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Provincial GDP per person during each mayor's tenure

81 mayors, ranked by how provincial GDP per person changed from their first day in office, next to Turkey over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#MayorCountryIn officeTotalvs TRPer yearChart
1 Ülgür GökhanÇanakkale 3 Nov 2002 – 9 Apr 2024 +126% 2002 → 2023−2.1 pts TR +128%+4.0%/yr
2AKP Faruk KöksoyArdahan 29 Mar 2009 – 31 Mar 2019 +112% 2008 → 2018+72.9 pts TR +39.0%+7.8%/yr
3 Cengiz ErgünManisa 29 Mar 2009 – 3 Apr 2024 +90.9% 2008 → 2023+20.8 pts TR +70.1%+4.4%/yr
4AKP Tahir AkyürekKonya 28 Mar 2004 – 3 May 2018 +90.1% 2003 → 2017+15.0 pts TR +75.2%+4.7%/yr
5 Kadir KaraOsmaniye 29 Mar 2009 – 4 Apr 2024 +89.0% 2008 → 2023+18.9 pts TR +70.1%+4.3%/yr
6AKP Muhammed Necip BüyükaslanAdıyaman 28 Mar 2004 – 30 Mar 2014 +81.8% 2003 → 2013+26.4 pts TR +55.4%+6.2%/yr
7AKP İrfan DinçÇankırı 28 Mar 2004 – 3 May 2018 +80.4% 2003 → 2017+5.2 pts TR +75.2%+4.3%/yr
8 Özlem ÇerçioğluAydın 30 Mar 2009 – now +80.0% 2008 → 2024+4.2 pts TR +75.8%+3.7%/yr
9AKP Necmettin DedeMuş 28 Mar 2004 – 30 Mar 2014 +79.2% 2003 → 2013+23.7 pts TR +55.4%+6.0%/yr
10AKP Selim YağcıBilecik 28 Mar 2004 – 26 Apr 2018 +78.6% 2003 → 2017+3.5 pts TR +75.2%+4.2%/yr

Showing 10 of 213 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Turkey is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. ₺ thousand per person, 2020 prices · TurkStat provincial GDP per person via the OECD regional database (TL3), 2020 prices, calendar years dated at mid-year · province data · as of Dec 2025.

Sources: TurkStat (Turkish Statistical Institute: national and provincial accounts, labour force survey, consumer prices, address-based population register) and the central bank's house price index via the OECD's regional and national databases; World Bank (GDP before 1995, unemployment before 2005), GISCO, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; office-holders checked against the Supreme Election Council's results and the municipalities' own lists. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy