Ayşen Gürcan
| Ayşen Gürcan | |
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| Minister of Family and Social Policy | |
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In office 28 August 2015 – 17 November 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Ayşenur İslam |
| Succeeded by | Sema Ramazanoğlu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 Burdur, Turkey |
| Nationality |
 Turkey
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| Alma mater | Anadolu University |
| Occupation | Academic, civil servant |
| Cabinet | 63rd |
Ayşen Gürcan (born 1963) is a Turkish academic and bureaucrat who served as the Minister of Family and Social Policy in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu from 28 August to 17 November 2015. She is the first government minister in Turkey to wear a headscarf.
Ayşen Gürcan was born in Burdur in 1963 and graduated from primary and middle school there.
In 1986, Gürcan graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Communication Sciences. Between 1987 and 1989, she worked for a masters degree on the topic of educational communication and planning. She obtained a doctorate on the topic of education technology. 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.
Between 2006 and 2011, Gürcan served as the general manager for Family and Social Research at the Prime Ministry of Turkey. Between 2011 and 2013, she served as the Undersecretary to the Ministry of Family and Social Policy.
After the June 2015 general election resulted in a hung parliament, unsuccessful coalition negotiations raised speculation over whether President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would call an early election in the event that AKP leader Ahmet Davutoğlu was unable to form a government within the given constitutional time of 45 days. As required by the 114th article of the Constitution of Turkey, the calling of a snap general election by the President necessitates the forming of an interim election government, in which all parties represented in Parliament are given a certain number of ministers according how many MPs they have. If a party refused to send ministers to the interim cabinet, then independents must take their place.
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