Top Turkish businessman İbrahim Çağlar dies at age 57

December 11 2017 16:23:19

Top Turkish businessman İbrahim Çağlar dies at age 57

ANKARA – Anadolu Agency

Leading Turkish businessman İbrahim Çağlar died of a heart attack on Dec. 11.

Çağlar, head of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, was reportedly brought to hospital on the morning of Dec. 11.

Çaglar, 57, was elected in 2013 to lead the chamber, one of the most powerful representatives of Turkish trade, with 400,000 members.

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