Gülkız Ürbül (1901–1990) was a Turkish woman who became the first female muhtar (village chief) in Turkey in 1933.
Two weeks later, Ürbül was elected the muhtar in Demircidere village of the Çine ilçe (district) in Aydın Province, marking the first time a woman was elected a political office in Turkey.
[2] After the election, Mehmet Ali Bey, the governor of Çine, said that the district was proud to be the pioneer in having the first female muhtar in Turkey.
Recep Peker, the secretary-general of the Republican People's Party (and later prime minister from 1946 to 1947), sent a telegram and congratulated Ürbül on becoming the first Turkish female muhtar and political officeholder.
[citation needed] Ürbül spent the last 20 years of her life in the Nazilli district of Aydın Province, where she died on the 18 December 1990.