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Guide to Women in Leadership
Republic of Turkey/ Türkiye
Çumhuriyeti (Female suffrage 1934) The territory has had many rulers trough the
times, most recently the Ottoman/Osman/Osmanli Empire which lasted until 1923, when the
country became the Turkish Republic
Also
see Turkey Heads
1971
Minister of Health Dr. Türkan Akyol
1992-94 State Minister by the Premier Minister responsible for Women's and Family Affairs
1975
Minister of Culture Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi
Between 1973-75 Vice-President of The Türkiye Büyük Milliet Medisi (Grand
National Assembly).
1987-91
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Imren Aykut
1991 State Minister by Premier Minister (Government Spokesperson)
1996 State Minister by Premier Minister
responsible for Women and Family Affairs
1997-99 Minister of Environment
Secretary General of The Motherland Party
1995-97. (b. 1940- )
1991-93
State Minister (Chief Economic Coordinator) Tansu Çiller
1993-96 Premier Minister/Basbakan
1996-97 Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Between 1974-83 Assistant Professor, 1983-90 Professor of Economics at Bosphorus
University, 1990-93 Deputy Chairperson, 1993- Chairperson of DYP, The True Path
Party. On 1.6.97 Premier Minister Erbakan, leader of the Islamic Party resigned
in order to led her become Premier, but President Demirel chose Meshut Yilmaz,
who managed to form a government among others because of defections from her
party. (b. 1946-)
1995
State Minister responsible
for Women's and Family Affairs Aysel Baykal
1995-96 State Minister
responsible for Women's and Family Affairs İşilay Saygin
1996 Minister of Environment
1996 Minister of Tourism
1996-97 State Minister
responsible for Tourism
1997-99 State Minister
responsible for Women's and Family Affairs
(b. 1946- )
1996-97
Minister of Interior
Meral Akşener
Deputy Chairperson of
the parliament, the Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (b. 1956-)
1996
State Minister responsible
for Cyprus Affairs Ayfer Yilmaz
1996-97 State Minister (Foreign Trade)
1999-2002 State
Minister Melda Bayer
2002 State
Minister
responsible for
Cyprus and for Turkish citizens living abroad
Tayyibe Gülek
Former MP for the Democratic Left Party. (b. 1968-)
2002-05
Minister of Tourism Güldal Akşit
2005
State Minister
responsible for Women and Family Affairs
MP for the Islamic Justice and Development Party.
2005-09
State Minister of Family and Women's Affairs Nimet
Çubukçu
2009-11 Minister of Education
MP for the Justice and Development Party (b.
1965-)
2009-11 State Minister
responsible for
Women's and Family Affairs
Selma Aliye Kavaf
MP for the Justice and Development Party. (b.
1962-)
2011-13 Minister of Family and Social Policies Fatma Şahin
Resigned to run for mayor of Gaziantep
2013-15 Minister of Family and
Social Policy Ayşenur İslam Aile
MP since 2011.
2015
Minister of Family and Social Policy Ayşen Gürcan
Former academic and
Director General of Family and Social Research. The first female minister in
Turkey to wear a headscarf.
2015 Minister of European Union Beril Dedeoğlu
2015-16 Minister of Family and Social Policy Sema Ramazanoğlu
MP from 2015
2015-16 Minister of Environment and Urban Planning Fatma
Güldemet Sarı
MP from 2015
2016- Minister of Family and Social
Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya
Last update 28.05.16