Mustafa Tuna (born 1957) is a Turkish engineer, academic, and politician, who served as the 28th mayor of Ankara between November 2017 and April 2019.

Early years

Mustafa Tuna was born in

Şarkışla Şarkışla is a town in the Central Anatolian Sivas Province of Turkey. The mayor is Ahmet Turgay Oğuz ( AKP). 2011 population of Şarkışla is 39.413. Aşık Veysel, one of the most famous Turkish folk poets and folk music singers of the ...

Sivas Province Sivas Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. It is largely located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey; it is the second largest province in Turkey by territory. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kays ...

, Turkey, in 1957. He attended

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...

(İTÜ), graduating with a

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civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

in 1980 and a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...

in 1982. Between 1982 and 1983, he received training in the United States.

Academic career

In 1995, he received a

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' ...

from the Faculty of Science at the İTÜ upon his thesis "Cost Index of

Wastewater treatment Wastewater treatment is a process used to remove contaminants from wastewater and convert it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once returned to the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environm ...

Facilities and

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-Cost Relations". Tuna was endowed with the title "

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" of the scientific discipline "

Water Pollution Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, so that it negatively affects its uses. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater. ...

and Its Control" by the interuniversity board in 1998. In parallel with his practical works in the industry, he carried on his academic studies in

environmental technology Environmental technology (envirotech) or green technology (greentech), also known as '' clean technology'' (''cleantech''), is the application of one or more of environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic d ...

, infrastructure planning and engineering economics. He has a number of scientific publications, both in Turkey and internationally. He received a promotional publication award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) for his international papers. He was designated jury member for postgraduate thesis in his discipline. Tuna took part in many scientific workshops, conferences,

symposium In ancient Greece, the symposium ( grc-gre, συμπόσιον ''symposion'' or ''symposio'', from συμπίνειν ''sympinein'', "to drink together") was a part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was acc ...

s and meetings in and outside the country. Tuna served as the founding chairman of the "İTÜ Alumni Education Foundation". He is a member of the Chamber of Civil Engineers and Turkish representative at the International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control.

Politics

Tuna entered politics, and was elected deputy of

Ankara Province Ankara Province ( tr, , ) is a province of Turkey with the capital city Ankara. Demographics History The site of the modern city has been home to settlements by many historic Anatolian civilizations in antiquity and classical times, in ...

from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the 2002 general election. He was a member of the 22nd parliament until 2007. During this period, he served as Turkey's member of the parliamentary assembly of the

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, pro ...

. He was elected mayor of the Sincan district in Ankara in the 2009 local elections held on 29 March. He was re-elected to the same post in the 2014 local elections. On 6 November 2017, Tuna was elected Mayor of Ankara by the municipal council of Greater Ankara in the place of

Melih Gökçek İbrahim Melih Gökçek (; born 20 October 1948) is a Turkish politician who served as the Mayor of Ankara from 1994 to 2017. From 1991 to 1994, he was an MP. Gökçek has won municipal elections in 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, and was controversial ...

, who was forced to resign after serving in this position for almost 24 years.

References

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