| Hayrünnisa Gül | |
| Image Name: | Hayrünnisa Gül (cropped).jpg |
| Office: | First Lady of Turkey |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | August 28, 2007 |
| Term End: | August 28, 2014 |
| President: | Abdullah Gül |
| Predecessor: | Semra Sezer |
| Successor: | Emine Erdoğan |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Birthname: | Hayrünnisa Özyurt |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Children: | Ahmed Münir Gül Mehmed Emre Gül Kübra Gül |
Hayrünnisa Gül (pronounced as /tr/; née Özyurt, born August 18, 1965) is the 11th First Lady of Turkey,[1] as the wife of Abdullah Gül.
On October 7, 2010, Gül became the first First Lady to address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on issues faced by children and women.[2]
Gül has also publicly spoken out against the imposition of the head scarf in Islamic countries upon young females who cannot make judgment for themselves.[3]
After seven years, on August 28, 2014, she left her office as first lady when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became president.[4] Afterward, she publicly responded to criticism in regards to her husband, saying she would start a "real intifada."[5]
Gül has two sons namely Ahmed Münir and Mehmed Emre and one daughter, Kübra.[6] Gül was the first hijab-wearing first lady in the history of the Republic of Türkiye since Atatürk's dress code.