Kadir Topbaş
Mayor of İstanbul
Mr. TOPBAŞ was born in 1945. He graduated from Faculty of Theology of Marmara University in 1972 and Department of Architecture of Mimar Sinan University in 1974. After completing his PhD, he worked as a self employed architect for years.
Mr. TOPBAŞ was advisor to the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN (the current Prime Minister of Turkey) between the years of 1994-1998.
He worked as the Vice President of the Board of Monuments and Preserving the Primary Cultural Assets of Istanbul, Ministry of Culture. He also had an administrative position in a company owned by his family for a while.
Possesing a political background of more than thirty years, Mr. TOPBAŞ was elected Mayor of Beyoglu District in 1999.
He was elected as Mayor of Istanbul in the local elections held in March 28th, 2004. In the local elections held in 2009, Dr. TOPBAS was re-elected as the Mayor of Istanbul for a second 5 years.
He has been elected as the co-presİdent of UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments) in 2007.
Mr. TOPBAŞ is married with three children.
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