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City, population,
municipal website
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Mayor,
Mr or Ms
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Elections
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Profile & Politics
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Adana
Popl: 1,719,000
www.adana.gov.tr |
Zeydan Karalar, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1958
• Engineer;
• Mayor of Seyhon 2014 – 2019;
• Won in 2019 with 54% of votes.;
• Chair of CHP Provincial Party since 2010;
• Party. CHP |
Adapazari
Popl: 512,000
www.adapazari.gov.tr |
Mutlu Isiksu, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1974;
• Politician;
• Lost election for mayor in 2014;
• District President AKP 2009 – 2014;
• Party: AKP |
Ankara
Popl: 5,445,000
http://www.ankara.gov.tr/ |
Mansur Yavas, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1955
• Lawyer by profession;
• Mayor of Beypazari from 1999 to 2009 as member of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP):
• Left MHP in 2013 to join the centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP)
• Contested the 2014 Ankara mayoral election, which he ‘lost’ in controversial circumstances by one per cent of the vote.
• Party: Republican People’s Party (CHP) |
Antalya
Popl: 1,194,200
www.antalya.gov.tr |
Muhittin Bocek, M |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1962;
• Politician; • Administrator;
• Four terms at Mayor of Konyaalti and also as President of the Mediterranean Municipalities;
• Party: CHP |
Bursa
Popl: 1,926,000
www.bursa.gov.tr |
Alinur Aktas, Mr |
• Became mayor 2017;
• Elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1970;
• Politician;
• Former mayor of Inegol;
• Party: AKP |
Denizli
Popl: 611,200
www.denizli.gov.tr |
Osman Zolan, Mr |
• First elected 2014;
• Re-elected 2019
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1964;
• Lawyer. Politician. Originally appointed mayor in 2011;
• Party. AKP |
Diyarbakir
Popl: 1,010,000
www.diyarbakir-bld.gov.tr |
Adnan Selcuk Mizrakh, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Dismissed August 2019 for political reasons:
• Subsequently the government appointed Husan Guzeloglu as so-called mayor;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1963;
• Doctor of Medicine;
• Member of Parliament;
• Was one of several elected mayors removed in August 2019 by the Turkish government which cited alleged encouragement of/ connections with Kurdish separatists;
• Party: HDP |
Erzurum
Popl: 409,300
www.erzurum.gov.tr |
Mehmet Sekman, Mr |
• First elected 2014;
• Re-elected 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1958;
• Formerly in business as a financial advisor.
• Manager and Politician;
• Formerly a Member of Parliament and Mayor of Samandira and also of Kartal;
• Party: AKP |
Eskisehir
Popl: 746,600
www.eskisehir.gov.tr |
Yilmaz Buyukersan, Mr |
• First elected 1999;
• Re-elected 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1937;
• Artist, Academic and Teacher;
• Former Director of Anadolu University;
• Member of Democratic Left party until 2011;
• Party: CHP |
Gaziantep
Popl: 1,626,400
www.gaziantep.gov.tr |
Fatma Sahin, Ms |
• First elected 1999;
• Re-elected 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1966;
• Engineer and Politician;
• Former Member of Parliament and Government Minister;
• Elected mayor in 2014;
• Maintains close relations to European Union:
• Shortlisted for the 2018 World Mayor Prize:
• Party: AKP. |
Gebze
Popl: 686,800
www.gebze.gov.tr |
Zinnur Buyokgoz, Mr |
• First elected 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1964;
• Politician;
• Contractor and architect though mostly employed as a city planner;
• Also a Businessperson;
• Deputy Mayor 2004-2009;
• Won 2019 election with 51% of the votes |
Istanbul
Popl: 14,670,000
www.istanbul.gov.tr |
Ekrem Imamoglu, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Result subsequently annulled;
• Re-elected with increased majority in June 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1970;
• Business Owner and corporate manager;
• Mayor of Beylikdozu 2014 – 2019;
• Head of CHP Youth Wing from 2009:
• Following narrow victory in March 2019 the Government annulled the result and ordered fresh election;
• In June 2019, Mr Imamoglu won by 800,000 votes;
• Party: CHP |
Izmir
Popl: 2,931,000
www.izmir.gov.tr |
Tunc Soyer Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1959;
Politician and administrator;
• Previously employed by Izmir Chamber of Commerce;
• Mayor of Seferihisar between 2009 – 2019;
• Won the 2019 election by securing 58% of votes;
• Party: CHP |
Kahramanmaras
Popl: 517,900
www.kahramanmaras.gov.tr |
Hayrettin Gungor, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1965:
• Public management specialist and financial advisor;
• Party: AKP |
Kayseri
Popl: 929,700
www.kayseri.gov.tr |
Memduh Buyukkilic, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1953:
• Doctor of Medicine;
• Extensive experience as a manager in NGOs;
• Formerly a Member of Parliament;
• Has served as mayor of several smaller cities in the Kayseri region;
• Party: AKP |
Konya
Popl: 1,268,900
www.konya.gov.tr |
Ugur Ibrahim Altay, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1974;
• Civil engineer, business owner, project manager;
• Elected as Mayor of Selcuklu in 2009 and in 2014;
• Party: AKP |
Malatya
Popl: 453,100
www.malatya.gov.tr |
Ahmet Cakir, Mr |
• First elected 2009;
• Re-elected 2014 and March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1964;
• Business Owner.;
• Party: AKP |
Mersin
Popl: 974,100
www.mersin.gov.tr |
Vahap Secer, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1963;
• Member of Parliament 2007 – 2015;
• Party: CHP |
Samsun
Popl: 595,400
www.samsun.bel.tr |
Mustafa Demir, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1961;
• Architect:
• Former President of AKP in Samsun;
• Party. AKP |
Sanliurfa
Popl: 573,800
www.sanliurfa.bel.tr |
Zeynal Abidin Beyazgul, Mr |
• First elected March 2019;
• Next election 2024 |
• Born 1957;
• Lawyer and notary;
• Party. AKP |
Van
Popl: 480,600
www.van.bel.tr |
Bedia Ozgokce Ertan, Ms |
• First elected March 2019.;
• Dismissed August 2019 for political reasons;
• The government subsequently appointed Mehmet Elmin Bilmez as replacement |
• Born 1975;
• Lawyer;
• Founder of the Van branch of Human Rights Association;
• In 2004 became the first woman to be elected to the provincial assembly;
• Member of Parliament since 2015;
• After winning in March 2019 with 54% of the vote, dismissed by Government in August 2019 for alleged associations with Kurdish separatists:
• Party. HDP |
Turkish local government