Lütfü Savaş | |
Office: | Mayor of Hatay |
Term Start: | 30 March 2014 |
Term End: | 6 April 2024 |
Predecessor: | New position |
Successor: | Mehmet Öntürk |
Office1: | Mayor of Antakya |
Term Start1: | 29 March 2009 |
Term End1: | 30 March 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Mehmet Yeloğlu |
Successor1: | İsmail Kimyeci |
Birth Date: | 1965 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Dağdüzü, Yayladağı, Hatay, Turkey |
Party: | Justice and Development Party (2009-2014) Republican People's Party (2014-present) |
Spouse: | Naziye Savaş |
Children: | 2 |
Education: | Anadolu University |
Occupation: | politician, doctor |
Lütfü Savaş (born 23 March 1965, Yayladağı) is a Turkish politician, doctor [1] and former mayor of Hatay Province of Turkey. [2]
Savaş was born in the Dağdüzü village in the Yayladağı district of the province of Hatay.[3] He is of Turkmen origin and has Syrian Turkmen relatives in Syria.[4] He grew up in Antakya's Havuzlar neighborhood. In 1990, he graduated from the Medical School of Anadolu University in Eskişehir.
He took part in the establishment of Mustafa Kemal University's Medical School. He became an associate professor in 2007. Between 2006 and 2008, he was the advisor of the rector of Mustafa Kemal University.[1]