Selina Özuzun Doğan (born Selina Özuzun in 1977), aka Selina Doğan, is a Turkish politician of

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

ethnicity who served as a member of the

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

between 2015 and 2018. She became one of the first

members of Turkey’s parliament in decades, alongside Markar Esayan ( AKP) and

Garo Paylan Garo Paylan ( hy, Կարօ Փայլան, born 1972) is a Turkish politician of Armenian descent. He is a Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) representing Diyarbakır. He became one of the firs ...

( HDP).

Family life

She was born in 1977 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, ...

. After completing her secondary education at the French high school

Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul ( tr, Notre Dame de Sion Özel Fransız Lisesi) is a French private high school located in the Harbiye, Şişli neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded in 1856. The high school was established in the O ...

, she received a degree in law at

Galatasaray University Galatasaray University ( tr, Galatasaray Üniversitesi, french: Université Galatasaray) is a Turkish university established in İstanbul, Turkey in 1992, following an agreement signed in the presence of President François Mitterrand of France ...

, and then took a master's degree from

Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Do ...

. Furthermore, she began her professional career working in a law firm and serving as a lawyer for the minority foundations. She is married and has two children.

Politician career

Selina Özuzun Doğan was nominated as a candidate for the June 2015 general election 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). Upon agreeing with the proposal of minority groups to have a representative in the parliament,

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born Kemal Karabulut, 17 December 1948) is a Turkish economist, retired civil servant and social democratic politician. He is leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in T ...

, leader of CHP, put her name on the first place of the party's candidate list for Istanbul 2nd Constituency. On June 7, 2015, she was elected into the parliament, and became so the first Armenian members of the

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in decades alongside

( HDP) and Markar Esayan ( AKP). Apart from Hermine Kalustyan, who served six months in the Constituent Assembly of Turkey ( tr, Kurucu Meclis) after her appointment by the military junta following the

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, Özuzun Doğan is the only female Armenian member of the parliament in the history of Turkish politics. She was not re-nominated as a CHP candidate for the

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References

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