Mayor of Istanbul
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| Mayor of Istanbul İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı |
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Incumbent
Vacant since 23 March 2025 |
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| Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality | |
| Style | None, de facto full (given and family) name.[1] |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Pepe Salih Paşa (Ottoman Empire) Haydar Yuluğ (Republic of Turkey) |
| Formation | 13 July 1855 11 July 1958 26 March 1984 (As Metropolitan Municipality) |
| Website | ibb |
The Mayor of Istanbul is the head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The mayor is elected popularly every five years.
This article covers the Ottoman Empire to the modern day Republic of Turkey, during the Ottoman period and in the Republican era until c. 1930.
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Ottoman Empire
During 1453–1858
In the Ottoman Empire, the duty of municipal government was the responsibility of the "Şehremini", a mayor-like leader, and local religious judges, "Kadı".
The first mayor of Istanbul after the conquest on May 29, 1453 was Hızırbey Çelebi. Until 1858, the capital of the Ottoman Empire was governed by a total of 422 kadis.
Tanzimat period (1858–1876)
The idea to establish a municipality organization based on Western standards was first discussed in 1854 during the Crimean War when diplomats and journalists of allied nations came to Constantinople. Later, the parliament accepted a law for the establishment of the office of a mayor and a city council.
Salih Paşa received the first title of the new, modern Şehremini on July 13, 1858, and governed until November 4, 1858. During the Tanzimat period, 18 mayors took office.
First constitutional monarchy (1876–1908)
In 1876, as First constitutional monarchy was proclaimed, Kadri Paşa was the mayor of Constantinople. During this period 10 mayors governed Constantinople.
Second constitutional monarchy (1908–1923)
During the reign of Young Turks, between 1908–1918 and until the foundation of the republic, 23 mayors served in the capital.
Republic of Turkey
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Governors as mayors (1923–1960) | ||||||||
| 1 | 80px | Haydar Yuluğ (1878–1937) |
15 April 1923 | 8 June 1924 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | CHP | After the proclamation of the republic on October 29, 1923, the governor of the city was charged with the duties as deputy mayor. | |
| 2 | 80px | Emin Erkul (1881–1964) |
8 June 1924 | 12 October 1928 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | |||
| 3 | 80px | Mühittin Üstündağ (1884–1953) |
14 October 1928 | 4 December 1938 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | With the municipality act of April 3, 1930, the title of mayor was abandoned and the governor of Istanbul province took over the duties of the mayor. The two separate councils of the province and the municipality were unified. | ||
| 4 |  |
Lütfi Kırdar (1889–1961) |
8 December 1938 | 16 October 1949 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | |||
| 5 | Fahrettin Kerim Gökay (1900–1987) |
24 October 1949 | 26 October 1957 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Independent | The two councils were reestablished on March 1, 1957 | ||
| – | Kemal Hadımlı (1908–19??) |
12 July 1957 | 5 October 1957 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | DP | Deputy Governor of Istanbul, appointed as acting mayor. | ||
| 6 | Mümtaz Tarhan (1908–1970) |
29 November 1957 | 11 May 1958 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| 7 | Ethem Yetkiner (1912–1973) |
14 May 1958 | 24 December 1958 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| 8 | Kemal Aygün (1914–1979) |
25 December 1958 | 27 May 1960 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| Mayors during the military rule (1960–1963) | ||||||||
| 9 | Refik Tulga (1907–1981) |
27 May 1960 | 14 June 1960 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Military | |||
| 10 | Şefik Erensü (1912–1989) |
14 June 1960 | 24 September 1960 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| (9) | Refik Tulga (1907–1981) |
24 September 1960 | 26 February 1962 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| 11 | Turan Ertuğ | 27 February 1962 | 16 March 1962 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | (Deputy) | |||
| 12 | Kamuran Görgün | 18 March 1962 | 30 January 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| – | Kadri İlkay | 30 January 1963 | 31 January 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | (Deputy) | |||
| – | Niyazi Akı (1913–1992) |
31 January 1963 | 28 February 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | (Deputy) | |||
| 13 | Necdet Uğur (1923–2004) |
28 February 1963 | 9 December 1963 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| Elected mayors of Istanbul Municipality (1963–1980) | ||||||||
| 14 | 80px | Haşim İşcan (1898–1968) |
10 December 1963 | 11 March 1968 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | CHP | The municipality act of July 27, 1963, enabled the election of the mayor. The polls held on November 17, 1963, were the first regional elections to elect the mayor. | |
| – | Faruk Ilgaz (1922–2014) |
12 March 1968 | 6 June 1968 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | AP | (Deputy) | ||
| 15 | Fahri Atabey (1913–1994) |
8 June 1968 | 9 December 1973 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| 16 | Ahmet İsvan (1923–2017) |
14 December 1973 | 11 December 1977 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | CHP | |||
| 17 | Aytekin Kotil (1934–1992) |
14 December 1977 | 12 September 1980 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| Mayors during the military rule (1980–1984) | ||||||||
| 18 | İsmail Hakki Akansel (1924–2016) |
12 September 1980 | 30 August 1981 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Military | |||
| 19 | Ecmel Kutay (1927–1998) |
30 August 1981 | 24 March 1982 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| 20 | Abdullah Tırtıl (1923–1996) |
24 March 1982 | 26 March 1984 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ||||
| Elected mayors of Istanbul Municipality (1984–present) | ||||||||
| 21 |  |
Bedrettin Dalan (born 1941) |
26 March 1984 | 28 March 1989 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | ANAP | On March 8, 1984, the metropolitan municipality act was put into force and on March 23 the municipality of Greater Istanbul was established. | |
| 22 | 80px | Nurettin Sözen (born 1937) |
28 March 1989 | 27 March 1994 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | SHP | ||
| 23 | 80px | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954) |
27 March 1994 | 6 November 1998 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | RP/FP | Elected in the 1994 election. Sacked after being sentenced to 10 months in jail.[2] | |
| 24 | 80px | Ali Müfit Gürtuna (born 1952) |
12 November 1998 | 28 March 2004 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | FP (until 2001) |
Elected by the city council.[3] | |
| Independent (from 2001) |
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| 25 | 80px | Kadir Topbaş (1945–2021) |
28 March 2004 | 22 September 2017 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | AKP | Re-elected twice (in 2009 and 2014). Resigned at the request of AKP and incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[4] | |
| 26 | 80px | Mevlüt Uysal (born 1966) |
22 September 2017 | 17 April 2019 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | AKP | Elected by the city council.[5] | |
| 27 | 80px | Ekrem İmamoğlu (born 1970) |
17 April 2019 | 6 May 2019 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | CHP | Elected in the March 2019 election. Election annulled by the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) on 6 May 2019. | |
| – | 107x107px | Ali Yerlikaya (born 1968) Acting |
7 May 2019 | 27 June 2019 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | Independent | Governor of Istanbul, appointed as acting mayor. | |
| (27) | 80px | Ekrem İmamoğlu (born 1970) |
27 June 2019 | 23 March 2025 | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | CHP | Re-elected in the June 2019 re-run election and 2024 Turkish local elections. | |
| Post vacant (from 23 March 2025) | ||||||||
See also
References
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