Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Family and Social Policy | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Sema Ramazanoğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2015 | |
| Constituency | Istanbul (II) (Nov 2015) |
| Deputy chairwoman of the Justice and Development Party responsible for foreign affairs | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2015 | |
| Leader | Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 31, 1981 Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
| Spouse | İlyas Kaya |
| Alma mater | Bilkent University (BSci) İstanbul University (MD) |
| Cabinet | 65th |
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (born January 31, 1981) is a Turkish politician who serves as the Minister of Family and Social Policies and Deputy Prime Minister since 24 May 2016. She is the only woman in the 65th Cabinet and the third minister with headscarf in Turkish political history.[1] She has an computer engineering degree as well as a Doctor of Medicine degree.
She is a Member of Parliament for Istanbul second electoral district from Justice and Development Party (AKP). She was first an AKP candidate in the June 2015 general election but was not successful. She was elected in November 2015.
Fatma Betül Sayan graduated from Bilkent University department of computer engineering with high distinction.[2] She worked as a project engineer in İstanbul. Later she went to United States and studied at New York University for a while.[failed verification] After returning to Turkey, she attended Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine. Between 2009 and 2012, she served as an advisor to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[3]
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya is married and has two children. She is sister of Ömer Fatih Sayan who is the head of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya Google'da en çok aranan isim oldu!" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Bilgisayar Mühendisliği" (in Turkish). Bilkent University. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "26. Dönem Milletvekili Adaylarımız" (in Turkish). Justice and Development Party. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan [@ofatihsayan] (7 April 2015). "Fatma Betül S. AK Parti İstanbul 3. Bölge milletvekili adaylığın hayırlı olsun.Rabbim hayırlı hizmetlere vesile kılsın.Tebrikler" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Abla Bakan, kızkardeş Müsteşar Yardımcısı" (in Turkish). Meydan. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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- Living people
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- People from Fatih
- Turkish engineers
- Computer engineers
- Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians
- 21st-century Turkish politicians
- Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 65th government of Turkey
- Bilkent University alumni
- Beyoğlu Anatolian High School alumni
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