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
Razgrad ( bg, Разград ) is a city in Northeastern Bulgaria in the valley of the Beli Lom river that falls within the historical and geographical region of Ludogorie (Deliorman). It is an administrative center of Razgrad Province.
Etymolog ...
,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
to a family of
Turkish ancestry in 1945. While he was four years old, his family moved to
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 ...
. After completing Yıldırım Bayezıd High School and the Mechanical Engineering School of the
Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The university emphasizes research and education in engineering a ...
, he obtained 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. in Industrial Engineering. During his professional career, he was elected as the speaker of the
Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects
The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects ( tr, Türk Mühendis ve Mimar Odaları Birliği, TMMOB for short) is a confederation of all chambers of architects and engineers in Turkey. The union was "established in 1954 by the Law 7 ...
.
Ali Dinçer married to
Yıldız İbrahimova
Yıldız İbrahimova ( bg, Йълдъз Ибрахимова, Yaldaz Ibrahimova, tr, Yıldız İbrahimova; born 1952 in Silistra) is a Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry. Besides jazz, she has also recorded Bulgarian, Turkish, Gypsy and Russi ...
, a Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry.
Political career
In the university, he was a member of the Social Democracy Association. He joined the
Republican People's Party (CHP), and in the
local elections held on 11 December 1977, he was elected as the
Mayor of Ankara
This is a list of mayors of Ankara, Turkey in the Republican era.
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 (1929–1946)
* 5 O. Sabri Ad ...
. His term was cut short by the
1980 Turkish coup d'état
The 1980 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 12 Eylül Darbesi), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup ...
. In 1995, he returned to politics. On 24 December 1995, he was elected into the
20th Parliament of Turkey This is a list of the 550 Members of Parliament elected in the 1995 general election held in Turkey. The MPs are listed by province. Turkey uses a D'Hondt proportional representative system to elect Members of Parliament. These MPs formed the 20th ...
as a deputy of Ankara. In the short-lived
52nd government of Turkey, he was appointed
Minister of State
Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In ...
serving between 30 October 1995 and 6 March 1996. The CHP failed to enter the parliament in the next
general election held on 18 April 1999. In the
general election held on 3 November 2002, he was elected as a deputy of
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) 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 t ...
into the
22nd Parliament.
Ali Dinçer died in Ankara on 18 April 2007 due to
liver cancer
Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...
.
Legacy
A covering urban park in
Yenimahalle
Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2010 census, population of the urban center is 648 ...
secondary municipality of Ankara, which was opened to public on 29 September 2007, is named after Ali Dinçer.
Batıkent page
/ref>
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dincer, Ali
1945 births
2007 deaths
People from Razgrad
Bulgarian Turks in Turkey
Middle East Technical University alumni
Turkish mechanical engineers
Turkish industrial engineers
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Mayors of Ankara
Deputies of Ankara
Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 52nd government of Turkey
Ministers of State of Turkey
Deputies of Bursa
Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey
Deaths from cancer in Turkey
Deaths from liver cancer
Deputy Speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
20th-century Turkish engineers