Ayla Halit Kiazim

Ayla Halit Kazım (born 1934) is a Turkish Cypriot former politician. She was the first female member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus, serving briefly in the legislature in 1963.

Biography Kazım was born in Larnaca in 1934, the daughter of Mehmet Zeki Müderisoğlu from Larnaca and Nezihe Efendi from Limassol. She grew up in Limassol, However, he died in a car accident in September 1963. She joined the Independent Turkish Group, but alongside the other 14 Turkish Cypriot members, she withdrew from the House in December. She had only attended two sittings of parliament and never received the salary due to representatives. In 2006 she won a court case entitling her to compensation from the Cypriot government, which had expropriated land she owned in Mandria.