Işılay Saygın (April 4, 1947 – July 26, 2019) was a Turkish architect, politician, and four-time government minister between 1995 and 1999.
[2] Saygın entered politics in 1973 from the Justice Party (AP) and served two terms as district mayor of her hometown.
She then worked as an architect until she returned to politics in 1983 joining the Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP).
She continued in her post in the 52nd government led by Çiller until February 23, 1996, replaced by İmren Aykut.
[2][3][4] [5][6][7][8] In January 1998, as she was holding the office of Minister of State in charge of "Women and Family Affairs", Saygın was criticized when she defended the practice of virginity testing in an interview she gave to a daily.