Elgin served in Ankara as the Deputy Chairperson of the Municipal council between 1973 and 1980.
She entered the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and served in the 17th Parliament.
[1] Neriman was born to Talat and Macide in Malatya, Turkey in 1921.
She completed her education at Erenköy Girls High School in Istanbul.
[1] She marriad to author İsmet Elgin (1904–1976), and gave birth to four children.