Leyla Yeniay Köseoğlu (, 1926 – 19 May 2002) was a Turkish politician. She served three terms in the parliament.

Politician career

She co-founded Motherland Party (, ANAP) in 1983, when political parties were allowed after the junta of the 1980 coup d'état banned all parties. She ran for the Deputy of Istanbul in the

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, and entered the

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. She served in the 17th Parliament until 1987. She continued her political career in the 1987 general election and served in the 18th Parliament. In 1991, she took part at the

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and served the last time in the

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until 1995.

Personal life

Leyla Yeniay was born to Abdi Yeniay and Afife in

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

district of

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, Turkey in 1926. Her grandfather Hacı Bekir Efendi, originated from AKşekir, was the Deputy of

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

in the first and second term of the First Parliament in the 1920s. She completed her education at Arnavutkoey American High School for Girls in Istanbul. She worked as a merchant and exporter. She gave birth to two sons, AHmet and Mustafa Köseoğlu. In 1999, she was sentenced to one year, three months imprisonment and 4.5 million Turkish lira (around 9 US$) fine for breaking the Forest Law by cutting down trees as the chair of a house building cooperative. The imprisonment was postponed. LeylaYeniay Köseoğlu died from heart attack in

Bodrum Bodrum () is a town and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. About 200 thousand people live in the district, which covers 650 km2 and includes the town. It is a port town at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Known in ancient times as Hal ...

Muğla Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe, Muğla, Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean Sea, Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of ...

on 19 May 2002. Her body was transferred to Istanbul and was buried in the family grave at

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery The Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery (), one of the largest burial grounds of Istanbul, Turkey, is located in the neighborhood of Edirnekapı of Eyüp district, in the European part of the city. It consists of an old, historical part and a mode ...

following the religious service held at

Şişli Mosque The Şişli Mosque () is a mosque located in Şişli Square between the Büyükdere Avenue, the Halaskargazi and Abide-i Hürriyet streets in the Şişli district of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. Due to lack of any mosque in Şişli, which got in ...

two days later.

References

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