Mayor of Istanbul

Mayor of Istanbul
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı
Incumbent
Nuri Aslan
Acting 
since 26 March 2025
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
StyleNone, de facto full (given and family) name.
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Inaugural holderPepe Salih Paşa
(Ottoman Empire)
Haydar Yuluğ
(Republic of Turkey)
Formation13 July 1855
11 July 1958
26 March 1984
(As Metropolitan Municipality)
Websiteibb.istanbul

The mayor of Istanbul is the head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The mayor is elected popularly every five years. Nuri Aslan has served as interim mayor of Istanbul since 26 March 2025.

This article covers the Ottoman Empire to the modern day Republic of Turkey, during the Ottoman period and in the Republican era until c. 1930.