Rümeysa Kadak (born 16 May 1996) is a Turkish politician and a member of the

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. Elected in 2018, she represents

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, the largest city in Turkey, in the Turkish Parliament. Kadak is the youngest MP in Turkey.

Education

Kadak received her bachelor's degree from the English Language Teaching Department of

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In 2014, Kadak joined the Meridyen Association (), where she became the head of the youth branch and ran a debate platform. As she continued her work at Meridyen Derneği, she also volunteered at GEA Search and Rescue Association helping the emergency efforts on the ground and made handmade education materials for the disabled. "Organized Madness" is another civil effort she became part of in 2016 where she started her activism career. In college she was elected as the Vice President of the Student Council.

Professional career

During her college years, she worked in the media sector:

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and

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. She later taught English at Çamlıca İmam Hatip High School and Çamlıca private primary school.

Political career

In 2017, she became the youngest member of

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's ( Justice and Development Party) executive board. After the Turkish constitutional referendum that enabled people between age 18 and 25 to be member of parliament in Turkey, Kadak became the first and youngest official politician in Turkey with her enrollment to politics as an executive member of AK Party, the ruling party in Turkey. In late 2017, she was appointed the vice-president of AK Party's Civil Society and Public Relations branch. In the parliamentary election held in June 2018, Kadak was elected as the Deputy for Istanbul. She became the youngest-ever deputy in Turkey. She has a seat in the Presidential Council of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as the Clerk Member.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kadak, Rumeysa 1996 births Living people Deputies of Istanbul Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians 21st-century Turkish women politicians Turkish women MPs Marmara University alumni