page_title: Fatma Şahin
hierarchical_section_title: Fatma Şahin
caption_attribution_description: ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 6 June 2012 - Fatma Sahin, Minister of Family and Social Policies of Turkey, participates in a TV debate at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia in Istanbul, 4-6 June 2012. Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Norbert Schiller
context_page_description: Fatma Şahin is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan.
  She was born on 20 June 1966 in Gaziantep to Mustafa and Perihan Şahin. She was educated in chemical engineering at the Istanbul Technical University. Fatma Şahin worked as an engineer and manager in the textile industry.
  She entered politics together with her husband İzzet Şahin and co-founded the Justice and Development Party. Taking active part in the provincial organization, she was elected three times deputy from her hometown. She is the first female member of the Turkish parliament elected from Gaziantep and from the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Fatma Şahin served as the chairperson of women's branch of her party.
  Following the 2011 general elections, she became the only female minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. She was replaced by Ayşenur İslam on 25 December 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle.
  As a result of the 2014 local elections, Şahin was elected mayor of Gaziantep.
  She has two children, a son and a daughter.
context_section_description: Fatma Şahin (born 20 June 1966 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan.
  She was born on 20 June 1966 in Gaziantep to Mustafa and Perihan Şahin. She was educated in chemical engineering at the Istanbul Technical University. Fatma Şahin worked as an engineer and manager in the textile industry.
  She entered politics together with her husband İzzet Şahin and co-founded the Justice and Development Party. Taking active part in the provincial organization, she was elected three times deputy from her hometown. She is the first female member of the Turkish parliament elected from Gaziantep and from the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Fatma Şahin served as the chairperson of women's branch of her party.
  Following the 2011 general elections, she became the only female minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. She was replaced by Ayşenur İslam on 25 December 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle.
  As a result of the 2014 local elections, Şahin was elected mayor of Gaziantep.
  She has two children, a son and a daughter.
caption: Fatma Şahin at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa, and Eurasia in 2012
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