Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi (1924 – August 20, 2003) was a Turkish jurist, politician and former government minister. Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi was born in

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, Turkey in 1924. She graduated from the Ankara University Law School. Following the 1969 general election, she entered the parliament as a deputy of

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. She became so the first Turkish female politician ever elected from the eastern provinces of Turkey after the establishment of democracy. She served in decision-making boards of the

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(CHP). In the later years of the parliamentary term, she was appointed

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, a position that was held for the first time by a woman. She did not participate in the 1973 general election. However, she was taken into the cabinet of

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as the

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serving from November 17, 1974, to March 31, 1975. During the voting in the parliament on April 24, 1972, about the endorsement of the execution of three young people, who were sentenced to death after the coup d'état of March 12, 1971. Neftçi was among the 48 opponents of the 323 present members of the 450-seat parliament. The decision to execute these three members of the Marxist-Leninist

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People's Liberation Army of Turkey (, abbreviated THKO), was accepted by 273 votes. Following the state president's approval, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan were hanged on May 6, 1972, that caused a long-lasting controversy in the country in the aftermath. Nermin Neftçi wrote columns in various dailies and periodicals. She authored a book titled "O Yakadan Bu Yakaya" about the structure of the

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and the

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of the Iraqi Turkmens in

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. Neftçi died aged 79 on August 20, 2003, in

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. She was mother of two sons,

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(1947–2009), and Sinan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neftci, Nermin 1924 births Lawyers from Istanbul Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni Politicians from Istanbul Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Deputies of Muş Members of the 13th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 14th Parliament of Turkey Republican Reliance Party politicians Ministers of culture of Turkey Women government ministers of Turkey Government ministers of Turkey Members of the 38th government of Turkey 2003 deaths Deputy speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 20th-century Turkish lawyers 20th-century Turkish women politicians