Selvi Kılıçdaroğlu (née Özdağ; born 5 May 1952)[4] is the wife of former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

[5] After meeting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, her cousin whom she had never seen until high school, she got married in 1974.

[6] Due to her marriage, she dropped out of Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, School of Press and Broadcasting.

[8] She stated that her husband Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was not in favor of her entering politics, but she respected him for doing what he loved.

[9] While herself being a member of CHP since 2002, she has said in interviews that she is not in favour of entering active politics.