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Şirin Tekeli was born on 28 February, 1944 in Ankara, Turkey. Discover Şirin Tekeli's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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73 years old |
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Pisces |
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28 February, 1944 |
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28 February |
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Ankara, Turkey |
| Date of death |
(2017-12-04) Bodrum, Turkey |
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Bodrum, Turkey |
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Turkey |
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Şirin Tekeli Height, Weight & Measurements
At 73 years old, Şirin Tekeli height not available right now. We will update Şirin Tekeli's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Şirin Tekeli's Husband?
Her husband is Ahmet Tekeli (m. 1966-2010)
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Ahmet Tekeli (m. 1966-2010) |
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Şirin Tekeli Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Şirin Tekeli worth at the age of 73 years old? Şirin Tekeli’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from Turkey. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In 2017, Sabancı University Gender and the Women's Studies Center began granting a research award in memory of Şirin Tekeli: "The Şirin Tekeli Research Award". This award was created to support and promote research focusing on gender in Turkey.
Şirin Tekeli was married to lawyer Ahmet Tekeli, with whom she met while studying at University of Lausanne. Her marriage lasted until 2010, when Ahmet Tekeli died. For his memory, Şirin Tekeli used the assets he left to her to found the Şirin-Ahmet Tekeli Association for Supporting Women Lawyers
In 1996, she was awarded with Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the Cultural Ministry of France.
On 17 May 1987, she participated to the first legal protest after the military coup, and demanded an end to domestic violence.
Following Turkey’s decision on not changing the civic law in accordance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW), in 1986 she took part in a petition demanding changes in the constitution, laws and practice, in accordance with the contract.
After her thesis, she started working on elections. She returned to France and spent the academic year 1979–1980 at the Scientific Research National Center (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) (CNRS) with a scholarship, learning cartography. She, during this period, formed a computer database, with all the data concerning the elections in Turkey, and studied the sociology of elections in urban areas with Jean Ranger and his team. In 1980-81 she organized a seminar on the sociology of politics
In 1967, she returned to Turkey and became the first female academician to enter the Chair in political science at Istanbul University. In 1973 she obtained her PhD with a thesis on David Easton's System Theory. In 1978, she obtained her associate professor title with her, at the time "controversial", habilitation thesis on women’s participation to politics named "Kadınlar ve Siyasal Toplumsal Hayat". (Women and Political Social Life). This thesis, had a great effect on her ideology, she recalls :
Şirin Tekeli (28 February 1944, Ankara – 13 June 2017, Bodrum) was a feminist, academician, translator, writer, activist and one of the pioneers of second wave feminism in Turkey.
