province due to Ahmet Necdet Sezer"s next appointment. In 1975, the family finally moved to Ankara, where they lived from then on.

Following her service of more than 30 years, Semra Sezer attended Faculty of Education at the Hacettepe University graduating in 1996 with a bachelor"s degree.

Semra Sezer is known for her modest way of life adequate to her husband"son She did not color her gray hair, paint her nails or wear jewelry.

During her time as the first lady, she also avoided the media. Once, she lined up for physical examination in the hospital that is not usual.