Mayor of Ankara

The mayor of Ankara is the head of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. The mayor is elected popularly every five years.

Mayor of Ankara
Ankara Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı
Incumbent Mansur Yavaş since 8 April 2019
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Mehmet Ali Bey
Formation	1924 1984 (As Metropolitan Municipality)
Website	ibb.istanbul

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 Adal (1946–1946)
• 6 İzzettin Çağpar (1946–1948)
• 7 Ragıp Tüzün (1948–1950)
• 8 Fuat Börekçi (1950)
• 9 Atıf Benderlioğlu (1950–1954)
• 10 Kemal Aygün (1954–1955)
• 11 Cemal Göktan (1955)
• 12 Orhan Eren (1955–1957)
• 13 Kemal Aygün (1957–1958)
• 14 Dilaver Argun (1958–1960)

Military rule (1960–1963)

After the coup d'état on May 27, 1960, the military appointed mayors until 1963.

• 15 İrfan Baştuğ (1960)
• 16 İhsan Orgun (1960–1961)
• 17 Nuri Teoman (1961–1962)
• 18 Enver Kuray (1962–1963)

Elected mayors (1963–1980)

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.

• 19 Halil Sezai Erkut (1963–1968)
• 20 Ekrem Barlas (1968–1973)
• 21 Vedat Dalokay (1973–1977) (CHP)
• 22 Ali Dinçer (1977–1980) (CHP)

Military rule (1980–1984)

After the coup d'état on September 12, 1980, the military appointed mayors until 1984.

With the act of December 4, 1981, the municipality of some big cities in Turkey was reorganized to meet the changed requirements.

• 23 Süleyman Önder (September 15, 1980 – March 30, 1984) (appointed)^[1]

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (1984–present)

On March 8, 1984, the metropolitan municipality act was put into force.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
24		Mehmet Altınsoy (1924–2007)	26 March 1984	26 March 1989	5 years, 0 days		ANAP
25		Murat Karayalçın (born 1943)	26 March 1989	21 September 1993	9 years, 179 days		SHP
26		Vedat Aydın [tr] (1955–2020)	21 September 1993	27 March 1994	187 days		SHP
27		Melih Gökçek (born 1948)	27 March 1994	27 October 2017	23 years, 214 days		RP/FP (until 2001)	Re-elected four times (in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014). Resigned at the request of AK Party and incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[2]
							AK Party (from 2001)
28		Mustafa Tuna (born 1957)	6 November 2017	8 April 2019	1 year, 153 days		AK Party	Elected by the city council.[3][4]
29		Mansur Yavaş (born 1955)	8 April 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 124 days		CHP	Elected in the 2019 election.Re-elected in the 2024 election