Ayla Halit Kazım (born 1934) is a

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...

former politician. She was the first female member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus, serving briefly in the legislature in 1963.

Biography

Kazım was born in

Larnaca Larnaca ( el, Λάρνακα ; tr, Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 144 ...

in 1934,Kiazim Halit Ayla
House of Representatives the daughter of Mehmet Zeki Müderisoğlu from

and Nezihe Efendi from

Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...

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''Kibris Gazetesi'', 19 December 2017 She grew up in Limassol, and attended the American Academy in Larnaca. In 1953 she married Shemshedin Halit Kazım and became a farmer. The couple settled in

Paphos Paphos ( el, Πάφος ; tr, Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and New Paphos. The current city of Pap ...

and had four children. Shemshedin became the Turkish mayor of

, and in 1960 was elected to the House of Representatives. However, he died in a car accident in September 1963. Ayla was chosen to replace him and was elected without a by-election. She took office as the first female member on 25 October. She joined the Independent Turkish Group, but alongside the other 14 Turkish Cypriot members, she withdrew from the House in December. She had only attended two sittings of parliament and never received the salary due to representatives. Following the 1974 coup and

Turkish invasion The 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, code-named Operation Peace Spring ( tr, Barış Pınarı Harekâtı) by Turkey, was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the Syrian National Arm ...

, Kazım moved to what became

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

, settling in

Güzelyurt Güzelyurt, formerly Gelveri (Cappadocian Greek: Καρβάλη), is a town and district of Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, at a distance of from the city of Aksaray. According to 2000 census, population of the distric ...

. She subsequently became a member of the Community Assembly of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration.TMT heroes (5)
''Haber Güneş'', 17 June 2019 In 2006 she won a court case entitling her to compensation from the Cypriot government, which had expropriated land she owned in Mandria.Cyprus: Lack of political settlement prevents the displaced from fully enjoying their property rights
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kazim, Ayla 1934 births Living people People from Limassol Turkish Cypriot politicians 20th-century Cypriot women politicians 20th-century Cypriot politicians Cypriot farmers Members of the House of Representatives (Cyprus) 20th-century farmers