Oya Eczacıbaşı

Oya Eczacıbaşı
Born	Esener 1959 İstanbul
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Management
Alma mater	Lycée Marie Curie, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, University of Leicester
Occupation	Curator
Spouse	Bülent Eczacıbaşı (m. December 19, 1980)
Children	Emre (son), Esra (daughter)
Parents	Prof. Turhan Esener (father)

Oya Eczacıbaşı , née Esener, (born 1959) is a Turkish curator. She is chair of the board of the Istanbul Modern Art Museum.^[1]

She was born in 1959 in Istanbul as the daughter of the former Turkish Minister of Labour and Social Security Prof. Turhan Esener. ^[2]

Oya Eczacibaşı completed her high school studies at the Lycée Marie Curie in Strasbourg, and achieved her university degree in management science at Boğaziçi University’s Faculty of Administrative Sciences. Additionally, she has a master’s degree in museum management from the University of Leicester.

Oya Eczacibaşı became a member of the Biennial Advisory Board of the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) in 1985. In 1987, she was in charge of organizing the Military Museum exhibits of the 1st Istanbul Biennial.

She has been involved with numerous NGOs over the years. She served on the Board of Trustees of Robert College between 1994 and 2011, the Board of Directors of the Hisar Educational Foundation between 1996 and 2006, the Board of Directors of the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) between 2003 and 2006, and the Executive Committee of the İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts between 2002 and 2008.

Currently, Oya Eczacıbaşı serves on the Boards of IKSV and İstanbul Modern. She is also a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Between 2002 and 2007, Oya Eczacıbaşı taught museum management at Boğaziçi University.

In 2011, Oya Eczacıbaşı received the "Chevalier dans l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur" from the Republic of France.

Oya married on December 19, 1980 to Bülent Eczacıbaşı (born 1949), the son of entrepreneur Nejat Eczacıbaşı. The couple has a son Emre and a daughter Esra.^[2] She is fluent in English French and German.

References

1. ^ "Oya Eczacıbaşı ve Görgün Taner'e d'Honneur nişanı". Zaman. 2011-04-02. http://www.zaman.com.tr/yazdir.do?haberno=1116175. Retrieved 2011-05-21. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Susoy, Yener (1999-11-08). "12 Eylül’de fırsat kaçtı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/1999/11/08/155277.asp. Retrieved 2011-10-09. 

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Name	Eczacibasi, Oya
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Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
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