18.03.2025 08:50
The 2006 Miss Turkey beauty queen Seda Sarıbaş was appointed as the Deputy Head of R&D and Education as part of the assignments following the congress in the AK Party. Sarıbaş, who is a Member of Parliament for Aydın, made headlines when she was seen smiling and kissing the hand of President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan alongside children before the Aydın Provincial Congress held in January.
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While new appointments continue in the party's internal organization after the congress in the AK Party, a noteworthy appointment has been made. Seda Sarıbaş, who won the title of Miss Turkey in the 2006 Miss Turkey Beauty Pageant, has been appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of R&D in the AK Party.
After the change of duty, Sarıbaş made a statement on her social media account, using the following expressions:
"With the preferences of our esteemed President and the appreciation of our R&D and Education Chairman Mustafa Şen, I have been re-elected to the position of deputy head of the unit. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who deemed me worthy of this position, especially to our esteemed President and our R&D and Education Chairman Mr. Mustafa Şen."
NOTABLE MOMENT WITH ERDOĞAN
In January, Seda Sarıbaş, who attended the AK Party Aydın Provincial Congress, made headlines with her warm moments with President Erdoğan. Sarıbaş, who kissed Erdoğan's hand along with children at the congress, was also talked about for receiving 200 lira pocket money from the President.
WHO IS SEDA SARIBAŞ?
Seda Sarıbaş, who is from Trabzon on her mother's side and from Adana on her father's side, was born and raised in Istanbul. She was selected as Miss Turkey in the 2006 Miss Turkey Beauty Pageant. Transitioning from modeling to entrepreneurship, Sarıbaş completed her bachelor's degree in Labor Economics at Anadolu University and then pursued a master's degree in sociology.
Sarıbaş served as a member of the AK Party Aydın Metropolitan Municipality Council (2014-2018) and as the Provincial Chair of the AK Party Aydın Women's Branch in the previous term (2016-2018). She married businessman Sedat Sarıbaş from Didim, settled in Didim, and operated a gas station with her husband for a while.
Most recently, Seda Sarıbaş became an AK Party Aydın deputy in the 2023 parliamentary elections.
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