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
Palamadai S. Lokanathan Palamadai S. Lokanathan Palamadai S Lokanathan(est.1894 -05 May 1972) was the First Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), which later became the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). An economist who had made a distinguished career in teaching, government service, and private enterprise, Lokanathan was also a member of the Senate of Madras and a member of the Academic Council of Madras University, where he was Professor of Economics. He was also a member of the Board of Studies in Economics for the Universities of