About Türkan Akyol
Lived 1928 – 2017 (aged 88). Türkan Akyol was a Turkish politician and physician.
Peyman Türkan Akyol (September 12, 1928 – September 7, 2017) was a Turkish politician, physician and academic. She was the first Turkish female government minister, and the first female university rector in Turkey.
Early life Türkan Akyol was born on September 12, 1928, in Istanbul. She completed her primary education in various places in Turkey due to her father's profession as a staff officer. She graduated from the Erenköy Girls High School in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1947. and pursued an academic career at her alma mater. She became assistant professor in 1965 and full professor in 1970. Between 1959 and 1965, Akyol conducted academic studies in the United States, France and the Netherlands.
Akyol died at a hospital in Ankara on September 7, 2017 at the age of 88.
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Who was Türkan Akyol?
Turkish physician and statesperson (1928–2017)
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Türkan Akyol was born on 12 September 1928 in Istanbul.
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Türkan Akyol died on 7 September 2017 in Ankara.
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Türkan Akyol was a politician and physician.
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Türkan Akyol was Turkish.
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