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Candan Yüceer (born 4 May 1973) is a Turkish politician 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 ...
(CHP). She is the current Mayor of TekirdaÄŸ. Also, she has served as a Member of Parliament for
Tekirdağ Tekirdağ () is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. The city forms the urban part of the Süleymanpaşa district, with a population of 186,421 in 2022. Tekirdağ ...
from 28 June 2011 to 14 May 2023.


Early life and career

Yüceer was born on 4 May 1973 in
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. She graduated from
Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...
Faculty of Medicine and worked as a Ministry of Health practitioner 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 ( ...
,
Samsun Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...
and the
Çerkezköy Çerkezköy is a municipality and district of TekirdaÄŸ Province, Turkey. Its area is 86 km2, and its population is 206,829 (2022). Çerkezköy is located in inland Thrace just to the west of the outlying Istanbul districts of Çatalca and Sil ...
district of
Tekirdağ Tekirdağ () is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. The city forms the urban part of the Süleymanpaşa district, with a population of 186,421 in 2022. Tekirdağ ...
. In Çerkezköy, she also worked as a workplace health practitioner. She is one of the founding members of Çerkezköy's CUMOK society, which is one of the most well known
Kemalist Kemalism (, also archaically ''Kamâlizm'') or Atatürkism () is a political ideology based on the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Turkey, Republic of Turkey.Eric J. Zurcher, Turkey: A Modern History. Ne ...
societies in Turkey formed by readers of the newspaper ''
Cumhuriyet ''Cumhuriyet'' (; English: "Republic") is the oldest up-market Turkish daily newspaper. It has been described as "the most important independent public interest newspaper in contemporary Turkey". The newspaper was awarded the ''Freedom of Press ...
''. She also served on the executive board of CUMOK nationally. She was a member and the President of Çerkezköy's Atatürkist Thought Association and was also a member of the Women's 'Arm in Arm' Association ''(Kadınlar El Ele Derneği)'' and the Medical Chamber. She is married with two children and can speak English at a semi-fluent level.


Political career

Yüceer was elected as a CHP Member of Parliament for the
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of
Tekirdağ Tekirdağ () is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. The city forms the urban part of the Süleymanpaşa district, with a population of 186,421 in 2022. Tekirdağ ...
in the 2011 general election. She was later elected to the CHP Party Council and was re-elected as an MP in the June 2015 general election. As an MP, she gave her support for workers' rights and industrial action, meeting with 1,871 workers who had gone on strike in a polymer factory in Çerkezköy to extend her support on 19 June 2015.


See also

*
24th Parliament of Turkey This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Grand National Assembly for the 24th Parliament of the Republic of Turkey at the 2011 general election. Electoral districts are ordered according to plate codes of respective provinc ...
*
25th Parliament of Turkey This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Grand National Assembly for the 25th Parliament of the Republic of Turkey at the June 2015 general election, which was held on 7 June 2015. Electoral districts are ordered in alphabet ...
* TekirdaÄŸ (electoral district)


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External links


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