Derya Yanık

Turkish lawyer and politician

Derya Yanık


Minister of Family and Social Services
In office 21 April 2021 – 4 June 2023
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk
Succeeded by	Mahinur Özdemir

Personal details
Born	(1972-05-30) 30 May 1972 (age 51) Osmaniye, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Alma mater	Istanbul University

Derya Yanık (born 30 May 1972) is a Turkish politician and lawyer. She served as the Turkish Minister of Family and Social Services from 2021 to 2023.^[1]^[2]

Career

She graduated from Istanbul University in the Faculty of Law in 1995 with a BA.^[3] Between 2004 and 2014, she was the first woman to preside over the Municipal Council of Istanbul, and in 2006 she acted as the Deputy Mayor of Istanbul, whilst Kadir Topbaş visited London.^[4]

Yanık is a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Women and Democracy, and a member of the Justice and Development Party's Central Decision and Executive Board.^[5]

In the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election, she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Osmaniye from the Justice and Development Party.^[6]

References

^ "Derya Yanık: 'İBB'ye başkanlık eden ilk kadın', yeni Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler Bakanı". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-04.
^ "Kabine değişikliği Resmi Gazete'de yayımlandı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
^ "Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler Bakanlığı'nda devir teslim - Son Dakika Flaş Haberler". www.cnnturk.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
^ "Derya Yanık kimdir? İşte yeni Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler Bakanı Derya Yanık'ın biyografisi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ "Derya Yanık kimdir?". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ "Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler Bakanı Derya Yanık, Osmaniye'de vatandaşlara hitap etti Açıklaması". Haberler (in Turkish). 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-06-08.