Tuba Vural Cokal (b. 1973, ^[1] Antalya ), is a Turkish politician, member of parliament (the 27th convocation of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Biography [ edit ]

She was born in Antalya in 1973. She graduated from the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Ophthalmology at the Health Sciences Institute of Trakya University . She completed her master's degree in cataract surgery at Baylor University in the United States and at Agarwal Hospital in India. ^[5]

Upon her return to Turkey, she worked as an ophthalmologist at Istanbul Hospital, as a chief physician at ?i?li Eye Protection Foundation, and as a specialist physician at Side Anatolia Hospital. Starting from 2007, she opened her own clinic and continued her work related to eye health there. ^[2]

Political career and personal life [ edit ]

She was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as a deputy of Antalya for the 27th term on behalf of the Good Party . Cokal served as the Deputy Chairperson of the Good Party for a while. ^[6] After disagreements with the Good Party Management, she resigned from her party on February 13, 2020 ^[7] and joined the AK Party on March 11, 2020. ^[8]

Cokal, who speaks English at an advanced level and German at an intermediate level, is married and a mother of two children.

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