Meliha Ulaş
Ayşe Meliha Ulaş Ekeman (1901 – 17 February 1942) was a Turkish politician.
Biography[]
Ayşe Meliha was born in Sinop in 1901.[1] She graduated from the Department of Literature in Darülfünun, today Istanbul University. She was fluent in French and English languages. She worked as a literary teacher at Kandilli High School in Istanbul, five years as a teacher of literature at Girls' Muilim School in Erzurum and Samsun High School.
In the general elections held on 8 February 1935, 17 women deputies entered the Grand National Assembly of Turkey including Meliha Ulaş. She entered the parliament as a deputy of Samsun from the Republican People's Party (CHP). She served in the 5th and 6th Parliament as the first female deputy of Samsun.[2]
Ulaş Ekeman died on 17 February 1942.
References[]
- ^ Duroğlu, Sibel (2007). "Türkiye'de İlk Kadın Milletvekilleri" (PDF). Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü (Yüksek Lisans Tezi). pp. 104–106. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Yeni Sayfa 0". www.ait.hacettepe.edu.tr. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
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