Zeynep Karahan Uslu
Zeynep Karahan Uslu (born July 11, 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey), née Karahan, is a Turkish female politician and public relations specialist.
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| Born | Zeynep Karahan July 11, 1969 İstanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Residence | Ankara, Turkey |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Profession | Academist, politician |
| Website | www |
Academic career
In 1990, she graduated from the School of Communications of Istanbul University with major in journalism and public relations. She completed her MA in the Department of Public Relations and Publicity of the Institute of Social Sciences at the same university in 1992. She received her PhD from the same department in 1998.
Between 1991 and 1994, she has worked in Istanbul University, teaching at the Department of Communications, and has taught in the Department of Sociology, School of Letters between 1994 and 2002. Zeynep Karahan Uslu has been a parliamentarian in Turkish Grand National Assembly(TBMM) between 2002 and 2007. She returned to academic life in 2007 and worked in Istanbul Aydin University between 2007 and 2009 as the Director of the ‘Turkey Studies Centre’ besides teaching in the Department of Communications. In 2010, she was appointed as Associate Professor of Applied Communications. Between 2009 and 2011, she was Vice Chancellor of the TOBB Economy and Technology University, served as department chair in the Department of Visual Communications, School of Fine Arts.
Zeynep Karahan Uslu has contributed five books about political communication, sociology, communication among ethnical groups and women studies as writer, editor or section writer. Also, her articles were published in national and international media on the same subjects. While she was carrying on her academic profession, she served as a consultant to several political parties and their leaders.
Politics
In 2002 general elections, she was elected as "the youngest female parliamentarian", representing Istanbul. In the same period, she was elected as the chairperson of Turkish Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe and Mediterranean. She was also the spokeswoman of the Environment Committee, the Acting Chairwoman of Turkey-Pakistan Inter Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Co-President of Turkey-Italy Inter Parliamentary Cooperation Protocol in the 22nd Period of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
She was re-elected to the parliament in the 23rd period as the Deputy of Şanlıurfa. She is the third female parliamentarian in history, who has been elected to the parliament from Şanlıurfa. She was elected to the Head of the Turkish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA UFM) besides being elected to the Co-Presidency of Turkey-Italy Inter Parliamentary Cooperation Protocol in the 23rd period. Moreover, she has contributed to the Committee of Gender Equality as a member.
Zeynep Karahan Uslu has been AK Party’s deputy chairperson responsible for Public Relations since 2003. She is also managing director of AK Communication Center (AKIM), which is the responsible body for the communication between the party and public. She is a member of the International Relations Department Advisory Board of AK Party and has been elected to Central Decision-Making and Administrative Committee of the AK Party in the 3rd General Congress. Uslu was appointed as the Vice President of R & D of AK Party in December, 2012.
Personal life
She is the daughter of Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Karahan, who is known with his study on Turcology and theology and Süreyya Karahan, who was mathematics teacher. She is married with Ibrahim Uslu, PhD and has a daughter, named Melek. She speaks English fluently.
Awards
- "Deputy of the Year Award", Turkey Youth Council (TGK), 2013
- State Decoration of Italy - Ordine della Stella Della Solidarieta 'Italiana'
- "Parliamentarian of the Year", Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations
- "19 May Youth Award", Habitat Local Agenda 21 Youth Association
- "Parliamentarian of the Year", World Policy Journal