Ahmet Çakır Explained

Ahmet Çakır
Office:	Mayor of Malatya
Termstart:	29 March 2009
Birth Place:	Malatya, Turkey
Party:	Justice and Development Party (AK Party)

Ahmet Çakır (born 1964) is a Turkish politician and Mayor of Malatya since 29 March 2009.

Early life and career

Ahmet Çakır was born in 1964 in Darende district in Malatya, Turkey. Çakır completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Darende. He graduated from faculty of economics at Anadolu University. He was a member of Malatya Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD). Çakır is married and has two children.^[1]

Political career

Çakır, along with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, co-founded the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on August 14, 2001. In the 2009 regional elections, Çakır ran and won for the post of mayor of Malatya from the AK Party.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Malatya

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malatya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Resmi Web Sitesi : Başkan ÇAKIR'ın Özgeçmişi. www.malatya.bel.tr. 2016-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160803023253/http://www.malatya.bel.tr/icerik/23/22/baskan-cakirin-ozgecmisi.aspx. 2016-08-03. dead.
2. Web site: MALATYA SEÇİM SONUÇLARI. secim.haberler.com. tr-TR. 2016-08-03.
3. Web site: AKPARTİ. www.akparti.org.tr. 2016-08-03.