Background
She was born 1977 in Istanbul.
She was born 1977 in Istanbul.
Galatasaray University.
Selina Özuzun Doğan was nominated as a candidate for the June 2015 general election by the Republican People"s Party (CHP). Upon agreeing with the proposal of minority groups to have a representative in the parliament, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of CHP, put her name on the first place of the party"s candidate list for Istanbul 2nd Constituency.
Grand National Assembly of Turkey]
She became one of the first Armenian members of Turkey’s parliament in decades. On June 7, 2015, she was elected into the parliament, and became so the first Armenian members of the Grand National Assembly in decades alongside Garo Paylan (HDP) and Markar Esayan (AKP). Apart from Hermine Kalustyan, who served six months in the Constituent Assembly of Turkey (Turkish: Kurucu Meclis) after her appointment by the military junta following the 1960 Turkish coup d"état, Özuzun Doğan is the only female Armenian member of the parliamant in the history of Turkish politics.