Süreyya Ağaoğlu


Süreyya Ağaoğlu was a Turkish-Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.

Early life and education

Ağaoğlu was the daughter of Ahmet Ağaoğlu, a prominent Azerbaijani and later Turkish politician of the early 20th century. After the fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1920, the Ağaoğlus moved to Turkey where Süreyya enrolled in the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University.

Career

After graduation Ağaoğlu worked as a lawyer from 1927 till her death in 1989. At one point she worked as an assistant to Professor Schwartz, Turkan Rado. She is the author of books What I Saw in London and One Life Has Passed Just Like This, where she discussed many legal issues and wrote biographical information about her father.

Death

Süreyya Ağaoğlu died of a stroke in 1989.