Aysel Çelikel

{{Short description|Turkish politician (born 1933)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = Prof. Dr.

|name = Aysel Çelikel

|image = Aysel Çelikel.jpg

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|office = Minister of Justice

|term_start = 5 August 2002

|term_end = 18 November 2002

|predecessor = Hikmet Sami Türk

|successor = Cemil Çiçek

|primeminister = Bülent Ecevit

|office1 = Chair of the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living

|term_start1 = 26 May 2009

|term_end1 =

|predecessor1 = Türkân Saylan

|successor1 =

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1933}}

|birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Independent

|spouse =

|children =

|residence = Rumelihisarı, Sarıyer, Istanbul

|alma_mater = Istanbul University (BA, PhD)
Columbia University (LLM)

|education = Law

|occupation = Academic, legal scholar, and author

|profession = Private international law

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|website =

|cabinet = 57th

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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.{{Cite web |title=Aysel Çelikel kimdir? - Yeni Akit |url=https://www.yeniakit.com.tr/biyografi/aysel-celikel |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.yeniakit.com.tr |language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=Aradığınız sayfa bulunamadı - 404 |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/ErrorPage404.html?aspxerrorpath=/turkiye/alev-coskun-ve-aysel-celikele-cumhuriyetin-altin-cocuklari-odulu-2131967 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr}}

Aysel Çelikel is currently the Chairwoman of the Association for the Support of Contemporary Living ({{langx|tr|Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği, ÇYDD}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.cydd.org.tr/sayfa/profdraysel-celikel-genel-baskan-116/ |title=Prof.Dr.Aysel Çelikel (Genel Başkan) |language=Turkish |publisher=Association for the Support of Contemporary Living |access-date=24 May 2016}}