Mehmet Özhaseki, (born 25 May 1957,

Kayseri Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large Industrialisation, industrialised List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is comp ...

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) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and former Minister of Environment and Urban Planning. He is a former Mayor of

Early life and education

Mehmet Özhaseki was born in Kayseri, turkey on 25 May 1957. Özhaseki began his education in Kayseri and went on to study electronic engineering at Hacettepe University. He completed his education at the

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Faculty of Law.

Political career

Mayor of Kayseri

He was elected to the

Melikgazi Melikgazi, in Byzantine Empire, Byzantine times known as Tzamandos, is a metropolitan district of Kayseri in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, Central Anatolia region of Turkey. History In 1065, the town was given among other lands in the re ...

Municipality in the March 1994 elections. In the 2004 elections he was elected Mayor of Kayseri with 72% of the vote. According to Christopher Caldwell, he attributes his success to "good government". He stood again in the March 2009 election and was re-elected as Mayor of Kayseri.

Minister of Environment and Urban Planning

Özhaseki was elected as a Justice and Development Party (AKP)

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for Ankara's

in the June 2015 general election. He was re-elected in November 2015. He was appointed as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning in the 65th government of Turkey by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on 24 November 2015.

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