Davut Gül

Davut Gül is a Turkish bureaucrat and the current Governor of Istanbul.^[2]

Davut Gül
Governor of Istanbul
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 June 2023[1]
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Ali Yerlikaya
Governor of Gaziantep
In office 27 October 2018 – 5 June 2023
Preceded by	Ali Yerlikaya
Succeeded by	Kemal Çeber
Governor of Sivas
In office 9 June 2016 – 27 October 2018
Preceded by	Alim Barut
Succeeded by	Salih Ayhan

He graduated from Near East University's Department of International Relations. He started his political career as a candidate for Kaymakam (English: District governor) in Gaziantep.

In 2009 he won the "Martyr Kaymakam Ersin Ateş" award for "District Governor of the Year". In 2015 he was assigned to the Ministry of Interior General Directorate of Local Administrations head of department.^[2]