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Candan Yüceer

Physician and politician; member of parliament for Tekirdağ 2011–2023 and Mayor of Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality since 2024. Local sources report that her family has roots in Ballıkaya.

Translated from the Turkish original.

Who
Physician; member of parliament for Tekirdağ (2011–2023), Mayor of Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality (2024–)
Period
4 May 1973 –
Basis
Reported

This page was compiled from sources by mezirme.com.

Candan Yüceer was born on 4 May 1973. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Gazi University and worked as a physician in Ankara, Samsun, Çerkezköy and Tekirdağ (Wikipedia).

Public offices

  • 28 June 2011 – 14 May 2023: member of parliament for Tekirdağ (24th–27th terms) (Wikipedia)
  • Elected Mayor of Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality in the local elections of 31 March 2024; she is the first woman to hold this office (DHA, 31 Mar 2024)
  • Since 30 May 2024: President of the Union of Thracian Municipalities (Trakya Belediyeler Birliği) (Wikipedia)
  • On 24 August 2026 she left the CHP and joined Yeni Parti; she remains mayor (Evrensel, 24 Aug 2026)

The official X account is taken from the Wikidata record (Wikidata).

Connection to the village

The sources give different places of birth: Wikipedia says Ankara, Wikidata says Hekimhan, and an article on a village blog also gives Hekimhan (Wikipedia; Wikidata; Yenilenen Köy Ballıkaya). Her connection to the village is reported only by local sources. According to a 2012 article by Remzi Hayta, her father is from Mezirme and she spent the summers of her childhood in the village (Yenilenen Köy Ballıkaya). Durum Gazetesi also describes her as “Ballıkaya köyü kökenli” (originating from the village of Ballıkaya); in the same report the muhtar (headman) of Ballıkaya, speaking of the mayors listed, says “hepsi bizim köylü” (“they are all from our village”) (Durum Gazetesi, 18 Apr 2024).

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Sources for this page

  1. Open dataVikipedi (erişim 2026). Candan Yüceer. Turkish Wikipedia. tr.wikipedia.org Accessed: 18 October 2026.
  2. NewsDemirören Haber Ajansı (DHA) (2024). Tekirdağ'da CHP'li Yüceer ilk kadın başkan oldu. DHA news agency, 31 March 2024. dha.com.tr Accessed: 18 October 2026.
  3. NewsEvrensel (2026). Tekirdağ Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Yüceer Yeni Parti'ye geçti. Evrensel, 24 August 2026. evrensel.net Accessed: 18 October 2026.
  4. Open dataVikiveri (erişim 2026). Murat Emir (Q28218129), Candan Yüceer (Q20630670), Mehmet Seyfi Oktay (Q6050758). Wikidata. wikidata.org Accessed: 18 October 2026.The official X (Twitter) accounts are taken from the P2002 statements on Wikidata (Murat Emir: @muratemirchp; Candan Yüceer: @CandanYceer). Candan Yüceer's entry gives Hekimhan as place of birth (imported from Wikipedia, unsourced).
  5. Local studyYenilenen Köy Ballıkaya (blog; yazılar Süleyman Özerol, Remzi Hayta ve başkalarının) (2011–2015). Ballıkaya'da Yetişenlerden…. WordPress. yenilenenkoyballikaya.wordpress.com Accessed: 18 October 2026.Includes 'Tekirdağ'ın Vekili, Ballıkaya'nın Kızı' (Remzi Hayta, 3 March 2012), a life story of Mehmet Seyfi Oktay (compiled by Süleyman Özerol, 12 March 2012) and '7 Haziran 2015 Seçimlerinde Ballıkaya Köyünden İki Aday' (30 March 2015). A local source.
  6. NewsErhan Kızılyar (2024). Ballıkaya: Bir Köyden Çok Ötesi. Durum Gazetesi, 18 April 2024 (updated 3 August 2024). durumgazetesi.com.tr Accessed: 18 October 2026.Lists people from the village and quotes the village head (Merdan Çelik); the hamlet of Murat Emir's family is the village head's information. Part of the text is taken from Süleyman Özerol's blog.

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