page_title: Emine Erdoğan
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Emine Erdoğan / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Emine Erdoğan, wife of the Prime Minister of Turkey, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, Dec. 8, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton) Русский: Супруга президента США Мишель Обама во время встречи с Эрмине Эрдоган, супругой премьер-министра Турции. Белый дом, Жёлтый овальный кабинет, 8 декабря 2009 года. Фото Саманты Эпплтон (Samantha Appleton)Türkçe: ABD Başkanı Barack Obama'nın eşi Michelle Obama Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın eşi Emine Erdoğan ile Sarı Oval Oda'da görüşürken, Washington DC, 8 Aralık 2009.
context_page_description: Emine Erdoğan is the current first lady of Turkey, and wife of president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
context_section_description: Erdoğan served as a founding member of the Provincial Women's Branch Administrative Board of the Welfare Party when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected the Istanbul Provincial Head and she pioneered an era that paved the way for women's active participation in politics in Turkey. She launched a women's movement, which contributed to the success of the Refah Party in the 1994 elections.
  After her husband Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected Mayor of Istanbul, she took part in various social responsibility projects. She contributed to the establishment of an aid corridor between different social groups by initiating the "iftar tables where the poor and the rich meet" tradition, which is still carried on by the mayoralties of Justice and Development Party.
  Erdoğan led the foundation of the "Center for Social Development" (TOGEM) in 2005 and has supported projects concerning the education of women and children.
  With the wives of the governors from all Turkish provinces, she has led a campaign to improve the living conditions of the women, the elderly, the veterans and families of the martyrs. The project, which was awarded the "Golden Compass", the academy award of public relations, in the best public project category, has attracted interest among the projects cited by the United Nations. The project has continued under the auspices Erdoğan since 2012.
  After the attacks against Gaza in 2009, she hosted the wives of the Western and Arab leaders and called the whole world to "stop the war." In 2012, Erdoğan personally went to Myanmar to observe the situation there despite the critical security threats and provided humanitarian aid to the region.
  Emine Erdoğan has played an active role in opposing child marriage, stating clearly that "Forced child marriage is clearly unacceptable under any conditions".
caption: Emine Erdoğan meets with Michelle Obama in the Yellow Oval Room, White House, December 2009
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