Özden Toker

Özden Toker (born February 7, 1930) is a Turkish patron of the arts and the daughter of Turkey's second president, İsmet İnönü.

Early life Toker was born Özden İnönü on February 7, 1930, in Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to Toker, Atatürk is the one who came up with her given name, Özden.

As a child, she was friends with Atatürk's adopted daughter, Ülkü Adatepe. She grew up with Atatürk frequently visiting Pembe Köşk, the İnönü household, in order to discuss politics with her father and their friends.

Toker was educated at Çankaya Primary School and Ankara Girls' High School.

Career Toker was one of the founding members of the İnönü Foundation and became its president in 1992 after the death of her mother, Mevhibe İnönü.

Personal life

Toker (née İnönü) married journalist Metin Toker on February 9, 1955. When her husband was in prison, she supported his newspaper Akis.