Aytaç Durak
Aytaç Durak | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Adana | |
| In office 27 March 1994 – 30 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Selahattin Çolak |
| Succeeded by | Hüseyin Sözlü |
| Mayor of Adana | |
| In office 25 March 1984 – 26 March 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Ahmet Kelecek |
| Succeeded by | Selahattin Çolak |
| Adana Municipal Councillor | |
| In office 1963 – 12 September 1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 Karaisalı, Adana, Turkey |
| Political party | AP, ANAP, AK Party, MHP |
| Occupation | Civil Engineer |
Aytaç Durak (born 1938) is a Turkish politician, and was the mayor of Adana between 1984 and 2014, excluding one term (1989–1994). He is the longest serving locally elected city mayor in Turkey. Adding his 17 years as a municipal councillor, he served the municipality of Adana for 42 years by the end of this term in 2014. He was the president of the Municipalities Union of Turkey for 17 years and the Çukurova Municipalities Union for 12 years.
Aytaç Durak is the only politician to have run in all the municipal elections since 1973; twice as councillor, six times as mayoral candidate, losing only once in the 1989 mayoral race. He is regarded as the doyen of Turkey's local politics.