About Our Mayor

Resume

Kadir ALBAYRAK/ Mayor of Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality

Kadir Albayrak was born on the 18th of February 1949, in Tekirdağ and completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Tekirdağ.

He graduated from Yıldız Technical University Department of Chemical Engineering.

After completing his military service, he started his career as an engineer in Tekel Tekirdağ Distillery Factory, and then respectively; he worked as laboratory chief, wine-raki production supervisor, management supervisor, assistant manager, and factory manager in the last 15 years of his working life.

He retired in 2007 and served as CHP (Republican People's Party) Tekirdağ Provincial Chairman between 2010 and 2012. He has been serving as the mayor of Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality, which was established on the 6th of December 2012 with Law Number 6360, since 1st of April 2014, being elected for the second time on the 31 March 2019 local elections.