{{Short description|Belgian politician (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Ayşe Yiğit | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Member of the Chamber of Representatives | constituency1 = Hainaut | term_start1 = 9 June 2024 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the Senate | constituency2 = | term_start2 = 2019 | term_end2 = 2024 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|10|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Çaykara, Turkey | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = Workers' Party of Belgium | other_party = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Ege University | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Ayşe Yiğit''' (born 1 October 1972) is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives.<ref name="Chambre">{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Ayse Yigit |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07672&lactivity=56 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=5 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}</ref> A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, she has represented Hainaut since June 2024. She had previously been a member of the Senate from 2019 to 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Qui est qui?: Sénateurs - Ayse Yigit |url=https://senate.be/www/?MIval=showSenator&ID=4881&LANG=fr |publisher=Senate |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203084750/https://senate.be/www/?MIval=showSenator&ID=4881&LANG=fr |archive-date=3 December 2022 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}</ref>
Yiğit was born on 1 October 1972 in Taşlıgedik, Çaykara, Turkey.<ref name="Chambre"/><ref name="ÇG120624">{{cite news |last1=Belçika |first1=Mehmet Üstün |title=Ayşe Yiğit Belçika Federal Parlamentosunda seçildi |url=https://www.caykaragazetesi.com/siyaset/ayse-yigit-belcika-federal-parlamentosunda-secildi-69009/ |access-date=5 September 2024 |work=Çaykara Gazetesi |date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617135819/https://www.caykaragazetesi.com/siyaset/ayse-yigit-belcika-federal-parlamentosunda-secildi-69009/ |archive-date=17 June 2024 |location=Trabzon, Turkey |language=tr}}</ref> Her father Niyazi Yiğit migrated to Limburg in the mid-1980s to teach and later brought his family to Belgium.<ref name="PTB">{{cite web |title=Ayse Yigit sera sénatrice pour le PTB |url=https://www.ptb.be/actualites/ayse-yigit-sera-senatrice-pour-le-ptb |publisher=Workers' Party of Belgium |access-date=5 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr |date=26 June 2019}}</ref> Yiğit then returned to Turkey to finish her education, graduating with a degree in communication sciences and journalism from Ege University.<ref name="PTB"/><ref name="SH101221">{{cite news |last1=Çetinkaya |first1=Mazlum |title=Şiirden Siyasete Beş Soru: Ayşe Yiğit |url=https://sonhaber.ch/siirden-siyasete-bes-soru-ayse-yigit/ |access-date=5 September 2024 |work=Son Haber |date=10 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529083247/https://sonhaber.ch/siirden-siyasete-bes-soru-ayse-yigit/ |archive-date=29 May 2022 |location=Zürich, Switzerland |language=tr}}</ref> She settled in Belgium permanently in 1998.<ref name="SH101221"/> She is a translator and interpreter and has worked for Babel Vlaamse Tolkentelefoon, {{ill|Flemish Integration Agency|nl|Agentschap Integratie en Inburgering}}.<ref name="PTB"/>
Yiğit joined the Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) in 2015 and was active in its women's wing, Marianne (now Zelle).<ref name="PTB"/><ref name="SH101221"/> She contested the 2018 local election as the PTB's first placed candidate for the municipal council in Houthalen-Helchteren but the party failed to win any seats in the municipality.<ref name="lv18">{{cite web |title=Lokale verkiezingen 2018: Houthalen-Helchteren - Uitslagen |url=https://resultaten2018.vlaanderenkiest.be/#/gemeente/72039 |website=vlaanderenkiest |publisher=Flemish Government |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609231838/https://resultaten2018.vlaanderenkiest.be/#/gemeente/72039 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> She contested the 2019 federal election as the PTB's first placed candidate in Limburg but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency.<ref name="vk19">{{cite web |title=Resultaat Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers 26 mei 2019 - Kieskring Limburg |url=https://verkiezingsresultaten.belgium.be/nl/election-results/kamer-van-volksvertegenwoordigers/2019/kieskring/223147 |website=Verkiezingsuitslagen |publisher=Federal Public Service Interior |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616090329/https://verkiezingsresultaten.belgium.be/nl/election-results/kamer-van-volksvertegenwoordigers/2019/kieskring/223147 |archive-date=16 June 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> She was co-opted to the Senate in July 2019.<ref name="ÇG280619">{{cite news |title=Çaykara´lı Ayşe Yiğit Belçika Parlamentosunda |url=https://caykaragundem.com/haber/caykarali-ayse-yigit-belcika-parlamentosunda-7564.html |access-date=5 September 2024 |work=Çaykara Gündem |date=28 June 2019 |location=Trabzon, Turkey |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Paelinck |first1=Gianni |title=Ook gecoöpteerde senatoren leggen eed af |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/07/12/ook-gecooepteerde-senatoren-leggen-eed-af/ |access-date=5 September 2024 |work=VRT News |agency=Belga |date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522020919/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/07/12/ook-gecooepteerde-senatoren-leggen-eed-af/ |archive-date=22 May 2022 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> She was elected to the Chamber of Representatives at the 2024 federal election.<ref name="re24">{{cite web |title=Résultat Chambre des Représentants 9 juin 2024 - Circonscription de Hainaut |url=https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2024/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/251002 |website=Résultats électoraux |publisher=Federal Public Service Interior |access-date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831190111/https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/2024/circonscription-%C3%A9lectorale/251002 |archive-date=31 August 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}</ref>
Yiğit has a daughter and son.<ref name="PTB"/><ref name="ÇG120624"/><ref name="SH101221"/>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Ayşe Yiğit ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col|Votes ! scope=col|Result |- | 2018 local<ref name="lv18"/> || Houthalen-Helchteren || style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Belgium}};"| || Workers' Party of Belgium || align=right|{{Nts|207}} || Not elected |- | 2019 federal<ref name="vk19"/> || Limburg || style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Belgium}};"| || Workers' Party of Belgium || align=right|{{Nts|8604}} || Not elected |- | 2024 federal<ref name="re24"/> || Hainaut || style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Belgium}};"| || Workers' Party of Belgium || align=right|{{Nts|5531}} || '''Elected''' |}
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