Ayşenur İslam (born Külahlıoğlu; born 16 January 1958) is a Turkish

university lecturer Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. They may also conduct re ...

and politician. On 25 December 2013, she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policy in the third cabinet of Erdoğan and served until 28 August 2015.

Personal life

She was born to Mehmet İslam and his wife Cahide on 16 January 1958 in

Üsküdar Üsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452 (2022). It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus. It is border ...

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. She studied Turkish literature at

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

and earned a master's degree at the same university. She received her PhD from

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

. In 2005, she became an associate professor. İslam worked as a lecturer at Ankara University,

Kırıkkale University Kırklareli University is a university located in Kırklareli, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. ...

, and Başkent University. She is author of ten books and around 40 publications. She is the daughter-in-law of Nadir Latif İslam, a former deputy from the Justice Party (AP), who is also the father-in-law of

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. Her husband Bahadır İslam is a physician, who volunteers in relief organizations. He was on board the MV ''Mavi Marmara'', which was involved in the

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in 2010. İslam has one child.

Political career

She entered politics through the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and was elected into the

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in the 2011 general election as an MP from

Sakarya Province Sakarya () is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey, located on the coast of the Black Sea. Its area is , and its population is 1,080,080 (2022). The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Ma ...

. On 26 December 2013, she assumed office as the Minister of Family and Social Policy, succeeding Fatma Şahin during Erdoğan's cabinet reshuffle with ten new names that was announced the day before, on 25 December, following the

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. It was reported that President

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played also a role for her entry into the cabinet. During her civil servant time, she had worked together with the President's secretary general Mustafa İsen. She is a capacity in social policies.

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Personal life

Political career

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