Adnan Polat
| Adnan Polat | |
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| 33rd President of Galatasaray SK | |
| In office March 22, 2008 – May 18, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Özhan Canaydın |
| Succeeded by | Ünal Aysal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 0, 1953 Erzurum, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Long Island University, New York, USA |
| Profession | CEO |
Adnan Polat (born 1953), is a Turkish businessman born in Erzurum, a city in north-east Turkey.[1] He is past the chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.
After graduating from high school in 1976,[citation needed] he continued to study business administration at Long Island University, in USA. Then he returned to Turkey and started to work in his family's construction business. After 1981, he joined Ege Ceramics and worked as CEO for 10 years. He is currently the President of Turkish Ceramics Federation.[2]
In 1999, Polat was a candidate for Mayor of Istanbul, but Ali Müfit Gürtuna won the election.
He has been married since 1980 and has two children. Because of his investments in different countries, Polat has been honorary consul of Thailand since 1997 and was awarded an Italian order of merit in 2007.
Polat was the vice president of Galatasaray S.K. between 1992 – 1996 under the presidency of Alp Yalman. He also served as a vice president under the presidency of Özhan Canaydın.[3]
In March 2008, Polat replaced Canaydin to become the 33rd President of Galatasaray SK, winning the club congress' election by a wide margin.
