Işılay Saygın, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Turkish politician
Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1947
Place of Birth: Buca, Turkey
Date of Death: 27-Jul-2019
Profession: architect, politician
Nationality: Turkey
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
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About Işılay Saygın
- Isilay Saygin l ( April 4, 1947-July 26 2019) was a Turkish architect, politician, and four-time government minister between 1995 and 1999.Isilay Saygin was born to Osman Nuri Saygin and his wife Fatma in Buca district of Izmir Province, western Turkey.
- She graduated from Faculty of Architecture at Ege University.Saygin entered politics in 1973 from the Justice Party (AP) and served two terms as district mayor of her hometown.
- Her post ended in 1980 after the military coup that year.
- She then worked as an architect until she returned to politics in 1983 joining the Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP).
- With the 1983 election, Saygin entered the parliament in its 17th term as a deputy of Izmir.
- In the following elections of 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999, she kept her seat in the parliament.
- After the dissolution of the MDP in 1986, she joined the Motherland Party (ANAP) in 1987 In 1995, she moved to the True Path Party (DYP).
- In 1997, she returned to her former party ANAP.
- She was politically active until 2003.Saygin was appointed four times as a government minister.
- She became the Minister of State responsible for "Women and Family Affairs" in the 51st government led by female Prime Minister Tansu Çiller succeeding Aysel Baykal, and served between October 5 and October 30, 1995.
- She continued in her post in the 52nd government led by Çiller until February 23, 1996 replaced by Imren Aykut.
- The same day, she was appointed Minister of Environment succeeding Ahmet Hamdi Üçpinarlar.
- On March 6, 1996, Mustafa Tasar took over her office.
- Prime minister Mesut Yilmaz appointed her the same day Minister of Tourism in the 53rd government.
- She held the office until June 28, 1996.
- Saygin took again office of the Minister of State on the same day serving in the 54th government led by Necmettin Erbakan and the 55th government led Mesut Yilmaz until January 11, 1999.In January 1998, as she was holding the office of Minister of State in charge of "Women and Family Affairs", Saygin was criticized when she defended the practice of virginity testing in an interview she gave to a daily.
- Feminists demanded her resignation.
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