Beran Bertuğ served as the kaymakam of the Gazimağusa District of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. She was the first woman to hold this post.
Beran Bertuğ | |
|---|---|
| Kaymakam of the Gazimağusa District | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | İsmail Gündost |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1956 Famagusta, Cyprus |
| Alma mater | Ege University |
Born on 6 October 1956 in Famagusta, Cyprus, Bertuğ finished the city's established Gazi Primary School and Famagusta Namık Kemal High School.[1]
Following her secondary education in Cyprus, she pursued her higher education in İzmir, Turkey where she finished university with a degree in chemical engineering.[1]
She started her teaching career in 1981 as a secondary school teacher and continued this until 2009 becoming a Vice Headmistress of Namik Kemal High School, where she taught chemistry for many years. During her teaching career at NKL, she actively encouraged participation of her school in the "Sister Schools Programme" to foster close links with other secondary education institutions in Cyprus and Turkey.[2]
In April 2009 Bertuğ was appointed as the first female kaymakam of Famagusta, a role which she held until 8 November 2013.[3] She also became the first Cypriot woman to hold this role. Bertuğ is married and is a mother of two.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Kibris Gazetesi". Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "rotagazetesi.com". rotagazetesi.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Gazimağusa Kaymakamlığı'nda görev devir-teslimi yapıldı – KIBRIS POSTASI – KIBRIS HABERLERİ". Kibris Postasi. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ "İlk kadın kaymakam görev başında – KIBRIS POSTASI – KIBRIS HABERLERİ". Kibris Postasi. 28 February 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.