Besim Tibuk

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Besim Tibuk
Chairman of Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)
Preceded byoffice founded
Succeeded byNizam Kağıtçıbaşı (deputy)
Personal details
Resting placeNorthern Cyprus[1]
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party (Turkey)
Spouse(s)Serap Tibuk
ChildrenKerem Tibuk, Hande Tibuk, Yasemin Tibuk, Murat Besim Tibuk
ProfessionBusinessman

Besim Tibuk (April 14, 1945; Fındıklı, Rize) is a Turkish businessman and ex-politician. He is Chairman of the board of directors of Net Holding and founder and ex-chairman of Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey).

He was born in 1945 at Arılı village of Fındıklı district of Rize as the child of a family of Laz people.[2] He completed his primary education in Murgul and secondary education in Kars Province, Artvin Province and İzmit. He went to the USA with 1962-1963 AFS scholarship. He finished his high school education in the US. In 1968, he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Diplomacy (now Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations). He worked at the State Institute of Statistics (Turkey) between 1964-1967.[3] In 1971-1972, he completed his master's degree in the Business Administration Specialization Program at the Institute of Business Economics of Istanbul University.

Business career

Besim Tibuk entered the tourism sector in 1964 as a translator guide. Later, he worked in the management of Travel agencies. He later founded Net Tourism, the core of Net Holding, by organizing translator guides in 1974. Net Tourism became one of the largest establishments in the Tourism in Turkey Tourism in Turkey in a short time.[3]

After leaving active politics, Besim Tibuk moved to Northern Cyprus and now owns 6 hotels under Net Holding there.[1]

Political career

Beginning to be actively involved in politics, Tibuk first established the DEM publishing house to serve Democracy culture. He took part in the re-establishment of the Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961) and served as Party's provincial chairman of Istanbul for a while. On July 26, 1994, he left Democrat Party with his friends and founded the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Tibuk left active politics by resigning from the chairmanship on 25 November 2002 due to insufficient support on the LDP in 1999 and 2002 elections. He left his office to Nizam Kağıtçıbaşı.

He was proposed as the candidate by the Liberal Democrat Party before the 2014 presidential elections, but failed to receive the support of 20 congressman required to be nominated.[4]

Personal life

Tibuk is married and father of 4 children.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bir Besim Tibuk vardı! Şimdi nerede biliyor musunuz?". İnternetHaber (in Türkçe). 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  2. "Besim Tibuk Lazca okul sözü". Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Besim Tibuk Kimdir? - Besim Tibuk Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com (in Türkçe). Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. "Besim Tibuk kimdir? - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Türkçe). Retrieved 2022-07-07.

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