[1] His grandfather, Ibrahim Aga, was the chief of a Kurd tribe who participated in the Kurdish rebellion in Ağrı in 1926.
[4] During his studies at Cambridge he became a member of a Mason Lodge and the Bilderberg Group through his close relationship with Lord Brabazon of Tara.
[3] During the Democrat Party government in the 1950s Beyazıt briefly served as the private secretary of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes.
[1] He was appointed chairman of Turk Pirelli Company in 2004 succeeding Bülent Eczacıbaşı in the post.
[4] During his presidency Galatasaray won three league cups with the British manager Brian Birch.