Hasan Doğan

Infobox Person
name = Hasan Doğan


caption =
birth_date = 1956
birth_place = Kastamonu
death_date = 5 July 2008
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other_names =
known_for = Being the 37^th president of the Turkish Football Federation
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nationality = Turkish

Hasan Doğan (1956 – 5 July 2008) was the 37^th president of the Turkish Football Federation. He died of a heart attack in Bodrum, a popular tourist destination in southwest Turkish Riviera, where he was on vacation.cite news
title = Futbol Federasyonu Başkanı Hasan Doğan kalp krizinden öldü
url = http://www.milliyet.com.tr/default.aspx?aType=SonDakika&Kategori=turkiye&ArticleID=890258&Date=05.07.2008&ver=96
publisher =
date = 05-07-2008
accessdate = 2008-07-05tr icon] cite news
title = Federasyon Başkanı Doğan hayatını kaybetti
url = http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/9365088.asp?gid=229&sz=26651
publisher = hurriyet.com.tr
date = 05-07-2008
accessdate = 2008-07-05tr icon] cite news
title = Turkey mourns death of Hasan Doğan
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=730566.html
publisher = uefa.com
date = 05-07-2008
accessdate = 2008-07-05en icon] He was incumbent for a relatively short period, beginning on 14 February 2008 until his death on July 5th 2008.

During his presidency, the Turkish national football team qualified for the semi-finals in Euro 2008, held in Austria and Switzerland.

Biography

Doğan was born in Abana district of Kastamonu Province. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in İstanbul. He studied Mechanical engineering at Yildiz Technical University and graduated in 1979. Then, he attended an English language school in England between 1979 and 1980. After his return, he worked for Beldesan Corporation, owned by Koç Holding until 1988. Subsequently, he worked at Ramsey, a formal clothing firm based in Turkey; as a member of the board of directors.

He was elected as the chairman of TFF in February 2008 after a stunning performance in the election with capturing 222 votes out of 237.cite news
title = Ve Başkan Hasan Doğan!
url = http://www.ajansspor.com/futbol/federasyon/h/20080214/VE_BAsKAN_HASAN_DOgAN.html
publisher = ajansspor.com
date = 14-02-2008
accessdate = 2008-07-05tr icon]

During his career, he worked for several companies in the textile industry. He also was an active businessman in the media industry as the former owner of the Turkish TV channel Kanal 24 as well as Star Gazetesi, a daily newspaper published in Turkey.

Additionally, he was a member of the board of İstanbul Chamber of Industry, Industry Council of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey. In terms of sports, prior to his presidency of TFF, he was a member of a multi-sports club Beşiktaş,cite news
title = Hasan Doğan kimdir ?
url = http://www.spor3.com/haber.php?haber_id=337617
publisher = spor3.com
date = 11-02-2008
accessdate = 2008-07-05tr icon] National Olympic Committee of Turkey, and Turkish Boxing Federation.

Personal

He was married to Aysel Doğan, who accompanied him whilst Euro 2008. He had two children, Zeynep and Selim. The way Hasan Doğan cheered up after Turkey's goals in the Euro 2008 cup by hugging his wife has gained broad public sympathy.

External links

* [http://www.spor3.com/haber.php?haber_id=337617 Doğan's profile on spor3] tr icon
* [http://www.haberturk.com/haber.asp?id=55248&cat=170&dt=2008/02/11 Doğan's profile on haberturk] tr icon
* [http://www.netbul.com/kim_kimdir/kim_kimdirdisp.asp?id=319616 Doğan's profile netbul] tr icon

References

* [http://turkeyfootball.blogspot.com/2008/07/turkey-mourns-as-it-bids-farewell-to.html Turkey mourns as it bids farewell to its football federation chief]
* [http://turkeyfootball.blogspot.com/2008/07/turkish-football-federation-chief-dies.html Turkish football federation chief dies after heart attack]