Selahattin Çolak is a

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from

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, and served as the

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Adana Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...

for two terms (1977–1980 and 1989–1994).

Career

He served in police services before entering politics. He was the security chief for

Süleyman Demirel Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously serv ...

during the 1970s when Demirel was prime minister of

Mayor of Adana

At the municipal elections on 11 December 1977, he was elected Mayor of Adana from

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(CHP). On 12 September 1980, he was removed from office by

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with all the other politicians in

. On 26 March 1989 he was elected again as Mayor of

. He served in the post until 1994, and did not run again, when his party, CHP, did not choose him as their candidate.

References

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