Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı
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Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı MP |
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| Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 24 November 2015 |
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| Speaker | İsmail Kahraman |
| Serving with |
Ahmet Aydın Akif Hamzaçebi Pervin Buldan |
| Preceded by | Koray Aydın |
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In office 2 July 2013 – 23 June 2015 |
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| Speaker | Cemil Çiçek |
| Serving with |
Sadık Yakut Güldal Mumcu Meral Akşener |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Sağlam |
| Succeeded by | Koray Aydın |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 22 July 2007 |
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| Constituency | İstanbul (II) (2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1954 Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Social Democratic Populist Party (before 2007) |
| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | İstanbul University |
| Religion | Islam |
Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı (born 26 November 1954) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who currently serves as a Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly since 24 November 2015. She previously served in the same position between 2 July and 23 June 2015. She has been a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district since 22 July 2007, having first been elected in the 2007 general election and re-elected in the 2011, June 2015 and November 2015 general elections.
Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı was born on 26 November 1954 in the district of Maçka, Trabzon Province. She graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law and later become a freelance lawyer. She served as a member of the executive board of the İstanbul Bars Association and also as their General Secretary. She has also been a member of the executive board for the Turkish Bars Association. She was a member of the Contemporary Jurists Association and also served as the İstanbul representative of the Social Democrat Action Platform Women's legal education workshop.
Originally active in Social democratic politics, she served as the President of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) İstanbul Women's Commission before switching allegiances to the right-wing conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP). She was elected as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district in the 2007 general election and was re-elected in the 2011, June 2015 and November 2015 general elections. In the 23rd and 24th Parliaments (2007 to 2015), she served as the President of the Turkish-Cuban inter-parliamentary friendship group.
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