Konya

Konya
  • Country: Turkiyeh
  • City: Konya
  • Population: 2
  • Area: 39,000 km2
Ughur Ebrahim Altai

Mayor: Ughur Ebrahim Altai

Uğur İbrahim Altay was born in 1974 in Konya. He completed his primary education at Selçuk Primary School (1985) and Mevlana Secondary School (1988) and high school at Konya Gazi High School (1991). In 1997, he graduated from Selçuk University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering. Uğur İbrahim Altay worked as a Project Engineer for a year. In 1999, he completed his military service in ŞIRNAK as a reserve officer for the 263rd term. Altay, as a civil engineer, has implemented many qualified projects. Uğur İbrahim Altay served as Vice President of the Chamber of Civil Engineers Konya Branch between 2004 and 2008. In 2008, he was elected as the Head of the Konya Branch of the TMMOB Chamber of Civil Engineers. Uğur İbrahim Altay, who started to work as the Mayor of Selçuklu with 29 March 2009 elections, was elected as the Mayor of Selçuklu for the second time in the elections of March 30, 2014. He was elected as Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality on May 03, 2018, by Metropolitan Municipality Council. In addition to his positions of Presidency of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities and Mayorship of Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Uğur İbrahim Altay is also assigned as Co-President of United Cities And Local Governments-UCLG Deputy President of League of Historical Cities-LHC Administrative Board Member of Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities-OICC President of the Union of Municipalities of Anatolian Civilizations and President of Union of Konya Municipalities. Uğur İbrahim Altay is married and has three children

Konya is a large city on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau and the seventh most populous city in Turkey with a population of over 2.1 million. Konya is an economically and industrially developed city and the capital of Konya province