Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı (born 26 November 1954) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who currently serves as a Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly since 24 November 2015. She previously served in the same position between 2 July and 23 June 2015. She has been a

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for Istanbul's second electoral district since 22 July 2007, having first been elected in the 2007 general election and re-elected in the

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, June 2015 and November 2015 general elections.

Early life and career

Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı was born on 26 November 1954 in the district of

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. She graduated from

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Faculty of Law and later become a freelance lawyer. She served as a member of the executive board of the Istanbul Bar Association and also as their General Secretary. She has also been a member of the executive board for the

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. She was a member of the Contemporary Jurists Association and also served as the Istanbul representative of the Social Democrat Action Platform Women's legal education workshop.

Political career

Originally she served as the President of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) Istanbul Women's Commission but later joined the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP). She was elected as a

for Istanbul's second electoral district in the 2007 general election and was re-elected in the

, June 2015 and November 2015 general elections. In the 23rd and 24th Parliaments (2007 to 2015), she served as the President of the Turkish-

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n inter-parliamentary friendship group. She was not renominated for the 2018 parliamentary election.

Deputy Speaker

Bahçekapılı first became a Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly on 2 July 2013, halfway through the course of the 24th Parliament. She served until the end of the parliamentary term on 23 June 2015. Serving under Speaker

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, she served alongside AKP colleague Sadık Yakut, the

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(CHP) MP Güldal Mumcu and the

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(MHP) MP

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References

External links

MP profile at the Grand National Assembly websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bahcekapili, Ayse Nur Living people 1954 births Deputies of Istanbul Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) politicians Istanbul University alumni Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey People from Maçka Deputy Speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Early life and career

Political career

Deputy Speaker

See also

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