- Kürşad Tüzmen
Kürşad Tüzmen (b Ankara 1958) is a Minister of State of
Turkey responsible for foreign trade. He has been in this position since 2002.Education and career
He is a graduate in management from
Middle East Technical University and was formerly a high-ranking civil servant in the ministry of foreign trade, who at one time led a trade mission toSaddam Hussein 'sIraq .Kursad tüzmen is currently member of the Turkish Masonry.Fact|date=October 2008Personal life
He is married and has two children. He is a diver and a former champion swimmer, winning a race across the
Bosphorus in 2004, in the 46-50 year-old category, and even now is occasionally photographed in swimwear.ayings and quotations
(In response to
Jaques Chirac s comment that Turkey belongs in Europe as we are all children of Byzantium...."Many Christian converts were put to service under the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans united many races for a single purpose. Europe knows whose son he is but I am the son of Ottomans" [ [http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?viewid=502054 Hürriyet - -Tüzmen: Biz Osmanlı çocuğuyuz, Avrupa ne çocuğu olduğunu bilir ] ]References
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