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Fatma Salman Kotan

Turkish politician

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Fatma Salman Kotan (née Salman, born 1970) is a Turkish accountant, politician and Member of Parliament for Ağrı, representing the Justice and Development Party.

Early life and education

Fatma Salman Kotan is the daughter of Sheikh Ahmet Salman.^[1] She is a graduate in economics from Atatürk University in Erzurum.^[1]

She has said that her mother, Antika Salman, died as a result of having a third daughter, having felt pressurised to try to have a son.^[2]^[3] Kotan was six at the time of her mother's death.^[3]

Kotan was the first woman in her family to be able to study.^[4]

Career

Kotan was a financial advisor and worked in the Parliamentary Clerk's Office before her election as member of parliament.^[5]

Because of her mother's death, Kotan has been active in trying to prevent violence or emotional abuse against women who do not have sons.^[2]^[3]

She has set up a brick factory in order to show that women can be involved in industry.^[4]

Personal life

Kotan married İdris Kotan in 1995; they have three children.^[6] They were divorced in 2012 because of his violence towards her.^[6]^[7] She appeared in parliament the following day with a bruised face; other women MPs offered her support.^[8]^[9] She became a role model for women who have violent husbands.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Milletvekili Kotan'ın Boşanma Kararı, Ağrı'da Üzüntüyle Karşılandı" [MP Kotan's Divorce Decision Met with Sadness in Ağrı]. Avrupa Postasi (in Turkish). 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Milletvekili Kotan'ı ağlatan sır!" [The secret that made Deputy Kotan cry!]. Habertürk (in Turkish). 3 January 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Oğhan, Şehirban (19 June 2010). "Cinsiyeti babanın belirlediğini milletvekilleri bile bilmiyor" [Even the deputies do not know that the father determines the gender]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Kadın vekilin ağlatan dramı" [The crying drama of the female deputy]. Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 4 September 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Senate Resolution 11: A Resolution Welcoming and Recognizing Visiting Members of the Grand National Assembly Of Turkey". Mississippi Legislature. 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "AK Partili Kotan boşandı" [AK Party's Kotan divorced]. Türkiye (in Turkish). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Şiddet mağduru vekil Meclis'te" [A member of parliament who was a victim of violence]. Bursa Hakimiyet (in Turkish). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Makyaj yaptı ama..." [She wore makeup, but...]. Bursada Bugün (in Turkish). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Eine Galionsfigur gegen die Gewalt an Frauen" [A figurehead against violence against women]. Der Bund (in German). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2024.