Beran Bertuğ (born 6 October 1956) is a Cypriot politician who served as the of the Gazimağusa District of the

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. She is the first woman to hold this post.

Biography

Born on 6 October 1956 in

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, Bertuğ finished the city's established Gazi Primary School and Famagusta Namık Kemal High School. Following her secondary education in Cyprus, she pursued her higher education in

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, where she finished university with a degree in chemical engineering. She started her teaching career in 1981 as a secondary school teacher and continued this until 2009 becoming a Vice

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of Namik Kemal High School, where she taught

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for many years. During her teaching career at NKL, she actively encouraged participation of her school in the "Sister Schools Programme" to foster close links with other secondary education institutions in Cyprus and Turkey. In April 2009, Bertuğ was appointed as the first female of Famagusta, a role which she held until 8 November 2013. She also became the first Cypriot woman to hold this role. Bertuğ is married and is a mother of two.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertug, Beran 1956 births Living people People from Famagusta Turkish Cypriot women in politics Cypriot educators Turkish Cypriot expatriates in Turkey