Emel Korutürk (née Cimcoz; 1915 – 12 March 2013) was a Turkish painter and a former First Lady of Turkey.
She was born in 1915 as Emel Cimcoz, the fourth child of Salah Cimcöz and his wife Hasene Hanim.
After her primary education, she studied at Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul, a prestigious school for girls.
Following her high school years in Lausanne, Switzerland, she graduated from Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi, which is now Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, in 1936.
[1] During her academy years, she was congratulated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey, for her talent in art in 1933.