Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan

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Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan
Deputy Leader of the Republican People's Party
In office
25 December 2010 – 17 August 2011
LeaderKemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Deputy General Secretary of the Republican People's Party
In office
22 May 2010 – 13 November 2010
LeaderKemal Kılıçdaroğlu
SecretaryÖnder Sav
Preceded byMesut Değer
Succeeded byDidem Engin
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
12 June 2011 – 24 June 2018
ConstituencyAnkara (II) (2011)
Ankara (I) (June 2015, Nov 2015)
In office
3 November 2002 – 22 July 2007
ConstituencyAnkara (I) (2002)
Personal details
Born (1957-02-25) 25 February 1957 (age 67)
Paris Institute of Political Studies
OccupationPolitician
WebsitePersonal website

Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan (born Ayşe Gülsün Toker, 25 February 1957) is a

interim election government
in August 2015.

Early life and career

Ayşe Gülsün was born on 25 February 1957 in Ankara, as the daughter of journalist Metin Toker and as the granddaughter of the 2nd President of Turkey, İsmet İnönü. She graduated from the International Relations department at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and later became a member of teaching staff at Bilkent University. She served as the Deputy President of the İnönü Foundation.[1]

Political career

Republican People's Party

Bilgehan was first elected as a

Ordinary party Convention that took place on 22 May 2010, she was elected as the party's deputy general secretary. However, in November 2010, she and the party General Secretary Önder Sav resigned from their posts, intending to not take part in the leadership team of the newly elected party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Nevertheless, Bilgehan returned to the party council in December 2010, becoming a deputy leader of the party.[3] She resigned on 17 August 2011, shortly after being elected again as an MP, this time for Ankara's second electoral district at the 2011 general election. She was re-elected again at the June 2015 general election, this time from the first electoral district.[4]

Bilgehan was one of the five CHP politicians who were offered ministerial positions by

independent politicians. Bilgehan subsequently declined Davutoğlu's offer, as did the four other CHP MPs that had been offered ministerial positions.[5]

Council of Europe

When she first became an MP in 2002, Bilgehan began working at the

Socialist Group since the same year. Since January 2012, she has been the president of the Socialist Group Women's Working Group and since January 2015, she has been the president of the PACE Anti-Discrimination and Equality Commission.[6]

Bilgehan has also served as a Turkish delegation member of the now-defunct Western European Union.

Personal life

Bilgehan is married with three children and can speak both English and French. She has authored a book titled Mevhibe about the Turkish War of Independence, the establishment of the Turkish Republic and the first few years of the Republic from the point of view of Mevhibe Hanım, Bilgehan's grandmother. She received the Female Writer of the Year award from the Istanbul Union of Women's Associations and also the Abdi İpekçi award.[7]

Awards and recognition

  • Abdi İpekçi Award
  • Female Writer of the Year

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan Toker kimdir?".
  2. ^ "Ayşe gülsün bilgehan AYŞE GÜLSÜN BİLGEHAN AYSE GULSUN BILGEHAN ayse gulsun bilgehan haberleri haber". www.haberler.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-20.
  3. ^ "Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan kimdir?". Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  4. ^ "2015 Seçim Sonuçları - 1 Kasım 2015 Ankara 1. Bölge Genel Seçim Sonuçları".
  5. ^ "İşte Bakanlık teklifini reddeden isimler". MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ. 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ "CHP'li Gülsün Bilgehan, Avrupa Konseyi Eşitlik Komisyonu Başkanı".
  7. ^ "Özgeçmiş Yeni - Gülsün Bilgehan, Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan, CHP Ankara Milletvekili". www.gulsunbilgehan.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19.

External links

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