birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
istanbul , turkey turkish 03 september 1955 cem boyner
 cem boyner businessman
cem boyner

cem boyner -lrb- born september 3 , 1955 -rrb- is a turkish businessman in the textile industry , owner of department stores , and was a short-time politician .
cem boyner was born on september 3 , 1955 in istanbul to osman boyner , a textile industrialist from tosya .
after graduating from robert college , he studied at boğaziçi university and earned a bachelor 's degree in business administration .
in 1978 , he was appointed the chairman of the board of the family-owned textile company altınyıldız and of the boyner department stores .
currently , he is the ceo of boyner holding .
he served as chairman of turkish industrialists ' and businessmen 's association -lrb- tÜsİad -rrb- , the top business association of turkey , in the 1989-1990 term .
cem boyner got interested in politics in 1990s .
he founded a liberal-leaning political party , the new democracy movement -lrb- , ydh -rrb- , and was elected its leader .
the party participated in the 1995 general elections .
the ydh was not able to enter the parliament , by gaining only 0.48 % of the total votes .
in 1996 , he quit politics due to the poor outcome at the elections .
