Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903,

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Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

– 29 December 1989,

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) was a

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- Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female

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.Ghada Talhami.
Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa
'. Scarecrow Press; 19 December 2012. . p. 355–.Fahri Sakal.
Ağaoğlu Ahmed Bey
'. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi; 1999. . p. 13, 47, 62.

Early life and education

Ağaoğlu was the daughter of

Ahmet Ağaoğlu Ahmet Ağaoğlu, also known as Ahmet Bey Ağaoğlu ( az, Əhməd bəy Ağaoğlu; December 1869 – 19 May 1939), was a prominent Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist. He was one of the founders of Pan-Turkism ...

, a prominent

i and later Turkish politician of the early 20th century.İbrahim Sarı.
Türk Tarihinde Kadın: Türklerde Kadın Baş Tacıydı…
'. noktaekitap; 1 March 2018. GGKEY:9RDRN2BTDSL. p. 93–. After the fall of the

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), or simply as Azerbaijan in Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920,''Bulletin d'Information de l'Azerbaidjan'', No. I, September 1, 1919, pp. 6–7''125 H.C.Debs.'', 58., February 24, 1920, p. 1467. Caucasian Az ...

in 1920, the Ağaoğlus moved to

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

where Süreyya enrolled in the Faculty of Law at

Istanbul University , 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 ...

.Bekir Bakan.
Türkiye'deki Kadın Hak İhlalleri
'. Cinius Yayınları; 1 June 2012. . p. 148–.

Career

After graduation Ağaoğlu worked as a lawyer from 1927 to her death in 1989. In 1928, taking the free lawyer license and became Turkey's first female lawyer. For her initiative, Istanbul Bar Association was elected a member of the International Bar Association. From 1946 to 1960, she was the only female board member of this union. After

1960 Turkish coup d'état The 1960 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 27 Mayıs Darbesi) was the first Turkish coup d'état, coup d'état in the Turkey, Republic of Turkey. It took place on May 27, 1960. The coup was staged by a group of 38 young Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish m ...

she became his brother's lawyer. At that time, he entered politics as a member of the newly formed New Turkey Party and became the party's leader in At one point she worked as an assistant to Professor Schwartz and

Türkan Rado Türkan Rado (30 October 1915 – 3 March 2007) was a Turkish professor of jurisprudence specializing in Roman law at Istanbul University. She was the first ever female professor of law in Turkey. Biography She was born on 30 October 1915 in Ist ...

.Çi?dem Borchers.
Frauenstudium und Hochschulkarrieren in der Türkei: Historische Entwicklungen vom 19. Jahrhundert bis heute mit vergleichendem Blick auf Deutschland
'. Waxmann Verlag; 2013. . p. 331–. She is the author of books ''What I Saw in London'' (''Londra'da Gördüklerim'') and ''One Life Has Passed Just Like This'' (''Bir Hayat Böyle Geçti''), where she discussed many legal issues and wrote biographical information about her father.Ufuk Özcan.
Ahmet Ağaoğlu ve rol değişikliği: yüzyıl dönümünde batıcı bir aydın
'. Donkişot Yayınları; 2002. . p. ?.

Personal life

She married German lawyer Werner Taschenbreker in 1950 and divorced in the 1960s. They had no children.

Family

Her father Ahmet Ağaoğlu was a prominent Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist. He was one of the founders of Pan-Turkism. Her sister Tezer Taşkıran was a writer, politician and teacher. Her brother

Samet Ağaoğlu Samet Ağaoğlu (1909, Bakü - 6 Ağustos 1982, İstanbul) was a Turkish–Azerbaijani writer and politician. He was the son of the famous Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist Ahmet Agaoğlu. Early life ...

was a poet and politician.

Death

Süreyya Ağaoğlu died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1989.

References

* Who is who database
''Biography of Süreyya Ağaoğlu''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agaoglu, Sureyya 1903 births 1989 deaths Writers from Shusha People from Elizavetpol Governorate Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent Soviet emigrants to Turkey Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni 20th-century Turkish lawyers Turkish women lawyers 20th-century Turkish women writers Burials at Feriköy Cemetery Ağaoğlu family