Ayşen Gürcan
Ayşen Gürcan | |
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Minister of Family and Social Policy | |
In office 28 August 2015 – 17 November 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Preceded by | Ayşenur İslam |
Succeeded by | Sema Ramazanoğlu |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 63rd |
Ayşen Gürcan (born 1963) is a
A member of the Justice and Development Party, she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2023 parliamentary election from Eskişehir.[1]
Early life and career
Ayşen Gürcan was born in Burdur in 1963 and graduated from primary and middle school there.
Academic career
In 1986, Gürcan graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Communication Sciences. Between 1987 and 1989, she worked for a master's degree on the topic of educational communication and planning. She obtained a doctorate on the topic of education technology.[2] Between 1990 and 2005, she was a research member, teaching member and staff member at the Anadolu University Faculty of Education. She has published numerous works on educational sciences, teaching and learning, educational communication, techno-psychology and family education. She is currently a member of teaching staff at Istanbul Commerce University.[3]
Bureaucratic career
Between 2006 and 2011, Gürcan served as the general manager for Family and Social Research at the
Minister of Family and Social Policy
After the
Erdoğan called a
Gürcan became the only woman in the interim election cabinet and the first ever government minister in Turkey to wear a headscarf.[5] The appointment was seen as significant due to the staunchly secular political traditions of Turkey, which until recently banned the use of the headscarf by MPs and civil servants.[6] It was claimed that Davutoğlu had to phone her 8 times to invite her to become a Minister, since she was abroad while the interim government was being formed.[7]
'Börek' controversy
Amid several controversial tweets on her
Polemic with the Undersecretary
In September 2015, it was reported that Gürcan had written a complaint about the Undersecretary to the Family and Social Policy Ministry, Nesrin Çelik, to the President of Turkey. The complaint, which allegedly arose from institutional disagreements between the two women, was eyed sceptically by several commentators since Çelik was well known to be close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In a reply to her complaint, Gürcan was told by the Presidency that she only had 2 months left in office and she should not interfere with such issues. Former Interior Minister Efkan Ala also came out in support of Çelik.[12]
Controversy
Gürcan's appointment as a minister was controversial due to her views on religious education, Islamic punishment and the
See also
References
- ^ "AK Parti'li Gürcan, Eskişehir'de Eğitim Bir-Sen'in ödül törenine katıldı". ABC Haber (in Turkish). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Ayşen Gürcan Kabinenin İlk Başörtülü Bakanı Oldu". 28 August 2015.
- ^ "TÜBİS - Ticaret Üniversitesi Bilgi Yönetim Sistemi".
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Ayşen Gürcan Türkiye'nin ilk başörtülü bakanı oldu".
- ^ "Yeni kabinenin ilk başörtülü bakanı: Ayşen Gürcan".
- ^ "İlk 'Seçim Hükümeti' Kuruldu İlklerle Kuruldu".
- ^ "Davutoğlu'nun 8 kez aradığı bakan". 28 August 2015.
- ^ "Ayşen Gürcan: Bu sıralar börek açıyorum!".
- ^ "'Bu sıralar ben börek açıyorum'".
- ^ "Bakan Gürcan'ın esprisi gündemi salladı".
- ^ "Ayşen Gürcan: 'Bu sıralar ben börek açıyorum' | CHP Gündemi". Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "Kadın Bakan baltayı taşa vurdu".
- ^ "Gürcan Twitter hesabını kapattı".