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Tansu Çiller
Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996
"Çiller" redirects here. For a populated place, see Çiller, Nallıhan.
Tansu Çiller (Turkish:[ˈtansuˈtʃilːæɾ]; born 24 May 1946) is a Turkish academic, economist, and politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996. She was Turkey's first and only female prime minister. As the leader of the True Path Party, she went on to concurrently serve as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1996 and 1997.
As a Professor of Economics, Çiller was appointed Minister of State for the economy by Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel in 1991. When Demirel was elected as President in 1993, Çiller succeeded him as leader of the True Path Party and Prime Minister. Her premiership presided over the intensifying armed conflict between the Turkish Armed Forces and the PKK, resulting in Çiller's enacting numerous reforms to national defense. Her government was able to persuade the United States and the European Union to register the PKK as a terrorist organization. However,
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Middle East Review of International Affairs
Vol. 3 No. 1/March 1999
Ambition for All Seasons: Tansu Ciller*
By Ustun Reinart
Editor’s Summary:
Tansu Ciller, leader of the True Path party, is one of Turkey’s most powerful politicians. As Turkey prepares for its coming elections, she is a key powerbroker for forming the next government. Yet she has constantly walked the edge of disaster, through both her political decisions and personal choices.
A blonde, stylish woman stood behind a microphone at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, on January 6, 1999. “In order to prevent a sabotage of the democratic system, we have taken control of the situation,” she announced. Tansu Ciller, had surprised the country by offering support for a minority government to be formed by Bulent Ecevit, leader of the Democratic Left Party.
Thus, Turkey’s current government was dependent on the same woman who has dominated Turkish politics since 1990. Ecevit may be prime minister but Tansu Ciller can make or break his government. After scandals, blund
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Çiller, Tansu (1946–)
Prime minister of Turkey. Name variations: Ciller. Pronunciation: (CHILL-air). Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1946; attended American College for Girls, Istanbul; graduated from Robert College, 1967, with a degree in economics; graduated University of New Hampshire, master's degree in economics; graduated University of Connecticut, doctorate in economics; attended Yale University, post-doctoral studies, 1971; married banker and businessman Ozer Çiller (who took his wife's surname at the behest of her father, who did not have a son), in 1963; children: two sons.
Tansu Çiller, a United States-trained economist and former university professor, became the first woman prime minister of Turkey on June 14, 1993, following Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan and Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh as the third woman to head a predominantly Muslim country. Çiller, a member of the moderate-right True Path Party, is often compared to Margaret Thatcher . To many young Turkish women, she is a symbol of women's ability to achieve professional and political success in a male-domina
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