Cem Uzan facts for kids

Cem Cengiz Uzan was born on December 26, 1960, in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a Turkish businessman and politician. He was involved in the media and banking industries and also led the social liberal Young Party (GENÇPARTİ). His family's company, the Uzan Group, once owned many television stations and newspapers. His family was very influential in Turkey.

Cem Uzan announced he wanted to run for president in the 2023 Turkish presidential election. However, his application was not accepted by the Supreme Election Council because it was not submitted in person.

Early Life

Cem Uzan grew up in Istanbul. His parents were Kemal Uzan and Melahat Uzan, who were also businesspeople. He has two siblings, Ayşegül and Hakan Uzan. He went to high school at Istanbul German High School. After that, he studied business administration at Pepperdine University in the United States.

Professional Career

Cem Uzan helped create many new things in the Turkish media world. He started the first commercial TV channel, 'Star TV'. He also launched the first entertainment TV channel, 'Teleon TV', and the first music channel, 'Kral TV'. He even created the first Turkish movie and TV series channels, 'Yeşilçam TV' and 'Dizi TV'.

He also started the first commercial radio channel, 'Süper FM'. Other radio stations he founded include 'Kral FM' for arabesque music, 'Metro FM' for foreign music, and 'Joy FM' for slow music. He also launched 'Star Digital', which was one of the first digital media platforms.

Cem Uzan also founded a telecommunication company called Telsim. This company brought many new technologies to Turkey for the first time. These included GPRS, MMS, WAP, and Push to talk. Telsim was one of the first companies in the world to use some of these technologies.

The Star newspaper, which he owned, was one of the most widely read newspapers in Turkey.

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