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Place of Birth: Adana, Turkey
About Elif Doğan Türkmen
- Elif Dogan Türkmen (born 1 January 1962) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Adana since 7 June 2015. Born in Adana, Türkmen graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law and worked as a lawyer in Adana.
- Coming from a traditionally social democrat family, she had previously been involved in SODEP and was a founding member of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) Women's wing.
- She joined the CHP after the latter two parties were dissolved.
- She has been involved in many projects to help women and development in Adana, with some backed by the European Union.
- Married with one child, she was elected as a CHP Member of Parliament in the June 2015 general election.
- During the election campaign, she was shot and injured by one of her clients.
- The attack was described as a scare tactic and not to cause fatal injury.
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