Dursun Özbek

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Dursun Aydın Özbek

|image = Dursun Ozbek in 2023.jpg

|caption = Özbek in March 2023

|order = 36th and 39th

|office = President of Galatasaray SK

|term_start = 14 June 2022

|predecessor = Burak Elmas

|term_start1 = 23 May 2015

|term_end1 = 23 January 2018

|predecessor1 = Duygun Yarsuvat

|successor1 = Mustafa Cengiz

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|03|25|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Şebinkarahisar, Turkey

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|alma_mater = Galatasaray High School
Istanbul Technical University

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|profession = Businessperson

|residence = Istanbul

|nationality = Turkish

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Dursun Aydın Özbek (born 25 March 1949) is a Turkish businessman and 36th and 39th club president of Turkish multi-disciplined sports club Galatasaray S.K.

Career

Özbek was a member of board of directors and vice-president during previous president Duygun Yarsuvat until 2014. Collecting the majority of voting cast with 2,800 votes, Dursun Özbek was elected as the 36th president of Galatasaray S.K. following the ordinary general assembly taking place on 23 May 2015.{{cite news|author=Oktay, Emre|title=Galatasaray'ın 36. başkanı Dursun Özbek oldu!|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galatasarayin-36-baskani-dursun-ozbek-oldu-29083116|agency=|publisher=Hürriyet|date=24 May 2015|accessdate=22 June 2021|language=Tr|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210622095319/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/2-ligden-super-lige-altayda-ozan-sol-tamam-sadik-ciftpinar-sirada-41837169|archivedate=22 June 2021|quote=}} He was defeated by challenger Mustafa Cengiz in the election held on 20 January 2018.{{cite news|author=|title= Galatasaray'ın yeni başkanı Mustafa Cengiz|url=https://tr.beinsports.com/haber/aslan-baskanini-secti#:~:text=Galasaray%20Kul%C3%BCb%C3%BCn%C3%BCn%20yeni%20ba%C5%9Fkan%C4%B1%20Mustafa%20Cengiz%20oldu.,yeni%20sahibi%20Mustafa%20Cengiz%20oldu.|agency=|publisher=beIN Sports (Turkish TV channel)|date=20 January 2018|accessdate=22 June 2021|language=Tr|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210622095321/https://tr.beinsports.com/haber/aslan-baskanini-secti|archivedate=22 June 2021|quote=}}

On 12 June 2022, Özbek was re-elected as the 39th President of the club, after a tight contention against the other candidate Eşref Hamamcıoğlu, prevailing with a narrow difference of 156 votes in total of 4,459 given.{{cite news|title=Dursun Özbek yeniden başkan|trans-title=Dursun Özbek [is] again President|url=https://www.fotomac.com.tr/galatasaray/2022/06/12/dursun-ozbek-yeniden-baskan|publisher=Fotomaç|date=12 June 2022|accessdate=3 July 2022|language=Tr|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220730140845/https://www.fotomac.com.tr/galatasaray/2022/06/12/dursun-ozbek-yeniden-baskan|archivedate=30 July 2022|quote=}}

Personal life

Dursun Özbek is married to Mesude Özbek with two children.{{cite news|title=Dursun Özbek'in eşi için dilekçe verildi|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/spor/futbol/dursun-ozbekin-esi-icin-dilekce-verildi|publisher=CNN Turk|date=15 October 2019|accessdate=22 June 2021|language=Tr|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210622093644/https://www.cnnturk.com/spor/futbol/dursun-ozbekin-esi-icin-dilekce-verildi|archivedate=22 June 2021|quote=}}

Trophies won by club during presidency

Source:{{cite news|title=Dursun Özbek döneminde neler oldu?|trans-title=What happened during the term of Dursun Özbek|url=https://tr.beinsports.com/haber/dursun-ozbek-doneminde-neler-oldu|agency=|publisher=BeIN Sports (Turkish TV channel)|date=21 January 2018|accessdate=6 August 2021|language=Tr|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210806104940/https://tr.beinsports.com/haber/dursun-ozbek-doneminde-neler-oldu|archivedate=6 August 2021}}

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