Şenol Sunat (''formerly'' Şenol Bal; born 2 October 1956, in

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) is a biologist and Turkish politician. She is one of the ten

Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...

parliamentarians at the 28th Parliament of Turkey and a founding member of the Turkey political party, '' the Good Party'' ( Turkish: İYİ Parti). She is also a member of general administrative board and Head of election affairs of the Party.

Education

She did her primary school education in

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and completed her secondary education in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. She then furthered to higher education at

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, Faculty of Science, Botany-Chemistry Department and İzmir Higher Teacher School. She graduated from Gazi Education Faculty, Biology Department, Gazi University and Anadolu University Business Administration Department. She obtained her master's and doctorate degrees on Cytogenetics (Cell genetics) at Gazi University, Institute of Science and Technology.

Career

She began her work life as a teacher for two years, she also worked as an administrator in the private sector for seven years. She then returned and worked as a faculty staff (Assist. Prof. Dr.) at Gazi University, Gazi Education Faculty, Department of Biology and Science between 1989 and 2007. Sunat served as the general president of Ülkücü Ladies' Association in İzmir (an organization she pioneered its formation and establishment in 1976) between 1997 and 2001. She was elected as one of İzmir 1st constituency Deputies in

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as a

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candidate and served in the

23rd Parliament of Turkey This is a list of the 550 Members of Parliament elected in the 2007 general election held in Turkey. The MPs are listed by province, in alphabetical order. Turkey uses a D'Hondt proportional representative system to elect Members of Parliament. ...

. She was not reelected into the 24th, 25th and

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Grand National Assembly of Turkey after her first term ended in 2011. She served as a member of the MHP VQA between 2012 and 2015. In 2017, She joined a

Meral Akşener Meral Akşener (née Gürer, ; born 18 July 1956) is a Turkish politician, teacher, historian and academic who is the founder of the Good Party (İYİ Party). Akşener first entered parliament as a deputy of the True Path Party (DYP) in the 19 ...

-led exodus of prominent members from the Nationalist Movement Party to form a new political party; the Good Party. Sunat was elected to the 27th Parliament of Turkey in 2018 as a Good Party candidate for

Ankara (2nd electoral district) Ankara's second electoral district is one of three divisions of Ankara province for the purpose of elections to Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects fifteen members of parliament (deputies) to represent the district for a four-year term b ...

in 2018. She was reelected as one of the ten

Manisa (electoral district) Manisa is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects ten members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a five-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representati ...

deputies on the same platform of the Good Party during

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and continues to be a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. She is a member of the Good Party's general administrative board and the

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of the IYI Party Election Affairs. She is also a member of the National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Commission and the Commission for Gender Equality and Equity of the Turkish Parliament.

Family

She was married to the former leader of the Ülkü Ocakları until 2012. She is a mother of 2 children and a sister to the murdered Turkish actor

İsmail Hakkı Sunat İsmail Hakkı Sunat (17 October 1966 – 14 July 2004) was a Turkish theater, cinema and television actor. İsmail Hakkı Sunat, artist of Ankara State Theater's General Directorate, took part in many theater plays. The artist, who moved from ...

. She speaks English.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunat, Senol 1956 births Living people Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Nationalist Movement Party politicians Turkish women MPs Politicians affected by a party expulsion process Deputies of Ankara Deputies of İzmir Deputies of Manisa Gazi University alumni Anadolu University alumni