Dilek Akagün Yılmaz (born 1963) is a Turkish

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

Life

Dilek Akagün was born to Ali and Ümmü in Külköy village of

Karahallı Karahallı is a town in Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karahallı District.

district in

Uşak Province Uşak () is a Provinces of Turkey, province in western Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Manisa Province, Manisa to the west, Denizli Province, Denizli to the south, Afyon Province, Afyon to the east, and Kütahya Province, Kütahya to the north. ...

, Turkey in 1963. In 1984, after completing the School of Law of the

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

, she began working as an attorney in

Uşak Uşak () is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Uşak Province and Uşak District.Human Rights Association. She is also a member of ''Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği'' ( Atatürkist Thought Association) and the ''Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği'' ( Association for the Support of Contemporary Living). She is married to Fuat Yılmaz, and the mother of two.

Politics

In 1988, she joined 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). In the local elections held on 26 March 1989, she was elected to the municipal council of

Uşak Uşak () is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Uşak Province and Uşak District.24th Parliament of Turkey. In 2013 she accused a member of the party as being spy, and was warned by the party disciplinary committee.Memurlar page
/ref> She ran for a second term in 2015, however she placed fourth in preselection denying her a place on the party list in Uşak.T24 CHP'li Dilek Akagün Yılmaz ön seçime takıldı
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akagun Yilmaz, Dilek Living people 1963 births People from Karahallı Dokuz Eylül University alumni 21st-century Turkish women politicians Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey 20th-century Turkish lawyers 21st-century Turkish lawyers Turkish women MPs 20th-century Turkish women lawyers 21st-century Turkish women lawyers