List of mayors of Mersin

The following list is the list of mayors of Mersin, Turkey after the proclamation of Turkish republic^[1]^[2]

The mayors

Period	Years	Mayor	Status of Mersin	Notes
Elected mayors	1924-27	Fuat Morel	Provincial center
	1927-29	Şevket Sümer	Provincial center
	1929-42	Mitat Toroğlu	Provincial center
	1942-44	Hakkı Deniz	Provincial center
	1944-47	Fuat Morel	Provincial center
	1947-50	Yusuf Kılınç	Provincial center
	1950-51	Müfide İlhan	Provincial center	First woman mayor of Turkey
	1951-54	Fahri Merzeci	Provincial center
	1954-57	Zeki Ayan	Provincial center
	1957-57	Turgut Türkalp	Provincial center
	1957-60	Zeki Ayan	Provincial center	Second time
Military rule	1960-60	Niyazi Bengisu	Provincial center	Appointed
	1960-60	Avni Çırnaz	Provincial center	Appointed
	1960-61	Aziz Avman	Provincial center	Appointed
	1962-62	Bahri Erkmen	Provincial center	Appointed
	1962-63	Ömer Lütfi Hancıoğlu	Provincial center	Appointed
Elected mayors	1963-68	Zeki Ayan	Provincial center	Third time
	1968-74	Muhittin Uyar	Provincial center
	1974-80	Kaya Mutlu	Provincial center
Military rule	1980-81	Fahri Öztürk	Provincial center	Appointed
	1980-81	Ferruh Güven	Provincial center	Appointed
	1982-83	A. Nafiz Demiröz	Provincial center	Appointed
Elected mayors	1983-89	Okan Merzeci	Provincial center
	1989-94	Kaya Mutlu	Provincial center ^[3]	Second time
	1994-97	Okan Merzeci	Metropolitan center	Second time
	1997-99	Halil Kuriş	Metropolitan center	Acting
	1999-2014	Macit Özcan	Metropolitan center
	2014-2019	Burhanettin Kocamaz	Metropolitan center
	2019-current	Vahap Seçer	Metropolitan center