Türkân Akyol cabinet of Tansu Çiller, Turkey's first woman prime minister. Akyol died at a hospital in Ankara on 7 September 2017 at the age of 88. She was buried at the Karşıyaka Cemetery following the religious funeral at Maltepe Mosque. She was mother of two children. There is a hospital in Bursa carrying her name. Türkân Akyol Türkân Akyol (October 12, 1928 – September 7, 2017) was a Turkish politician, physician and academic. She was the first Turkish female government minister, and the first female university rector in Turkey. Türkan Akyol was born on October 12, 1928 in Istanbul. She completed
Tansu Çiller technicalities such as the statute of limitations and parliamentary immunity. At the end of 1998, the corruption files about Yılmaz and Çiller were covered up at the commissions of the Parliament in a common action staged by DYP, ANAP and DSP MPs. She remained leader of the DYP until 2002; after its November 2002 election defeat, she retired from political life. Tansu Çiller is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues