Hülya Terzioğlu appointed AK Party Vice President for Social Policies

Hülya Terzioğlu has been appointed as the AK Party Vice President responsible for Social Policies, effective October 1, 2026. The appointment, announced by AK Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik, brings the academic to the party’s top leadership tier as a member of the Central Decision and Management Board (MKYK).

Terzioğlu is a professor specializing in theology and Kalam. She graduated from Marmara University’s Faculty of Theology in 1996 and completed her master’s and doctoral studies at the same institution. After a period in private education due to past headscarf restrictions, she joined Sakarya University’s Faculty of Theology in 2013 and attained the title of professor in 2023. Her academic research focuses on modern belief problems, deism, and women in Islam.

Born in 1970 in the Alaca district of Çorum, Terzioğlu has a background in political activism, having served in the AK Party Istanbul Provincial Women's Branch and as a founding representative for KADEM in Sakarya.