Fatma Ekenoğlu (born in Paphos in 1956) is a Turkish Cypriot politician. She was the first female Speaker of the Republican Assembly of Northern Cyprus from 14 January 2004 to 1 May 2009.[1] She is a member of the Republican Turkish Party. Pursuant to Article 105 of the Constitution of Northern Cyprus, she served as Acting president "in the event of the President of the Republic being temporarily absent from his office".[2] Ekenoğlu studied at the Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine at Istanbul University.
References
edit- ^ Kuzey Kibris Türk Cumhuriyeti Cumhuriyet Meclisi. "GEÇMIS DÖNEM MECLIS BASKANLARI". www.cm.gov.nc.tr.
- ^ "Article 105". Constitution of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Cypnet. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
External links
edit- "Biography and photograph of Fatma Ekenoğlu" (in Turkish). Official website of the Assembly of the Republic. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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