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This is a list of mayors of Ankara, Turkey in the Republican era.
After the coup d'état on May 27, 1960, the military appointed mayors until 1963.
The municipality act of July 27, 1963, enabled the election of the mayor. The polls held on November 17, 1963, were the first regional elections to elect the mayor.
After the coup d'état on September 12, 1980, the military appointed mayors until 1984.
With the act of December 4, 1981, the municipality of some big cities in Turkey was reorganized to meet the changed requirements.
On March 8, 1984, the metropolitan municipality act was put into force.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Notes | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Mehmet Altınsoy (1924–2007) |
26 March 1984 | 26 March 1989 | 5 years, 0 days | ANAP | ||
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Murat Karayalçın (born 1943) |
26 March 1989 | 21 September 1993 | 9 years, 179 days | SHP | ||
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Vedat Aydın (1955–2020) |
21 September 1993 | 27 March 1994 | 187 days | SHP | ||
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Melih Gökçek (born 1948) |
27 March 1994 | 27 October 2017 | 23 years, 214 days | RP/FP (until 2001) |
Re-elected four times (in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014). Resigned at the request of AK Party and incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[2] | |
AK Party (from 2001) | ||||||||
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Mustafa Tuna (born 1957) |
6 November 2017 | 8 April 2019 | 1 year, 153 days | AK Party | Elected by the city council.[3][4] | |
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Mansur Yavaş (born 1955) |
8 April 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 151 days | CHP | Elected in the 2019 election. |
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