Candan Yüceer

Candan Yüceer
MP
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
12 June 2011
Constituency Tekirdağ (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015)
Personal details
Born (1973-05-04) May 4, 1973
Hekimhan, Malatya, Turkey
Nationality  Turkey
Political party Republican People's Party (CHP)
Alma mater Gazi University
Occupation Politician
Profession Medical doctor
Website TBMM profile

Candan Yüceer (born 4 May 1973) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who has served as a Member of Parliament for Tekirdağ since 12 June 2011.

Early life and career

Yüceer was born in Hekimhan, a district in Malatya Province, in 1973. She graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine and worked as a Ministry of Health practitioner in Ankara, Samsun and the Çerkezköy district of Tekirdağ. In Çerkezköy, she also worked as a workplace health practitioner.

She is one of the founding members of Çerkezköy's CUMOK society, which is one of the most well known Kemalist societies in Turkey formed by readers of the newspaper Cumhuriyet. She also served on the executive board of CUMOK nationally. She was a member and the President of Çerkezköy's Atatürkist Thought Association and was also a member of the Women's 'Arm in Arm' Association (Kadınlar El Ele Derneği) and the Medical Chamber.[1]

She is married with two children and can speak English at a semi-fluent level.[2]

Political career

Yüceer was elected as a CHP Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Tekirdağ in the 2011 general election. She was later elected to the CHP Party Council and was re-elected as an MP in the June 2015 general election. As an MP, she gave her support for workers' rights and industrial action, meeting with 1,871 workers who had gone on strike in a polymer factory in Çerkezköy to extend her support on 19 June 2015.[3]

Yüceer meeting members of the public in Diyarbakır

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". Haberler.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Candan Yüceer". KADER. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "CHP Milletvekili Yüceer'den grevdeki Polimer işçilerine ziyaret". Çağdaş. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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