Mıgırdıç Şellefyan
Mıgırdıç Şellefyan (* 1914 in Adapazarı ; † December 10, 1987 ) was a Turkish businessman and politician of Armenian origin.
Life
Şellefyan trained as a trader. Later he became chairman of the trustee board of the Armenian community and a member of the İstanbul city council. In the Turkish parliamentary elections in 1957 , he was elected to the Grand National Assembly for İstanbul .
In the 1960s, Mıgırdıç Şellefyan was close to Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel and his family. He won the contract to build Gaziantep Airport and ran a furniture export business with Süleyman Demirel's nephew, Yahya Demirel.
Şellefyan was married and had two children.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b TBMM Albümü. Turkish Grand National Assembly , Oct. 31, 2012, accessed on 29 May 2013 .
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SURNAME | Şellefyan, Mıgırdıç |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish businessman and politician of Armenian origin |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Adapazarı |
DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1987 |