Nermin Neftçi

Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi (1924 – August 20, 2003) Turkish female jurist, politician and former government minster.

Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1924. She graduated from the Ankara University Law School.^[1]

Following the 1969 general election, she entered the parliament as a deputy of Muş Province. She became so the first Turkish female politician ever elected from the eastern provinces of Turkey after the establishment of democracy. She served in decision-making boards of the Republican People's Party (CHP). In the later yeras of the parliamentary term, she was appointed Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly, a position that was held for the first time by a woman. She did not participate in the 1973 general election. However, she was taken into the cabinet of Sadi Irmak as the Ministry of Culture serving from November 17, 1974 to March 31, 1975.^[1]

Nermin Neftçi wrote columns in various dailies and periodicals. She authored a book titled "O Yakadan Bu Yakaya" about the structure of the Turkish language and the folklore of the Iraqi Turkmens in Kirkuk.^[1]

Neftçi died aged 79 on August 20, 2003 in Bodrum, Muğla Province. She was mother of two sons, Salih and Sinan.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "İlk kadın TBMM başkanvekili vefat etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2017-09-24.

Political offices
Preceded by Talât Sait Halman	Minister of Culture of Turkey November 17, 1974 – March 31, 1975	Succeeded by Rıfkı Danışman

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[h1-1] "İlk kadın TBMM başkanvekili vefat etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2017-09-24.

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