Dilek Akagün Yılmaz
| Dilek Akagün Yılmaz | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 28 June 2011 – 23 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Uşak (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Dilek Akagün 1963 (age 54–55) Külköy, Karahallı, Uşak Province, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Republican People's Party (CHP) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Occupation | Politician, attorney |
| Religion | Islam |
Dilek Akagün Yılmaz (born 1963) is a Turkish politician.
Life
Dilek Akagün was born to Ali and Ümmü in Külköy village of Karahallı ilçe (district) in Uşak Province, Turkey in 1963.[1].
In 1984, after completing the School of Law of the Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir, she began working as an attorney in Uşak. She is the charter member of the Uşak branch of Human Rights Association. She is also a member of Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği (Atatürkist Thought Association) and the Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği (Association for the Support of Contemporary Living). She is married to Fuat Yılmaz,[2] and the mother of two.
Politics
In 1988, she joined the Republican People's Party (CHP). In the local elections held on 26 March 1989, she was elected to the municipal council of Uşak. Later, she ran for the parliament and in the general election held on 12 June 2011, she was elected to the 24th Parliament of Turkey. However, in 2013 she accused a member of the party as being spy, and she was warned by the disciplinary committee of the party.[2] In 2015, she ran one more time for the parliamentary elections. However, she failed to succeed in the pre-election in her province.[3]