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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Scientist[edit]Politician[edit]Later years and death[edit]References[edit]Early life[edit]Fatma Hikmet was born to a Muslim minority family in Ioannina, Greece in 1918.[1] Her father, H\u00fcseyin H\u00fcsn\u00fc Bey, is claimed to be a descendant of  Ottoman-Albanian ruler Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1740\u20131822).[2]After the Greco-Turkish War, the family emigrated to Turkey within the frame of population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreed by the Lausanne Convention in 1923.[3] They settled in Be\u015fikta\u015f, Istanbul.[2] Due to the father’s occupation as an army officer, the family migrated to Tokat and Adapazar\u0131.[2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Fatma Hikmet completed her primary and secondary education in Istanbul.[2] She attended the Arnavutk\u00f6y American High School for Girls,[1][2] before moving to Istanbul Girls High School, finishing in 1933.[1][3] She then studied agricultural engineering at Ankara University’s Faculty of Agriculture,[1] graduating in 1937.[2][3] She attended courses in England and obtained a doctoral degree in Canada.[3][4] She became a specialist in plant diseases.[1][2]After the Surname Law in 1934, she and her older sister Fikret adopted the family name “\u0130\u015fmen”.[2][3]Scientist[edit]\u0130\u015fmen was employed by the  Ministry of Agriculture,[4] and served in the Institute of Pest Control (Turkish: Zirai M\u00fccadele Enstit\u00fcs\u00fc) in Ankara, Izmir,[1] and from 1945 on in Istanbul.[2][3] She conducted research work as assistant, chief assistant and specialist between 1940 and 1966.[2][4]Politician[edit]Encouraged by Adnan Cemgil, whose son was a militant of an armed underground far-left movement, \u0130\u015fmen joined the Workers Party of Turkey (Turkish: T\u00fcrkiye \u0130\u015f\u00e7i Partisi, T\u0130P) in 1964.[1][2][3] On June 5, 1966,[3] she entered the Senate of the Republic representing Kocaeli electoral district as the only senator of T\u0130P,[3] which was present in the Turkish Grand National Assembly with 15 seats won in the 1965 general elections.[1][5]In her first speech in the senate, she accused the Directorate of Religious Affairs of fueling the discrimination of Alawites[citation needed] by the Sunni Islam that sparked a long-lasting controversy in the senate with Justice Party majority. Her parliamentary works were focused on policies of education, agriculture and animal husbandry.[2][3]The T\u0130P was banned after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. She remained alone as socialist representative in the legislature. She resigned after nine years in the senate on October 12, 1975 stating tiredness.[2][3]In 1976, she published her autobiography about her time in the Senate under the title Parlamentoda 9 y\u0131l: T\u0130P Senat\u00f6r\u00fc Olarak 1966 \u2013 1975 D\u00f6nemi Parlamento \u00c7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131 (“9 Years in the Parliament: Parliamentary Works as the Senator of T\u0130P During the Term 1966 \u2013 1975”).[3][6]In 1991, she co-founded the Socialist Unity Party (Turkish: Sosyalist Birlik Partisi, SBP), and in  1994, she was among the founders of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (Turkish: \u00d6zg\u00fcrl\u00fck ve Dayan\u0131\u015fma Partisi, \u00d6DP). She served in the boards of these political parties.[1][2]Later years and death[edit]She was the co-founder and a member of the board of trustees of the “Tarih Vakf\u0131” (“The History Foundation”).[7] In 1992, the foundation awarded  in her honor the “Fatma Hikmet \u0130\u015fmen Prize for Supporting Research on Marxism” (Turkish: Fatma Hikmet \u0130\u015fmen Marksist Ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131 Destekleme \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc).[8]Fatma Hikmet \u0130\u015fmen died in Istanbul on May 9, 2006.[1][2][3] Two days later, she was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following the religious ceremony held at \u015ei\u015fli Mosque.[9] The funeral attendees sang the left-wing anthem “The Internationale”. She was survived by her sister Fikret \u0130\u015fmen Kayg\u0131.[2] She was never married due to her anti-marriage views.[2][3]References[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/fatma-hikmet-ismen-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Fatma Hikmet \u0130\u015fmen – Wikipedia"}}]}]