Tezer Taşkıran (, 1907 – 4 May 1979) was a Turkish–Azerbaijani writer, politician and teacher.

Early life

She was born in 1907 in

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. Her father was

Ahmet Ağaoğlu Ahmet Ağaoğlu, also known as Ahmet Bey Ağaoğlu (; or Ahmet Akif Agaoglu (December 1869, Shusha – May 19, 1939, Istanbul) was a public and political figure of Azerbaijan and Turkey, thinker, publicist, educator, writer, Turkologist, and ...

, a prominent Azerbaijani and later Turkish politician of the early 20th century. and her mother was Sitare khanım. After the fall of the

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in 1920, the Ağaoğlus moved to

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where Tezer graduated from Faculty of Literature of Istanbul University in 1925. She married surgeon Nimet Taşkıran in 1931 and traveled to

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; she returned to Turkey in 1933.

Family

Her father Ahmet Ağaoğlu was a prominent Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist. He was one of the founders of Pan-Turkism. Her sister

Süreyya Ağaoğlu Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903 – 29 December 1989) was a Turkish- Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa'. Scarecrow Press; 19 D ...

was a writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in

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. Her brother

Samet Ağaoğlu Samet Ağaoğlu (1909 – 6 August 1982) was a Turkish–Azerbaijani writer and politician. He was the son of the famous Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish people, Turkish politician, publicist and journalist Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Ahmet ...

was a poet and politician. Samet's wife, Neriman Ağaoğlu was also a politician.

Career

After graduating from university, she worked as a teacher and became the first woman to be appointed director of a boys' school in Turkey. She became one of the founding members of the Helpers Association founded in 1928. She was the president of the Turkish University Women Association. She was elected to the

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from

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, and from

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and

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

Works

* ''Logic'', 1928 * ''Suri and Applied Logi''c, 1929 * ''Stuart Mill'', 1931 * ''Principles of Turkish Ethics'', 1934 * ''Dormitory Information'', 1939 * ''The Citizen's Handbook'', 1971 * ''Turkish Women's Rights on the 50th Anniversary of the Republic'', 1973

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