Beria Onger

Bakiye Beria Onger (1921 – February 13, 2015

She studied to become a lawyer at Ankara University, Law School, graduating in 1941. She worked as a government civil servant, then began practicing law independently in 1957. Then, in 1975, she became the founding president of , the Progressive Women's Organization of Turkey, which fought for women's democratic and economic rights.

She also worked as a journalist, publishing articles in defense of women's rights in the newspaper Cumhuriyet and trade union magazines, including Akşam during the years when it was owned by the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions. Onger published several books and booklets on the liberation of women in Turkey.

She ran the Progressive Women's Organization until it was shut down by the government in 1979.

Onger was also a founding director of the , which operated from 1977 until it was banned in 1980.

In the 1979 elections, she ran for a seat in the Senate of the Republic as an independent candidate affiliated with the Communist Party of Turkey. She received 22,000 votes in Istanbul but was not elected.

Personal life Onger was married to the writer and critic Fahir Onger from 1946 until his death in 1971. The couple had two children.

She died in Istanbul in 2015 and is buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.