Ayşegül Baybars Kadri (born 1981
) 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 ...
politician, who served as Interior Minister for
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 ...
between 2018 and 2020.
Career
In 2002 Baybars graduated with a degree in Law from
Marmara University. She subsequently studied for a MA in European Law at the same institution.
The lawyer was a founding member in 2016 of the
''Halkın Partisi'' (People's Party) established. Baybars was appointed Interior Minister on 2 February 2018. She has been the youngest member of the Northern Cyprus coalition government.
She resigned from the People's Party in 2022, alongside
Jale Refik Rogers and 64 other party members.
Personal life
Baybars is married and has one child.
References
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1981 births
Living people
Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)
Turkish Cypriot women in politics
Marmara University alumni