Education
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
She failed to disclose her American citizenship, which was revealed after the elections, and she lost her seat in the parliament in March 2001. The Virtue Party was closed down by the Constitutional Court in June 2001. In addition to lecturing at universities throughout Europe and the United States, Kavakçı addressed the 2004 Parliament of the World"s Religions in Barcelona.
Kavakci also addressed British Parliament House of Lords in London, England.
She has lectured and spoke at myriad American and European Universities including Harvard, Yale, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Duisburg and Cambridge Universities. Kavakçı is a Hafiz-al Qur"an.
She received her master"s degree from Harvard University and her Doctor of Philosophy from Howard University. Kavakçı is currently a professor at George Washington University and Howard University in Washington District of Columbia She is the mother of two, Fatima Abushanab, 21 and Mariam Kavakci, 20.
She was recognized among "Women of Excellence" by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and GWU in 2004.
She was awarded Service to Humanity Award by Haus Der Kulturellen Aktivität und Toleranz in Vienna, Austria in 1999. She was granted Mother of the Year Award by Capital Platform of Ankara and National Youth Organization in 1999. She sits at the Editorial Board of Mediterranean Quarterly.
She is the author of six books and numerous articles
In 2012, a book about Kavakçı titled "The Day Turkey Stood Still: Merve Kavakçı"s Walk Into the Parliament" by Richard Peres was published. She is paternal Georgian descent.
On May 2, 1999, Kavakçı was precluded from taking her oath in the swear-in ceremony by members of the Democratic Left Party due to her headscarf.