Ayla Halit Kazım (born 1934) is a Turkish Cypriot former politician. She was the first female member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus, serving briefly in the legislature in 1963.
Biography Kazım was born in Larnaca in 1934,Kiazim Halit Ayla House of Representatives the daughter of Mehmet Zeki Müderisoğlu from Larnaca and Nezihe Efendi from Limassol.Siyasiler de, seçmen de bireysel düşünüyor Kibris Gazetesi, 19 December 2017 She grew up in Limassol, and attended the American Academy in Larnaca. In 1953 she married Shemshedin Halit Kazım and became a farmer. The couple settled in Paphos and had four children.
Shemshedin became the Turkish mayor of Paphos, and in 1960 was elected to the House of Representatives.'Politics is all fake and based on self-interest' Cyprus Today, 23 December 2017 However, he died in a car accident in September 1963. Ayla was chosen to replace him and was elected without a by-election. She took office as the first female member on 25 October.Εκλογές 31ης Ιουλίου 1960 House of Representatives She joined the Independent Turkish Group, but alongside the other 14 Turkish Cypriot members, she withdrew from the House in December.Ιστορική ανασκόπηση House of Representatives She had only attended two sittings of parliament and never received the salary due to representatives.
Following the 1974 coup and Turkish invasion, Kazım moved to what became Northern Cyprus, settling in Güzelyurt. She subsequently became a member of the Community Assembly of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration.TMT heroes (5) Haber Güneş, 17 June 2019 In 2006 she won a court case entitling her to compensation from the Cypriot government, which had expropriated land she owned in Mandria.Cyprus: Lack of political settlement prevents the displaced from fully enjoying their property rights iDMC
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