In 2002, she was elected as Deputy of Istanbul, being the youngest female parliamentarian of the 22nd legislative session. In the same period, she was elected as the first chairperson of the Turkish Group at the
Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA). She was also the spokesperson for the Environment Committee, the deputy chairperson of the Turkey-Pakistan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, a member of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development, and the co-chair of the Turkey-Italy Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Protocol during the course of the 22nd legislative session of the Turkish parliament. She was re-elected to parliament during the 24th legislative session as Deputy of Şanlıurfa, being the third female parliamentarian in the city’s history. She was elected as the head of the Turkish delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean(PAUfM). During the same period, she was a member of the Committee on Equal Opportunity for Women and Men of the Turkish parliament and chaired the Subcommittee on Gender Equality in the Media, while serving also as co-chair of Turkey-Italy Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Protocol. During her political career, she focused on
human rights in the fields of
women's issues,
environmental policies,
children's rights, and
social inequalities, including supporting the activities of
non-governmental organizations. She has prepared reports and
legislative proposals on these issues at the
Grand National Assembly of Turkey and contributed to the
accession of Turkey to the European Union. After her term as a deputy, Uslu continued to work in non-governmental organizations in the same areas. Between 2003-2012, she served as the deputy chairperson of
public relations of the
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and led the establishment and development of AKİM (AK Party Communication Centre). AKİM was awarded the “Golden Compass” by TÜHİD (Public Relations Association of Turkey), and the AK Party became the first political party to receive an award in the field of communication. Uslu was elected as a member of the Consultative Committee of the Foreign Relations Department of AK Party, as well as being elected as a member of the Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) during the 3rd and 4th General Congress of AK Party. Between 2012-2016, she served as the deputy chairperson of the
R&D department and was nominated as the AK Party candidate for Deputy of Aydin during the parliamentary election of 7 June 2015. Between 2016 and 2017, she served as Advisor to the Chairperson of the AK Party. After 2017, she has concentrated on her academic works.
Roles within national and international bodies • Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the
Yıldız Palace Foundation (2013 – ) • Chairperson of the Expert Committee on Gender Equality of the Turkish National Commission for
UNESCO (2018 – ) • Board Member of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO (2018 – ) • Member of the Consultative Board of the Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum (2020 – ) • Member of the Global Distance Education Dissemination and Alternative Education Research Association (2019 – ) • Deputy Chair of the Equal Opportunity Commission of the Standing Committee for the
Euro Mediterranean Partnership of Local and Regional Authorities (COPPEM) (2009 – 2016) • Member of the
UniCredit International Advisory Board (2007 – 2009) • Member of the Italian Academy of Cuisine (Accademia Italiana Della Cucina) (2005 – 2010) • Member of the international network Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) (2011 – ) • Member of the High Consultative Commission of the Turkish Parliamentarian Union (TPB) (2011 – 2016) • Founding Member of the Turkish Language and Literature Association (2008 – ) • Member of
The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund (2005 – 2007) • Member of the Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey (2007 – ) • Founding Board Member of the Eurasia Sociologists’ Association (2007 – ) • Founding Board Member of the Alumni Association of the School of Communication of
Istanbul University (2007 – ) • Member of the
Nonviolent Radical Party (2005 – ) • Member of the Board of Trustees of
Istanbul Aydın University (2003 – 2006) • Member of the Anatolian Club (2002 – ) • Member of the
International Communication Association (ICA) (2001 – ) • Member of the Sociological Association (2000 – ) • Founding Member of the Hazar Education, Culture and Solidarity Association (1993 – ) • Member of the Culture and Solidarity Association of
Sanliurfa (1990 – ) ==Personal life==