This is a list of

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s of

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

in the

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Governors as mayors (1924–1960)

* 1 Mehmet Ali Bey (1924–1924) * 2 Ali Haydar Bey (1924–1926) * 3 Asaf Bey (1926–1928) * 4

Nevzat Tandoğan Abdullah Nevzat Tandoğan (1894 – 9 July 1946) was the fourth mayor and governor of Ankara serving between 1929 and 1946. He committed suicide upon a political scandal he was involved in. Early life and career Abdullah Nevzat was born into a ...

(1929–1946) * 5 O. Sabri Adal (1946–1946) * 6 İzzettin Çağpar (1946–1948) * 7 Ragıp Tüzün (1948–1950) * 8 Fuat Börekçi (1950) * 9 Atıf Benderlioğlu (1950–1954) * 10 Kemal Aygün (1954–1955) * 11 Cemal Göktan (1955) * 12 Orhan Eren (1955–1957) * 13 Kemal Aygün (1957–1958) * 14 Dilaver Argun (1958–1960)

Military rule (1960–1963)

After the

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

on May 27, 1960, the

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appointed mayors until 1963. * 15 İrfan Baştuğ (1960) * 16 İhsan Orgun (1960–1961) * 17 Nuri Teoman (1961–1962) * 18 Enver Kuray (1962–1963)

Elected mayors (1963–1980)

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. * 19

Halil Sezai Erkut Halil Sezai Erkut (1908–1988) was a Turkish government minister and politician. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey in 1961, immediately following the 1960 Turkish coup d'état The 1960 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 27 Ma ...

(1963–1968) * 20 Ekrem Barlas (1968–1973) * 21

Vedat Dalokay Vedat Dalokay (10 November 1927 – 21 March 1991) was a renowned Turkish people, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara. Early life and education He was born in Elazığ in 1927 to İbrahim Bey from Pertek. He completed his element ...

(1973–1977) ( CHP) * 22

Ali Dinçer Ali Dinçer (1945 – 18 April 2007) was a Turkish mechanical engineer, politician, former Mayor of Ankara and former government minister. Ali Dinçer was born in Razgrad, Bulgaria to a family of Turkish ancestry in 1945. While he was four ye ...

(1977–1980) ( CHP)

Military rule (1980–1984)

After the

on September 12, 1980, the

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. * 23 Süleyman Önder (September 15, 1980 – March 30, 1984) (''appointed'')Official website of District Kemah

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (1984–present)

On March 8, 1984, the metropolitan municipality act was put into force.

References

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mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities ...