Alinur Aktaş (born 1970, in

İnegöl İnegöl (known as , ''Angelokomis'' in the Byzantine period) is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,118 km2, and its population is 302.251 (2024). İnegöl is one of the centers of the Turkish furniture indus ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

) is a Turkish politician in the AKP and was the Mayor of

Bursa Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...

from 2017 to 2024.

Personal life

He was born in 1970, in the İnegöl district of the

Bursa Province Bursa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir Province, Balıkesir to the west, K ...

. After graduating from primary school and high school in İnegöl, he graduated from

Uludağ University Uludağ (), the ancient Mysian or Bithynian Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος), is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an elevation of . In Turkish, ''Uludağ'' means "great mountain". In ancient times the range of which it is a part, ex ...

in Bursa. Alinur Aktaş is married and is also a father to two children.

Politics

His political life began as a member of AKP. He was elected as the Mayor of İnegöl in the 28 March 2004 elections. During his time being mayor, İnegöl became the second biggest city of the Southern Marmara Region. After the resignation of Bursa Mayor Recep Altepe, Alinur Aktaş was elected to be his successor. He is famous for putting himself on multiple payrolls by appointing himself as the president of every city council owned company.

References

Living people 1970 births 21st-century mayors of places in Turkey Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Mayors of Bursa {{Turkey-mayor-stub