Aysel Çelikel
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Prime MinisterBülent Ecevit
Preceded byHikmet Sami Türk
Succeeded byCemil Çiçek
Preceded byTürkân Saylan
Aysel Çelikel | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 5 August 2002 – 18 November 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Preceded by | Hikmet Sami Türk |
| Succeeded by | Cemil Çiçek |
| Chair of the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Türkân Saylan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1933 (age 92–93) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Party | Independent |
| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University (BA, PhD) Columbia University (LLM) |
| Occupation | Academic, legal scholar, and author |
| Profession | Private international law |
| Cabinet | 57th |
Aysel Çelikel (born 1933) is a Turkish academic, legal scholar and author who served as the first Minister of Justice of Turkey at 57th Cabinet. She was neither a Member of Parliament nor in political affiliation. She was appointed as an independent minister by Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit in accordance with Article 114 of the Constitution three months before the 1999 general election.[1][2]
Aysel Çelikel is currently the Chairwoman of the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living (Turkish: Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği, ÇYDD).[3]
