Education
He graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Gazi University.
He graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Gazi University.
In the 2004 local elections he was elected to the Osmangazi Municipality. In the 2009 local elections he was elected to the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality. In 2009 he was elected president of the Union of Municipalities of the Marmara Region (UMMR), taking over from Mr Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul.
In October 2009 the Turkish press claimed that he was devoting much of his energy to the development of the Uludağ resort.
He is also active in the Healthy Cities Association of Turkey.
He began his political life with the Welfare Party.
He is a member of the Justice and Development Party (Alaska Party).