Nesrin Nas (born 1958) is a Turkish female academic in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and the former leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). She was born in the

Central Anatolia The Central Anatolia Region ( tr, İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara. Other big cities are Konya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Sivas, and Aksaray. Located in Central Turkey, it is bordered ...

n town of

Bünyan Bünyan is a town and a district of Kayseri Province in Central Anatolia, Turkey. History Evidence that the history of Bunyan is very old can be understood from the existing caves and ruins in the villages near the district. It is understood t ...

Kayseri Province The Kayseri Province ( tr, ) is situated in central Turkey. The population is 1,434,357 of which around 1,175,876 live in the city of Kayseri. It covers an area of 16,917 km2 and it borders with Sivas, Adana, Niğde, Kahramanmaraş, Yoz ...

. Her father's name was Mehmet Şecaattin and her mother's Şerife. After graduating from the

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

İstanbul 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, ...

in economics, Nesrin Nas conducted studies on international

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s in the

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. Returned home, she earned a

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

in economics from the

University of Istanbul , image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg , image_size = 200px , latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis , motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü , mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future , established = 1453 1846 1933 ...

. Nesrin Nas became lecturer in economics at the Marmara University. and worked 13 years at this post. During this time, she served also as a consultant at the economics newspaper "''Dünya''". She left the university to represent some international financial organizations and newspapers in Turkey, like DC Gardner Training, ''Euromoney'' magazine and ''Emerging Markets'' newspaper. She was adviser to Capital Markets Board of the Prime Minister. She entered politics in 1999 and was elected in the 1999 general election as deputy of Istanbul from the Motherland Party. Nesrin Nas was elected the first female president of the Motherland Party at its convention held on 13 December 2003, succeeding Ali Talip Özdemir, who waived to run for the presidency again. She resigned from her post on 25 November 2004, following dissensions on the merger of ANAP with the

True Path Party The True Path Party ( tr, Doğru Yol Partisi, DYP) was a centre-right political party in Turkey, active from 1983 to 2007. For most of its history, the party's central figure was Süleyman Demirel, a former Prime Minister of Turkey who previously ...

(Doğru Yol Partisi, DYP) under its leader

Mehmet Ağar Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born on 30 October 1951) is a Turkish former police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He was a police officer who rose to General Director of the General Directorate of Security (effect ...

. Nesrin Nas is married to the financial lawyer Adnan Nas. They together have one child.

References

* Who is who database
''Biography of Nesrin Nas''

External links

Turkish Grand National Assembly official website
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