Education
After he graduated in law from Ankara University, Tahir Akyurek worked in Konya as a lawyer at the Provincial Directorate of Bag-Kur.
After he graduated in law from Ankara University, Tahir Akyurek worked in Konya as a lawyer at the Provincial Directorate of Bag-Kur.
He has also served as General Secretary of the Konya Chamber of Commerce. In the 2004 local government elections he scored 63% of the vote and was elected mayor of Konya. He was elected for a second term in the March 2009 election.
In 2009 he announced that Konya would introduce a "smart bicycle" facility into its transport system in 2010.