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4 unusual facts about Women in Turkish politics


Erenköy Girls High School

Turkey's first female government minister and first female university rector.

Fatma Aliye Topuz

Fatma Aliye Topuz (9 October 1862 - 13 July 1936), aka simply Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian.

Hatı Çırpan

Hatı Çırpan (formerly Satı Kadın, 1890, Kazan, Ankara – March 21, 1956, Ankara) was one of the first female members of parliament in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, elected in the 1935 general elections.

Müfide İlhan

Müfide İlhan became the mayor of Mersin as the candidate of DP, and she created sensation both at home and abroad for being the first ever female mayor of Turkey, at a time when the participation of Turkish women in politics was still considerably low.



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