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Alina Habba's glitzy wedding weekend to Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon underway in Manhattan

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Cohen, S., & James, E. (2026, September 26). Alina Habba's glitzy wedding weekend to Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon underway in Manhattan. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16163075/Alina-Habbas-glitzy-wedding-weekend-Turkish-businessman-Turhan-Mildon-underway-Manhattan.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-26 · by Shawn Cohen, Emma James

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Firebrand MAGA loyalist Alina Habba is marrying Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon at New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel in an extravagant wedding. The event, taking place just eight months after her second divorce, features luxury decor including towering glass lighting fixtures and white cherry blossoms. Habba, 42, wears a massive 23-carat diamond engagement ring and has received expensive gifts like Hermès Birkin bags from Mildon, 29. The wedding weekend includes an intimate rehearsal dinner and cocktail reception with close family and friends enjoying caviar and cocktails in the hotel’s grand ballroom.
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Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon, CEO of Miller Holding and vice chairman of Turkish football club Çorum FK, is set to marry Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer for US President Donald Trump. The couple met in the U.S. through a mutual friend who was an ambassador and plan to wed on September 26 in New York. Habba, aged 42, will marry Mildon, who is 29 years old. Their wedding reception took place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel with around 300 guests, including close family members and notable figures like Kash Patel, Todd Blanche, and Margo Martin. The celebration included elaborate floral arrangements with over 900,000 fresh blooms sourced from various parts of the world.

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Shawn Cohen
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🔮 Many guests took the time to enjoy a drink in Peacock Alley before being escorted into private elevators to access the Grand Ballroom, where the main wedding celebrations were set to take place.
🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Firebrand MAGA loyalist Alina Habba is set to marry her mustachioed Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon in a glittering Waldorf Astoria wedding tonight – just eight months after her second divorce.
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🔮 Many guests took the time to enjoy a drink in Peacock Alley before being escorted into private elevators to access the Grand Ballroom, where the main wedding celebrations were set to take place.
🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Firebrand MAGA loyalist Alina Habba is set to marry her mustachioed Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon in a glittering Waldorf Astoria wedding tonight – just eight months after her second divorce.
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Habba PERSON · 7× Mildon ORG · 5× New York GPE · 4× Manhattan GPE · 3× Turhan Mildon PERSON · 3× Turkish PERSON · 3× Alina Habba PERSON · 2× Daily Mail ORG · 2× MAGA ORG · 2× Waldorf Astoria ORG · 2×

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Many guests took the time to enjoy a drink in Peacock Alley before being escorted into private elevators to access the Grand Ballroom, where the main wedding celebrations were set to take place. The three-story ballroom spans nearly 10,000 square feet and can accommodate up to 1,500 guests for a reception, with tiered balconies, restored Art Deco detailing and state-of-the-art lighting, sound and staging. It has been used for generations of major New York galas, weddings and social events, making it a particularly spectacular setting for Habba and Mildon’s wedding reception.
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🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Firebrand MAGA loyalist Alina Habba is set to marry her mustachioed Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon in a glittering Waldorf Astoria wedding tonight – just eight months after her second divorce.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Firebrand MAGA loyalist Alina Habba is set to marry her mustachioed Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon in a glittering Waldorf Astoria wedding tonight – just eight months after her second divorce. asserted
Habba → see → divorce
The New Jersey native, 42, will say ‘I do’ to Mildon, 29, in an intimate but lavish celebration at the newly renovated iconic New York hotel, with close family and friends gathered for a weekend of cocktails, caviar and couture-level glamour. asserted
family → say → cocktails
Female guests were seen entering the hotel wearing long gowns, hiding from the elements, clutching invitations as their bow tie clad dates escorted them inside. asserted
dates → see → them
Many guests took the time to enjoy a drink in Peacock Alley before being escorted into private elevators to access the Grand Ballroom, where the main wedding celebrations were set to take place. The three-story ballroom spans nearly 10,000 square feet and can accommodate up to 1,500 guests for a reception, with tiered balconies, restored Art Deco detailing and state-of-the-art lighting, sound and staging. It has been used for generations of major New York galas, weddings and social events, making it a particularly spectacular setting for Habba and Mildon’s wedding reception. asserted
it → take → reception
No expense appears to have been spared for Alina Habba's wedding, with towering glass lighting fixtures seen being unloaded outside Manhattan's Waldorf Astoria hotel Firebrand MAGA loyalist Alina Habba, 42, is slated to wed Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon, 29, tonight - just eight months after her second divorce. asserted
Habba → appear → divorce
The loved-up couple were spotted arriving at a ritzy eatery in Palm Beach, Florida on Wednesday night Huge arrangements of white and pink cherry blossoms were among the lavish decorations arriving at the landmark New York hotel before the couple say 'I do' asserted
I → love → hotel
The attorney has been sporting a gigantic diamond, seen here overing over her left ring finger, believed to weigh at least 23 carats And if Habba’s engagement ring is anything to go by, the wedding is anything but low-key. asserted
wedding → sport → key
The attorney has been sporting a gigantic diamond believed to weigh at least 23 carats, a rock so large that, as one source previously quipped, ‘that ring has its own zip code.’ asserted
ring → sport → code
Mildon has also reportedly showered his bride-to-be with luxury gifts, including a collection of coveted Hermès Birkin bags – with Habba recently seen carrying a pink ostrich-skin Birkin estimated to be worth around $30,000. uncertain
Habba → shower → Birkin
The couple’s wedding weekend got underway with an intimate rehearsal dinner at Aretsky’s Patroon, before guests gathered at the Waldorf for cocktails and an array of lavish hors d’oeuvres, including caviar. asserted
guests → get → caviar
Despite the relatively small guest list, no expense appears to have been spared, with Daily Mail pictures showing an enormous box of white cherry blossoms arriving to the venue. asserted
box → appear → venue
Towering glass lighting fixtures and chandeliers, elaborate audio equipment and eye-catching ice sculptures are also helping transform the hotel for the celebrations. asserted
fixtures → catch → celebrations
Habba and Mildon have been joined by guests arriving from out of town, with some understood to have arrived in New York a day before the ceremony as preparations intensified at the landmark hotel. asserted
preparations → join → hotel
Elaborate gold-colored chairs could be seen being carefully wheeled into the Waldorf as preparations intensified for Habba's glittering wedding to Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon The scale of the preparations could be seen inside delivery trucks, where enormous glass chandeliers destined for the celebration filled much of the cargo space Workers battled the rainy Manhattan weather to unload the towering decorations as the Waldorf Astoria was transformed for Habba's big day Garment racks packed with clothes were also delivered to the Waldorf as Habba and Mildon's wedding weekend got underway in Manhattan Teams were seen maneuvering carefully wrapped stacks of golden chairs through the streets outside the Waldorf ahead of Saturday's lavish nuptials Wedding attire arrived under protective covers as preparations continued for the intimate but extravagant celebration at one of New York's most famous hotels Habba, who was President Trump's personal attorney, has been married twice before The bride-to-be looked every inch the glamorous bride during the pre-wedding festivities, stepping out in an elegant ivory jumpsuit with heavily embellished shoulders, while Mildon opted for a crisp white shirt and dark trousers. uncertain
Mildon → see → shirt
Both beamed as they posed for pictures with their nearest and dearest, looking every inch the happy couple in the hours before the nuptials. asserted
they → beam → nuptials
After months of romance – and a whirlwind engagement – the couple are now preparing to make their relationship official in front of their closest circle, with the spectacular Waldorf setting providing the backdrop for their very glitzy ‘I do.’ asserted
I → prepare → do
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