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Ayseli Göksoy
Hatice Ayseli Göksoy (, 21 September 1935 – 26 November 2022), was a Turkish painter, women's rights activist and politician. She served one term in the parliament. Women's rights activist Göksoy was active in a number of women's organizations. In 1964, she was elected to the central board of the Turkish Women Union. She became chairperson of that organization in 1983. She gave great importance to women's rights. She organized celebrations of the International Women's Day on 8 March and the Day of the Turkish women's passive suffrage on 5 December (1934). She initiated the establishment of special schools by the Ministry of National Education (Turkey), Ministry of National Education for the mentally disabled children. Politician career Göksoy joined the True Path Party (, DYP). She ran for the Deputy of Manisa in the 1995 Turkish general election, 1995 general election. She entered the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to serve in the 20th Parliament of Turkey, 20th Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manisa
Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with a population of 385,452 in 2022. Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port city and the regional metropolitan center of İzmir and by its fertile hinterland rich in quantity and variety of agricultural production. In fact, İzmir's proximity also adds a particular dimension to all aspects of life's pace in Manisa in the form of a dense traffic of daily commuters between the two cities, separated as they are by a half-hour drive served by a fine six-lane highway nevertheless requiring attention at all times due to its curves and the rapid ascent (sea-level to more than 500 meters at Sabuncubeli Pass) across Mount Sipylus's mythic scenery. The historic part of Manisa s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
