Attorney at Law Fatma Nur Gerçel-Vice President.
Fatma
Nur Gerçel was born in Istanbul. She graduated from the Istanbul University’s
Faculty of Law.
She
became a member of ÇYDD in 1994 and joined the Law Commission of the
Association.
In
1996 she was elected to the ÇYDD Headquarters Executive Committee. During
Türkan SAYLAN’s presidency she was the Executive Committee Secretary for
6 terms starting in 1998. During
AyselÇELİKEL’s presidency she was the Executive Committee Treasurer for 3
terms.
She
represented the Association on the Human Rights Commission of Istanbul. In
addition to this, she worked for CMUK (Ceza Muhakemeleri UsulüKanunu-Criminal
Court Procedures Law) which she considers the basis of law and she worked for
the Istanbul Bar’s Children’s Rights Center.
Gerçel is presently the President of the ÇYDD Foundation which she helped establish and of which Türkan SAYLAN was the founding president. She is also a member of the Sarıyer Branch of the Association.
During
her years as the Secretary, she represented ÇYDD on NGOs and public foundations
platforms. She participated in the development of association
legislations.
She
contributed to radically changing the administrative rules and regulations of
the Association and of its branches being formed according to these.She
provided guidance on establishing the legal groundwork of various charity
campaigns.
During
her years as the Treasurer, together with Seyhan İSFENDİYAR, Gerçel worked on
the re-development of the Association’s financial enterprises and on the
general rules of treasury.
In
2009 as the Secretary of the Association she was arraigned when all ÇYDD
administrators were being charged of fault.
She was tried under the presumption of her being a member of the Ergenekonterror
group.
Gerçel
has a daughter who shares her passion for law. Aside from her career, she is
interested in arts and she paints. She speaks fluent French.
REFERENCE:
Devlet 'kumpas'ı unuttu – Cumhuriyet (cumhuriyet.com.tr, 4 Mart 2015), Çağdaş Yaşamı
Destekleme Derneği'nde... - ÇYDD (facebook.com, 30 Mayıs 2019), Avukat Fatma
Nur Gerçel Hukuk Bürosu (avukatix.com, 5 Temmuz 2020),Av. Fatma Nur Gerçel
(cydd.org.tr, 02.08.2020), Gerçel & Özeren Hukuk Bürosu
(ozeren.av.tr, 02.08.2020), Fatma Nur Gerçel Özeren - Avukat Rehberi
(turkiyeavukatlari.com, 02.08.2020).
