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İzmir Mayor Joins AKP, Shifting Mayoral Control
Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay joined Erdoğan’s AKP on Oct. 7, 2026, giving the ruling party the mayoralty of Turkey’s third-largest city, a seat it had never won at the ballot box.
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About Cemil Tugay
Cemil Tugay is a Turkish medical surgeon and politician who served as the 26th Mayor of Izmir City since April 2024. A former member of the social democratic Republican People's Party since 2010 until 2026, when elected he succeeded Tunç Soyer from the same political background.
Everything about Cemil Tugay →- Occupation
- physician, politician
- Position held
- mayor of İzmir
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Born
- June 13, 1967
- Website
- https://www.cemiltugay.com