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Fusun Eczacıbaşı

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Turkish

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Füsun Eczacıbaşı (born Füsun Alpsoy) is notable for supporting contemporary art, artists, curators and researchers in Turkey and collecting contemporary art with her husband Faruk Eczacıbaşı. She is the co-founder and chairman of the SAHA Association for the Arts and the founder and the major shareholder of Karınca Design.

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Personal history

Füsun Eczacıbaşı attended Kadikoy Maarif College and the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. She received her MSc in Architecture in 1986. Füsun Eczacıbaşı has been actively involved in many NGOs focusing on human rights, minority rights, nature preservation and education. She is married to Faruk Eczacıbaşı, vice chairman of Eczacıbaşı Holding, with whom she shares mutual enthusiasm for the arts. Their collection has been expanding since the late 1980s and focuses on contemporary art by emerging and established contemporary artists from Turkey and abroad. Füsun and Faruk Eczacıbaşı have two sons Sinan (born in 1991) and Murat (born in 1995).

Patron of the arts

Being a dedicated supporter of the arts, she has been involved in numerous art projects and institutions including TATE International Council, TATE Middle East Northern Africa Acquisition Committee and Art Basel Global Patrons Council. She is the co-founder and chairman of SAHA Art Fund, an independent non-profit association to support contemporary art in Turkey.

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Fusun Eczacıbaşı Wikipedia