Ayşe Şekibe İnsel (1886 – March 29, 1970) was a Turkish farmer, politician and one of the first 18 female members of the parliament.

Private life

Ayşe Şekibe was born to Dr. Şekip Bey and his spouse Fatma Hanım in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, then

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in 1886. She spent her youth years in Istanbul. She attended Istanbul Vocational School for Girls and the

Deutsche Schule Istanbul Deutsche Schule Istanbul ( en, German School of Istanbul, shortened as DSI), with formal Turkish name Özel Alman Lisesi ( en, Private German High School) or İstanbul Alman Lisesi ( en, German High School of Istanbul) or simply Alman Lisesi ( en, ...

. In 1905, she married Mehmet Kemalettin Bey, and became the mother of a son. She had knowledge of the German language because of her secondary education and her stay awhile in

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due to her son's school. She settled in İsaören village of

İnegöl İnegöl (known as , ''Angelokomis'' in the Byzantine period) is a city (center of the İnegöl district) in the Bursa Province of Turkey. It has a population of 340,000 (2011 figures). İnegöl is one of the centers of the Turkish furniture indust ...

district in

Bursa Province Bursa Province ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the nor ...

, where she was occupied with farming. Ayşe Şekibe İnsel died on March 29, 1970.

Politics

Following the women's suffrage law in 1934,

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were granted the right to vote and be elected into the parliament. She entered politics and was nominated by 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 ...

(CHP) for the 1935 general election held on February 8. She won a seat in the

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. She became so a deputy among the 18 female politicians, who entered the parliament for the first time in its history. She served in the 5th parliament as a deputy of Bursa electoral district. She was a member of the "Parliamentary Committee for Agriculture", and focused her works in policies of agriculture and farming as she had over twenty years of experience among farmers. In a report she submitted in 1935, she emphasized the historical importance of İznik, Bursa (historically

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) for tourism. She served in the parliament until April 3, 1939.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Insel, Ayse Sekibe 1886 births Politicians from Istanbul Deutsche Schule Istanbul alumni Turkish farmers Turkish women farmers 20th-century Turkish women politicians Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 5th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Bursa 1970 deaths Women's suffrage in Turkey