Constituency İstanbul (II) (Nov 2015) Leader Ahmet DavutoğluBinali Yıldırım Party Justice and Development Party Parents Ramazan Sayan, Hatice Sayan Siblings Ömer Fatih Sayan, Ayşe Hilal Sayan Koytak Similar Veysi Kaynak, Süleyman Soylu, Recep Akdağ, Berat Albayrak, Sema Ramazanoğlu Profiles | ||
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (born 31 January 1981) is a Turkish politician with an electrical engineering degree from Bilkent University as well as a Doctor of Medicine degree from Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine. She serves as the Minister of Family and Social Policies as of May 24, 2016. She is the only woman in the 65th Cabinet and the third minister with hijab (head scarf) in Turkish political history.
She is a Member of Parliament for İstanbul second electoral district from Justice and Development Party (AKP). She was first an AKP candidate in the June 2015 general election but was not successful. She was elected in November 2015.
Fatma Betül Sayan graduated from Bilkent University department of computer engineering with high distinction. She worked as a project engineer in İstanbul. Later she went to United States and studied at New York University for a while. After returning to Turkey, she attended İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine. Between 2009 and 2012, she served as an advisor to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya is married and has two children. She is sister of Ömer Fatih Sayan who is the head of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority.
