Abstract:

He is one of the oldest educators of our country. She is also one of the first women politicians of the Turkish Republic besides being in charge at so many charity organizations during the constitutional monarchy the second, armistice and republic. Nakiye Elgün who was born in 1882 in Istanbul graduated from Darulmuallimat (Teaching Faculity of Girls) and worked and five different schools as teacher, vise principal and manager. Through her contemporary views in comparison with the age she lived, she aimed to bring up students who were different from the traditional education. Apart from constitutional monarchy the second, era woman movement, who lived education and social life in an interrelated way, also played a major role all her life in many institutions activating in social, economic and political domains. The Miss. Elgün who took a step into politics by quitting her education job in 1930 became permanent committee member of the Istanbul City Council between 1930-1935. She served as Erzurum deputy by being elected from CHP during three terms at parliament until 1946 after the political rights were given to women

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