Prof. Dr.
Fatma Nur Serter
Vice rector
In office
1998–2004
Deputy of Istanbul
In office
2007–2015
Personal details
Born
Fatma Nur Aytekin

(1948-11-10) 10 November 1948
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party (CHP)
Children1
Alma materIstanbul University
London School of Economics
OccupationPolitician, academic, civil servant, writer

Fatma Nur Serter (born 10 November 1948) is a female Turkish academic and politician. She is notorious for defending the ban on hijab.

Life

Fatma Nur Aytekin was born to Mehmet Emin and Fahrinüssa in Istanbul, Turkey on 10 November 1948. She finished the Üsküdar American Academy for Girls, and graduated from the School of Economics of Istanbul University in 1970.[1] She is married and mother of one.[2]

Academic career

She joined the academic faculty of her school. In 1974, she obtained her PhD degree. She also studied in the London School of Economics. In 1982, she became an associate professor, and in 1988 full professor. Between 1998-2004, she was the Vice rector of Istanbul University.[1]

Political career

She joined the Republican People's Party (CHP). In the elections held on 22 July 2007 and 12 June 2011, she was elected as a deputy from Istanbul Province in the 23rd and the 24th Parliament of Turkey.[2] [3] In this period, she was the member of Inter-Parliamentary Union. In 2004, following the resignation of Emine Ülker Tarhan, another woman politician from CHP, she was also expected to resign. However, she made a statement that she will stay in CHP.[4]

Books

According to her Kitapyurdu page, the books written by Serter are the following:[5]

  • Dinde Siyasal Islamın Tekeli ("The Monopoly of the Political Islam in the Religion")
  • Giydirilmiş İnsan Kimliği ("Embedded Human Personaity")
  • 21. Yüzyıla Doğru İnsan Merkezli Eğitim ("Human Based Education Towards 21st Century)
  • 21 Yüzyılda İnsan Merkezli Eğitim ("Human Based Education in the 21st Century")
  • Işığı Kim Söndürdü? ("Who Turned the Light Off?")

References

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