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Neriman Elgin

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Neriman Elgin
Member of the 17th Parliament
for Ankara
In office
24 November 1983 – 16 October 1987
Personal details
Born
Neriman

1921
Malatya, Turkey
Died11 March 1994(1994-03-11) (aged 72–73)
Political partyPopulist Party (HP)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
Spouseİsmet Elgin (1904–1976)
Children4
OccupationPolitician

Neriman Elgin (1921 – 11 March 1994) was a Turkish politician. She served one term in the parliament.

Politician career

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Elgin served in Ankara as the Deputy Chairperson of the Municipal council between 1973 and 1980.[1] In 1983, she co-founded Populist Party (Turkish: Halkçı Parti, HP), a descendant of the Republican People's Party (CHP), which was banned after the 1980 coup d'état. She ran for the Deputy of Ankara in the 1983 general election. She entered the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and served in the 17th Parliament.[2] In 1985, the Populist Party merged with the Social Democracy Party (SODEP) forming the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP).[3] She was a member of the parliamentary foreign affairs commission.[1]

Personal life

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Neriman was born to Talat and Macide in Malatya, Turkey in 1921. She completed her education at Erenköy Girls High School in Istanbul.[1]

She marriad to author İsmet Elgin (1904–1976), and gave birth to four children.[1]

Neriman Elgin died on 11 March 1994.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Gökçimen, Semra; Havvana Yapıcı; Engin Kaya; Dinçer Gültemen; Taner Geçmez (2009). "Türk Parlamento Tarihinde Kadın Parlamenterler 1935–2009" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Neriman Elgin" (in Turkish). Vekillerimiz. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Halkçı Parti" (in Turkish). Siyasi Tarih. Retrieved 7 February 2024.