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Women in Turkish public service refers to staffed personnel serving in public service in Turkey. According to State Personnel Office, there were 593,000 women in public services out of 1,741,000, which makes up 34% of the total. [1] However, this figure does not include public enterprises. Women are primarily concentrated in education and medicine.
The distribution of female employees in authoritative positions is as follows: [2]
Some female civil servants are shown below:
Ali Bardakoğlu served as the president of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey between 2003 and 2010.
Muhammed Necati Şaşmaz is a Turkish actor, best known for playing the lead role of Polat Alemdar in the popular television series Kurtlar Vadisi and its movie spin-offs, including Kurtlar Vadisi Irak.
The Anatolian beylik of Teke, with its capital at Antalya, was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm.
Sumru Çörtoğlu is a high-ranked Turkish judge. She served as the Chief Justice of the Turkish Council of State.
Güven Sazak was the 40th President of Türkiye Süper Ligi club Fenerbahçe SK between 1993 and 1994. He has been a member of the club since 1958.
Kamer Genç was a Turkish politician, elected a member of parliament for the Republican People's Party in the 1987 and 1991 elections, for the True Path Party in the 1995 and 1999 elections, as an independent candidate in the 2007 elections, returning to the Republican People's Party on 1 June 2010, for which he was reelected in the 2011 elections.
Emine Ülker Tarhan is a Turkish jurist and politician formerly from the Republican People's Party. She was formerly a judge at the High Court of Appeals. She served as the vice spokesperson of her party in the parliament before resigning on 31 October 2014. She founded the Anatolia Party on 14 November 2014 and led it until its disestablishment in December 2015.
Women in Turkey have an active participation in national politics, and the number of women in the Turkish parliament has been increasing steadily in recent elections.
Tahsin Şahinkaya was a Turkish Air Force general. After completing his compulsory military service in the Turkish Army Artillery beteen 1943 and 1945, he was commissioned as a Supermarine Spitfire pilot in the Air Force. From 1955 he flew the North American F-86 Sabre and was a Squadron Commander from 1958 to 1961. In 1960 he also qualified as a Pilot for the North American F-100 Super Sabre. Promoted to Colonel in 1962, he commanded a regiment of Sabrejet fighters between 1962 and 1964 and a regiment of Super Sabre fighters from 1966 to 1968. Between 1964 and 1966 he was an instructor at the Air Warfare School. Promoted to Brigadier General in 1968 and appointed as the Air Attache to Israel till 1971. From 1971 to 1974 he as Deputy Director of Air Planning as a Staff Officer. Promoted to Major General in 1974 and commanded all Turkish Air Force units in the Cyprus War. In 1976 promoted to Lieutenant General and Chief of Air Training Command. In 1978 became Commander of the First Air Force. In 1979 a full General. He was Commander of the Turkish Air Force from 1978 to 1983, and previously Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1977–1978). He was one of the five leaders of the 1980 military coup, and after the coup he was a member of the Presidential Council.
İsmet Sezgin was a Turkish politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and Minister of National Defense from 1997 to 1999, as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly in 1995, as the Minister of the Interior from 1991 to 1993, as the Minister of Finance from 1979 to 1980 and as the Minister of Youth and Sports from 1969 to 1971. Between 1999 and 2002, he served as the Leader of the Democrat Turkey Party, but did not contest any elections.
Hasan Gerçeker is the first Turkish President of the Court of Cassation.
Turhan Tayan is a Turkish politician and lawyer.
Metin Bostancıoğlu is a Turkish politician.
Zafer Square is a square in Ankara, Turkey. Zafer means "victory". Although it is traditionally called square it is no longer a junction point.
Yavuz Görey was a Turkish sculptor.
Sırrı Atalay (1919-1985) was a Turkish civil servant and politician.
Hıncal Uluç was a Turkish journalist and writer.
Yahşi Baraz is a Turkish art dealer. He is the founder and the director of one of Turkey's earliest art galleries, Galeri Baraz.
Ahmed Kazım Kıvılcım was a Turkish Brigadier General of the Army.
Can Arduman is a Turkish chess player. He is a six-time Turkish Chess Champion.