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{{Infobox official post
| post = Mayor
| body = Ankara
| image = Mansur Yavas (2025) (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Mansur Yavaş]]
| incumbentsince = 8 April 2019
| style = 
| termlength = Five years, renewable
| website = {{URL|https://ibb.istanbul/}}
| inaugural = Mehmet Ali Bey
| formation = 1924<br/>1984<br/>(As Metropolitan Municipality)
| native_name = Ankara Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı
| department = [[Ankara Metropolitan Municipality]]
}}

The '''mayor of''' '''Ankara''' is the head of the [[Ankara|Ankara Metropolitan Municipality]]. The mayor is elected popularly every five years.

==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 [[1960 Turkish coup d'état|coup d'état]] on May 27, 1960, the [[Turkish Armed Forces|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) ([[Republican People's Party|CHP]])
* 22 [[Ali Dinçer]] (1977–1980) ([[Republican People's Party|CHP]])

==Military rule (1980–1984)==
After the [[1980 Turkish coup d'état|coup d'état]] on September 12, 1980, the [[Turkish Armed Forces|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'')<ref>[http://www.kemah.gov.tr/kemahyeni/unluler2/suleymanonder.htm Official website of District Kemah] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203140/http://www.kemah.gov.tr/kemahyeni/unluler2/suleymanonder.htm |date=2007-09-27 }} {{in lang|tr}}</ref>

==Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (1984–present)==
On March 8, 1984, the metropolitan municipality act was put into force.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=2|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! width=130 rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}} 
! colspan=3|Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2|Political party
! rowspan=2|Notes
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! 24
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Mehmet Altınsoy]]<br />{{small|(1924–2007)}}
| 26 March 1984
| 26 March 1989
| {{Age in years and days|1984|3|26|1989|3|26}}
! style="background:{{party color|Motherland Party (Turkey)}}" |
| [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|ANAP]]
|
|-
! 25
| [[File:Murat Karayalcın (portrait).jpg|80px]]
| [[Murat Karayalçın]]<br />{{small|(born 1943)}}
| 26 March 1989
| 21 September 1993
| {{Age in years and days|1984|3|26|1993|9|21}}
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |
| [[Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)|SHP]]
|
|-
! 26
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| {{ill|Vedat Aydın (politician)|tr|Vedat Aydın (siyasetçi)|lt=Vedat Aydın}}<br />{{small|(1955–2020)}}
| 21 September 1993
| 27 March 1994
| {{Age in years and days|1993|9|21|1994|3|27}}
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)}}" |
| [[Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)|SHP]]
|
|-
! rowspan=2|27
| rowspan=2|[[File:Melih Gökçek.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Melih Gökçek]]<br />{{small|(born 1948)}}
| rowspan=2|27 March 1994
| rowspan=2|27 October 2017
| rowspan=2|{{Age in years and days|1994|3|27|2017|10|27}}
! style="background:DarkGreen" |
| [[Welfare Party|RP]]/[[Virtue Party|FP]]<br />{{nowrap|{{small|(''until 2001'')}}}}
| rowspan=2|Re-elected four times (in 1999, 2004, 2009 and [[2014 Ankara mayoral election|2014]]). Resigned at the request of [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]] and incumbent [[President of Turkey|President]] [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].<ref name="sc1">{{cite news |url=http://www.sozcu.com.tr/2017/gundem/melih-gokcek-istifa-ediyor-son-dakika-haberleri-2067360/ |newspaper=[[Sözcü]] |title=Melih Gökçek istifa etti! |date=28 October 2017 |language=tr |accessdate=10 November 2017 }}</ref>
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}" |
| [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]]<br />{{nowrap|{{small|(''from 2001'')}}}}
|-
! 28
| [[File:Mustafa Tuna.png|80px]]
| [[Mustafa Tuna]]<br />{{small|(born 1957)}}
| 6 November 2017
| 8 April 2019
| {{Age in years and days|2017|11|6|2019|4|8}}
! style="background:{{party color|Justice and Development Party (Turkey)}}" |
| [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AK Party]]
| Elected by the city council.<ref name="h1">{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/mustafa-tuna-kimdir-nerelidir-40635602 |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Mustafa Tuna kimdir? Yeni Ankara Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı nerelidir? |date=6 November 2017 |language=tr |accessdate=10 November 2017 }}</ref><ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-41889257 |newspaper=[[BBC World Service|BBC Türköe]] |title=Ankara Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Mustafa Tuna kimdir? |date=6 November 2017 |language=tr |accessdate=10 November 2017 }}</ref>
|-
! 29
|  [[File:Mansur Yavaş, 2019 (cropped).png|80px]]
| [[Mansur Yavaş]]<br />{{small|(born 1955)}}
| 8 April 2019
| Incumbent
| {{Age in years and days|2019|4|8}}
! style="background:{{party color|Republican People's Party}}" |
| [[Republican People's Party|CHP]]
| Elected in the [[2019 Ankara mayoral election|2019 election]].Re-elected in the [[2024 Ankara mayoral election|2024 election]]
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in Turkey|Ankara]]