Volkan Canalioğlu (born 1950, Trabzon, Turkey) is a Turkish politician who served as mayor of Trabzon from 2004 to 2009.Volkan Canalioğlu’nun Seçimleri Kazanması Zor
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Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(CHP) in Trabzon. Although he was successful, he was ineligible to serve a further term as Mayor.

Biography

He was born in Trabzon - Hizirbey (Sotka). He studied in Kaledibi primary school, Karma primary school and Trabzon High School. Then he graduated from

Black Sea Technical University Karadeniz Technical University ( tr, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi or KTÜ) is a public research university in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in Turkey. Karadeniz Technical U ...

, in 1971. In 1972 he started his career as a teacher. In 1975 while he was a teacher, he joined the army. After he finished his job as a soldier in

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, he started his job as a teacher again. He worked at Trabzon Karma Primary School, Trabzon Industrial Professional High School and Erzurum Poet Nafi Primary School and Mustafa Necati Primary school where he worked as a teacher and deputy manager. While he was manager at Trabzon Derecik Primary school in 1983 he was chosen to be deputy manager of Trabzon Ministry of National Education. In 1985, he was chosen to be manager of Trabzon's Culture and Tourism department. In 1989 he was chosen to be manager of Trabzon's Ministry of Tourism. He worked as vice governor in Trabzon 3 period. After that, he was elected Mayor of Trabzon. In 2009, he couldn't be elected and since 2009, Orhan Fevzi Gümrükçüoğlu has worked in Trabzon as Mayor.

Awards

* 1970 Trabzon Tradition Awards * 1972 Yenigün Newspaper Amateur Sportsman of Year * 2000 The best manager and director

Membership

Aware - founder member, * Great Süleyman Aware - founder member, * Tourism Aware, * Trabzon High School's old students association, * Tourism association - manager, * Trabzon handicapped children protect association, * leucemiad children protect association - manager member, * Trabzon Sportif Club - member of management, * Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sport,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Canalioglu, Volkan Mayors of Trabzon Living people 1950 births Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians