Hatice Dudu Özkal (born 13 September 1966) is a Turkish theologian, and politician. She served as an MP in the Turkish Grand Assembly with the Justice and Development Party (AK Party). Özkal was born on 13 September 1966 in

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. She completed her higher education in Islamic

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at the

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. Between 1992 and 2000, she worked as a teacher at Afyon Anadolu Imam-Hatip High School. After the 2009 local elections, Özkal served as an Afyonkarahisar Municipal Councillor. She was elected as an AK Party Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar in the November 2015 general election. Özkal is one of the founding members of

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's newly formed

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. Hatice Dudu Özkal is married, and has three children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozkal, Hatice Dudu Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Democracy and Progress Party politicians Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey 1966 births Living people

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