Aylin Nazlıaka (born 1968 in Ankara) is a Turkish politician and businesswoman from the

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

Education and professional career

She holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

. She completed “Emerging Leaders” programme at

Harvard Kennedy School The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...

in the USA. She started her career at private sector. At the age of 24, she decided to establish her own company, named HRM Consulting. The firm has become one of the most reputable human resources consultancy companies in Turkey. She became one of the leading names of Turkey in the scope of management and human resources. In addition to HRM Consulting, she became the partner of an international human resources company in 2008, which has offices in 52 countries. Aylin Nazlıaka is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. She has many articles published in journals. She gave lectures about Human Resources Management at

Bilkent University Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...

. She is the Advisory Board Member of Endeavor Turkey.

Member of Parliament

Thanks to a proposal made by

(CHP), she entered politics that has always taken her great interest and selected as the member of Party Assembly in 2010. In the elections of 2011, she has been selected as the Deputy of Ankara. Besides, she is the member of EU Harmonization and Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee at Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Nazlıaka won the pre-elections and once more she became the Member of Parliament for Ankara. Aylin Nazlıaka is the architect of the CHP's "Plus for the Youth" project which aims to create equal opportunity for unemployed young people. Awards won include "Business Women of the Year Award", 2001; "Middle East Technical University Honor Award", 2002; "Young Business Women of the Year Award", 2008; "Awards For People Touching Lives", 2012; "Member of Parliament of the Year Award", 2012; "Women's Platform Award", 2012; "Member of Parliament of the Year Award", 2013; "Politician of the Year Award", 2013 and "Politician of the Year Award", 2014. She is married with two children. In 2015 she claimed that, a CHP PM put down Atatürk's portrait from his office. Later he was identified as CHP Ankara PM , whom she never publicly disclosed. She couldn't prove her claims, and resulted with a slander claim against her. The discipline committee decided to expel her with 8 against 7 votes in 4 March 2016. The same Party Assembly took a decision to make her a party member again on 15 September 2019. On 19 January 2017 she handcuffed herself to the podium, causing a fight in the

TBMM The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, ), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament ( tr, or ''Parlamento''), is the Unicameralism, unicameral Turkey, Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives ...

References

External links

Aylin Nazlıaka TBMM
*https://twitter.com/AylinNazliaka {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazliaka, Aylin 1968 births Turkish economists Turkish women in business Turkish businesspeople Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Middle East Technical University alumni Living people Politicians from Ankara Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey 21st-century Turkish women politicians