Dilan Kunt Ayan
Dilan Kunt Ayan (born 1989, Viransehir, Turkey), is a lawyer, women's rights activist and politician of the Green Left Party (YSP). Since June 2023, she is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Sanliurfa for the YSP. Early life and education Dilan Kunt Ayan was born in 1989 in Viransehir, Sanliurfa province and studied law at the Istanbul Kültür University. Following her graduation, she worked as a lawyer in Urfa and was involved in Urfa Bar Association in women's rights commission. Professional career In 2016, she established herself as a lawyer in Van, where she became a Member of the Board of the Van Bar Association and was involved in the associations women's affairs. In March 2021, the Star Women's Association was founded in Van, of which she was elected its president in April of the same year. In 2022, she requested the permission for the realization of a march in memory for the International Women's Day on the 8 March, which was denied by the Governor of Van. Political career In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Sanliurfa for the YSP. References Living people People from Viranşehir 1989 births 21st-century Turkish lawyers 21st-century Turkish women politicians Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Istanbul Kültür University alumni Turkish women MPs Party of Greens and the Left Future politicians