Ayşe Şekibe İnsel (1886 – 29 March 1970) was a Turkish farmer, politician and one of the first 18 female members of the parliament.

Private life

Ayşe Şekibe was born to Dr. Şekip Bey and his spouse Fatma Hanım in

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, then

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in 1886. She spent her youth years in Istanbul. She attended Istanbul Vocational School for Girls and the

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. In 1905, she married Mehmet Kemalettin Bey, and became the mother of a son. She had knowledge of the German language because of her secondary education and her stay awhile in

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due to her son's school. She settled in İsaören village of

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district in

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, where she was occupied with farming. Ayşe Şekibe İnsel died on 29 March 1970.

Politics

Following the women's suffrage law in 1934,

Turkish women Women obtained full political participation rights in Turkey, including the right to vote and the right to run for office locally, in 1930, and nationwide in 1934. Article 10 of the Turkish Constitution bans any discrimination, state or pri ...

were granted the right to vote and be elected into the parliament. She entered politics and was nominated by the

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(CHP) for the 1935 general election held on 8 February. She won a seat in the

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. She became so a deputy among the 18 female politicians, who entered the parliament for the first time in its history. She served in the 5th parliament as a deputy of Bursa electoral district. She was a member of the "Parliamentary Committee for Agriculture", and focused her works in policies of agriculture and farming as she had over twenty years of experience among farmers. In a report she submitted in 1935, she emphasized the historical importance of İznik, Bursa (historically

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) for tourism. She served in the parliament until 3 April 1939.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Insel, Ayse Sekibe 1886 births Politicians from Istanbul Deutsche Schule Istanbul alumni Turkish farmers Turkish women farmers 20th-century Turkish women politicians Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 5th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Bursa 1970 deaths Women's suffrage in Turkey 20th-century farmers 20th-century women farmers