Selin Sayek Böke
 Selin Sayek Böke      (politician, academic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 August 1972 Buffalo, New York, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkey, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University, Duke University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican People's Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US born Turkish World Bank economist being groomed by the USA to high positions in Turkey. Attended the 2015 Bilderberg
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Selin Sayek Böke is a Turkish politician, member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who became Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district on 7 June 2015. She was deputy leader of the CHP responsible for economic policies. Born in the United States, she worked as an economist, notably as a lecturer and assistant professor at American universities and at the IMF, before moving to Turkey to be parachuted into party leadership positions.
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Background
Selin Sayek Böke was born into a Turkish-American family on 24 August 1972 in Buffalo, New York, United States; her father is İskender Sayek and her mother is Füsun Sayek.[1][2] One part of her family is Antiochian Greek, while another part of her family is Sunni Muslim ethnic Turk from Niğde.[3][4]
Education
She graduated from TED Ankara College in 1989. In 1993, she graduated from Middle East Technical University Faculty of Economics. Between 1993 and 1999, she pursued a master's degree and a doctorate at Duke University in the United States, in the field of economics.
Economist Career
She later began teaching at Duke while working as a project advisor at the World Bank. In her role as an advisor, she worked on World Bank projects in South Africa, north and central Europe. She received her Ph.D from Duke in 1999.[5]
Between 1999 and 2001, she worked at the Bentley University Economics Department as an assistant professor. She later worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) office in Washington D.C. as an economist. During her work at the IMF, she also gave lectures at Georgetown University.[6] In 2003, she became a member of teaching staff at Bilkent University. She became an assistant professor in 2010 and became the Chair of the Economics Department at Bilkent University between 2011 and 2014. Between 2013 and 2014, she worked as vice dean of the Bilkent University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences.[7] Since 2011, she is a member of the advisory board at the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Social Sciences research Group (SOBAG). She is a founding member of the Füsun Sayek Health and Education Development Foundation.[8]
Political career
In 2014, she was elected to the Party Assembly of the Republican People's Party. She became Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district on 7 June 2015. She became the Deputy Chairman of the CHP Responsible for Economic Policies, and the Party Spokesman. On May 6, 2017, she resigned from the positions. After the next congress held in July 2020, she was appointed as the General Secretary of the CHP.[9]
In 2019, she was elected as the deputy chairman of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Böke became the first Turkish parliamentarian to hold this position. From January 2020 - January 24, 2022 she was the chairperson of the PACE European Social Charter Subcommittee and as of January 24, 2022 the chairperson of the Committee on Social Problems, Health and Sustainable Development.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria |
References
- ↑ http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/index/selin-sayek-boke
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160424060331/http://xn--jntrk-jua8b.com/2016/02/09/selin-sayek-boke-abd-vatandasi-cikti-hristiyanlik-falan-hikaye/
- ↑ http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/1193672-boke-ailemin-bir-tarafi-hiristiyan-diger-tarafi-musluma
- ↑ http://www.agos.com.tr/tr/yazi/14327/hiristiyan-olmak-haber-degeri-tasir-mi
- ↑ http://www.ensonhaber.com/selin-sayek-boke-kimdir-2015-04-13.html
- ↑ http://www.haberler.com/selin-sayek-boke/biyografisi/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160604003202/http://www.internethaber.com/selin-sayek-boke/biyografisi
- ↑ http://www.sozcu.com.tr/2015/gunun-icinden/chp-izmir-milletvekili-adayi-selin-sayek-boke-kimdir-795749/
- ↑ http://bianet.org/bianet/siyaset/228710-chp-nin-yeni-myk-uyeleri-boke-geri-dondu?bia_source=rss
