Fakihe Öymen

Fakihe Öymen (1900 – 6 April 1983) was a Turkish school teacher, politician and one of the first 18 female members of the Turkish parliament.

She was born to İsmail and Azize in Shkodër, now a city in the Republic of Albania, then in Albania under the Ottoman Empire in 1900. She was a History and Geography teacher in Bursa Teacher's College . She also served as the director of the Girls' highschool in Bursa. Later, she served in the Turkish Historical Society.

Turkish women achieved voting rights in the local elections on 3 April 1930. Four years later, on 5 December 1934, they gained universal suffrage, earlier than most other countries.