Fatma Salman Kotan
Fatma Salman Kotan is a Turkish accountant, politician and Member of Parliament for Ağrı, representing the Justice and Development Party.
Early life and education
Fatma Salman Kotan is the daughter of Sheikh Ahmet Salman. She is a graduate in economics from Atatürk University in Erzurum.She has said that her mother, Antika Salman, died as a result of having a third daughter, having felt pressurised to try to have a son. Kotan was six at the time of her mother's death.
Kotan was the first woman in her family to be able to study.
Career
Kotan was a financial advisor and worked in the Parliamentary Clerk's Office before her election as member of parliament.Because of her mother's death, Kotan has been active in trying to prevent violence or emotional abuse against women who do not have sons.
She has set up a brick factory in order to show that women can be involved in industry.