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
Turkish Bank High Street near London Bridge. Then in 1982, it opened its first branches on mainland Turkey, and in 1993 it issued its first credit cards. It now operates under several names: Turkish Bank Group established its presence in Turkey by opening a branch of Turk Bankası Ltd. In Istanbul in 1982. In 1988, a second branch in Izmir became operational. Next year, two more branches in Mersin and Ankara followed suit. Turkish operations of the Group was reorganized under a new separate entity when Turkish Bank A.Ş. was formed as an incorporated company at the end of 1991. In January