About Bahire Bediş Morova Aydilek
Lived 1897 – 1965 (aged 67–68). Bahire Bediş Morova Aydilek was a Turkish politician and painter.
Bahir Bediş Morova Aydilek (1897 – November 10, 1938) was a Turkish artist and politician. She was one of the first 18 women elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Biography After attending primary and secondary school in Bolu, Aydilek became a drawing teacher at a painting school. She quit her job in 1927 because of vision problems and worked for the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Bolu halkevi.
During her tenure, she showed particular attention to her constituency by defending the construction of irrigation canal projects around Beyşehir Lake, as well as the connection to the rail network with Ankara, the labor law for peasants, penalizations for abuses of public officials' power and measures to protect the historic heritage.
Aydilek died on November 10, 1938, the same day as Atatürk.
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Turkish painter and statesperson (1897–1938)
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Bahire Bediş Morova Aydilek was born in 1897 in Bosnia vilayet.
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Bahire Bediş Morova Aydilek died on 10 November 1965 in Turkey.
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Bahire Bediş Morova Aydilek was a politician and painter.
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Bahire Bediş Morova Aydilek was Turkish.
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