Serap Yazıcı (born 1963 in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and academic of
Constitutional Law
Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in ...
.
She was a member of a committee tasked with drafting a proposal for the new
constitution of Turkey
The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye (), and informally as the Constitution of 1982 (), is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government, and sets out the pr ...
.
She was elected to the
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
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from
Antalya
Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...
in the
2023 Turkish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 2023, alongside presidential elections, to elect all 600 members of the Grand National Assembly. The incoming members formed the 28th Parliament of Turkey. The elections had originally been ...
. Although she was member of the
Future Party, she was elected from the
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...
list. However, She resigned from the
Future Party on February 22, 2025. She joined the
AKP on February 23, 2025.
Early years
At the age of thirteen, she lost her eyesight in a car accident with her family, at which her mother was killed.
She was educated in the
Faculty of Law at Ankara University, and graduated earning a
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...
in 1984. In 1995, Yazıcı completed her postgraduate studies at the same university, and obtained the title
Doctor of Law
A Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) is a doctoral degree in legal studies. The abbreviation LL.D. stands for ''Legum Doctor'', with the double “L” in the abbreviation referring to the early practice in the University of Cambridge to teach both canon law ...
.
Career
In 1998, Yazıcı was appointed professor of Constitutional Law in the
Faculty of Law
A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In North America, academic divisions are sometimes titled colleges, sc ...
at
Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul Bilgi University () is a private university founded in 1996, located in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Turkey. The university has four campuses in Istanbul: SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Dolapdere, and Kozyatağı.
History
The university was ...
, where she served until 2012.
She used to be a faculty member at
Istanbul Şehir University.
She was a member of the six-person committee tasked by the then prime minister
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...
with drafting a proposal for the new
constitution of Turkey
The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye (), and informally as the Constitution of 1982 (), is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government, and sets out the pr ...
.
She has been critical of the constitution drafted after the
1980 Turkish coup d'état
The 1980 Turkish coup d'état (), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by memorandum.
During ...
, saying "In the Turkish judicial system, the number of rulings that were based on the principle of objectivity would most likely be in the minority".
References
1963 births
Living people
People from Ankara
Turkish non-fiction writers
Turkish legal scholars
Turkish women academics
Blind scholars and academics
Date of birth missing (living people)
Turkish blind people
Academic staff of Istanbul Bilgi University
Academic staff of Istanbul Şehir University
Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni
Women legal scholars
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Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey
Turkish women MPs
21st-century Turkish women politicians
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Deputies of Antalya
Blind politicians
Turkish politicians with disabilities