Kadriye Hulusi Hacıbulgur

Kadriye Ahmed Hulusi Hacıbulgur (7 November 1905 – 13 August 1988) was a Turkish Cypriot politician. In 1960 she was elected to the Turkish Communal Chamber, jointly becoming the first woman elected to a legislative body in Cyprus alongside Constantia Varda, who had been elected to the Greek Communal Chamber.

Kadriye Hulusi Hacıbulgur
Member of the Turkish Communal Chamber
In office
1960–1970
ConstituencyNicosia
Personal details
Born7 November 1905
Famagusta, Cyprus
Died13 August 1988(1988-08-13) (aged 82)

Biography

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Hulusi was born in Famagusta in 1905.[1] She attended Victoria Girls High School [tr] and went on to work as a teacher for 37 years,[2] becoming a headteacher.[1] Her pupils included Rauf Denktaş and Osman Örek.[2]

In the 1960 parliamentary elections Hulusi was a Cyprus Turkish National Union candidate for the Turkish Communal Chamber in Nicosia, and was elected.[3][4] She remained in office until 1970.[1]

She died in August 1988. In 1996 she was featured on stamps of Northern Cyprus celebrating famous European women.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nazife Uçar (2006) 16 agustos 1960-mart 2006 yillari arasi kibris türkleri̇ni̇ yöneten egi̇ti̇m kökenli̇ yöneti̇ci̇ler İle egi̇ti̇m kökenli̇ olma yan yöneti̇ci̇leri̇n karşilaştirmali anali̇zi̇
  2. ^ a b Ahmet An (2005) Kıbrıs'ın yetiştirdiği değerler: 1900-1920, p102
  3. ^ Legislation of the Year, p261
  4. ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, p131
  5. ^ Chypre turque 1996 Phil-Ouest