List of mayors of Mersin

The following list is the list of mayors of Mersin, Turkey after the proclamation of Turkish republic ^{[1] [2]}

The mayors

Period	Years	Mayor	Status of Mersin	Notes
Elected mayors	1924-27	Fuat Morel	Provincial center
	1927-29	Şevket Sümer	Provincial center
	1929-42	Mitat Toroğlu	Provincial center
	1942-44	Hakkı Deniz	Provincial center
	1944-47	Fuat Morel	Provincial center
	1947-50	Yusuf Kılınç	Provincial center
	1950-51	Müfide İlhan	Provincial center	First woman mayor of Turkey
	1951-54	Fahri Merzeci	Provincial center
	1954-57	Zeki Ayan	Provincial center
	1957-57	Turgut Türkalp	Provincial center
	1957-60	Zeki Ayan	Provincial center	Second time
Military rule	1960-60	Niyazi Bengisu	Provincial center	Appointed
	1960-60	Avni Çırnaz	Provincial center	Appointed
	1960-61	Aziz Avman	Provincial center	Appointed
	1962-62	Bahri Erkmen	Provincial center	Appointed
	1962-63	Ömer Lütfi Hancıoğlu	Provincial center	Appointed
Elected mayors	1963-68	Zeki Ayan	Provincial center	Third time
	1968-74	Muhittin Uyar	Provincial center
	1974-80	Kaya Mutlu	Provincial center
Military rule	1980-81	Fahri Öztürk	Provincial center	Appointed
	1980-81	Ferruh Güven	Provincial center	Appointed
	1982-83	A. Nafiz Demiröz	Provincial center	Appointed
Elected mayors	1983-89	Okan Merzeci	Provincial center
	1989-94	Kaya Mutlu	Provincial center [3]	Second time
	1994-97	Okan Merzeci	Metropolitan center	Second time
	1997-99	Halil Kuriş	Metropolitan center	Acting
	1999-2014	Macit Özcan	Metropolitan center
	2014-2019	Burhanettin Kocamaz	Metropolitan center
	2019-current	Vahap Seçer	Metropolitan center

References

1. http://www.mersin.bel.tr/kose/kategori-belediye.asp?kategori=Belediyemiz&baslik=Belediyenin%20Tarihçesi&sira=1%5B%5D
2. "Mersin İz Bırakan Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mersin Belediye Başkanları Hakkında Bilgi". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
3. After 1993 metropolitan center