Tezer Taşkıran

Tezer Taşkıran (Azerbaijani: Tezer Taşqıran, 1907 – 4 May 1979) was a Turkish–Azerbaijani writer, politician and teacher.

Tezer Taşkıran
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 8 March 1943 – 12 March 1954
Constituency	Kastamonu (1943), Kars (1946, 1950)
Personal details
Born	Tezekhanım Aghaoghlu 1907 Shusha, Azerbaijan,
Died	4 May 1979(1979-05-04) (aged 71–72) Istanbul
Nationality	Azerbaijani-Turkish
Political party	Republican People's Party (CHP)
Spouse	Bekir Nimetullah Taşkıran
Children	Suna Güler Şevket Mete Taşkıran
Parent	Ahmet Ağaoğlu (father)
Relatives	Samet Ağaoğlu (brother), Süreyya Ağaoğlu (sister) Neriman Ağaoğlu (sister-in-law)
Alma mater	University of Istanbul
Occupation	School teacher, politician

Early life

She was born in 1907 in Shusha. Her father was Ahmet Ağaoğlu, a prominent Azerbaijani and later Turkish politician of the early 20th century.^[1] and her mother was Sitare khanım.

After the fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1920, the Ağaoğlus moved to Turkey where Tezer graduated from Faculty of Literature of Istanbul University in 1925.^[2]

She married surgeon Nimet Taşkıran in 1931 and traveled to Vienna; she returned to Turkey in 1933.

Family

Her father Ahmet Ağaoğlu was a prominent Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist. He was one of the founders of Pan-Turkism.^[3] Her sister Süreyya Ağaoğlu was a writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.^[4][5] Her brother Samet Ağaoğlu was a poet and politician.^[6] Samet's wife, Neriman Ağaoğlu was also a politician.

Career

After graduating from university, she worked as a teacher and became the first woman to be appointed director of a boys' school in Turkey. She became one of the founding members of the Helpers Association founded in 1928. She was the president of the Turkish University Women Association.^[7]

She was elected to the parliament from Kastamonu in 1943, and from Kars in 1946 and 1950.^[8]

Works

• Logic, 1928
• Suri and Applied Logic, 1929
• Stuart Mill, 1931
• Principles of Turkish Ethics, 1934
• Dormitory Information, 1939
• The Citizen's Handbook, 1971
• Turkish Women's Rights on the 50th Anniversary of the Republic, 1973^[9]

See also

• Abbas Ali Çetin

References

1. İbrahim Sarı. Türk Tarihinde Kadın: Türklerde Kadın Baş Tacıydı…. noktaekitap; March 1, 2018. GGKEY:9RDRN2BTDSL. p. 93–.
2. Bekir Bakan. Türkiye'deki Kadın Hak İhlalleri. Cinius Yayınları; June 1, 2012. ISBN 978-605-127-468-3. p. 148–.
3. Khalid, Adeeb (1998). The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform: Jadidism in Central Asia. University of California Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-520-21356-2.
4. Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Scarecrow Press; December 19, 2012. ISBN 978-0-8108-7086-4. p. 355–.
5. Fahri Sakal. Ağaoğlu Ahmed Bey. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi; 1999. ISBN 978-975-16-1112-3. p. 13, 47, 62.
6. "YAZIÇI VƏ DÖVLƏT XADİMİ SƏMƏD AĞAOĞLUNUN "HEKAYƏLƏR VƏ MEMUARLAR"I". azertag.az. March 3, 2009. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
7. Dilqəm Əhməd Bss. 50–52. Erişim tarihi: 9 Mart 2021. (2015). "Tezer Taşkıran" (PDF). TİME-Print. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. "Tezer Taşkıran". www.biyografya.com. 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
9. Canan Tatlı (July 14, 2011). "Woman's position in social and political life during Democratic Party era". İstanbul Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

External links

• Media related to Tezer Taşkıran at Wikimedia Commons