Aysel Çelikel

Prof. Dr. Aysel Çelikel
Minister of Justice
In office 5 August 2002 – 18 November 2002
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit
Preceded by	Hikmet Sami Türk
Succeeded by	Cemil Çiçek
Chairwoman of Association for the Support of Contemporary Living
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2009
Preceded by	Türkân Saylan
Personal details
Born	1933 (age 90–91) İstanbul, Turkey
Political party	Independent
Residence	Rumelihisarı, Sarıyer, İstanbul
Education	Law
Alma mater	İstanbul University (BA, PhD) Columbia University (LLM)
Occupation	Academic, legal scholar and author
Profession	Private international law
Cabinet	57th

Aysel Çelikel (born 1933) is a Turkish academic, legal scholar and author who served as the first Minister of Justice of Turkey at 57th Cabinet. She was neither a Member of Parliament nor in political affiliation. She appointed as independent minister by PM Bülent Ecevit in accordance to Article 114 of the Constitution three months before the 1999 general election.

Aysel Çelikel is currently the Chairwoman of the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living (Turkish: Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği, ÇYDD).

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Political offices
Preceded by Hikmet Sami Türk	68th Minister of Justice 5 August 2002 – 18 November 2002	Succeeded by Cemil Çiçek