Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu

Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu is a Turkish politician of Zaza descent of the Communist Party of Turkey. He is currently the mayor of Tunceli.

Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu
Mayor of Ovacık
In office
2014–2019
Mayor of Tunceli
Assumed office
2019

He was elected mayor of Ovacık in 2014,[1] where he was known for implementing initiatives like free public transport and agricultural projects such as bee keeping and cultivating chickpeas[2] with which gains university students were supported.[3] He also encouraged the opening of several libraries in Ovacık[4] In the local elections in 2019, he was elected mayor of Tunceli, the provinces capital.[5]

References
  1. "Seçim 2014 Tunceli Ovacık Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". www.haberturk.com. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  2. Nawa, Fariba (2018-04-21). "The Unlikely New Hero of Turkey's Opposition". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  3. "Turkey's 'Communist mayor' tears down walls with fresh approach". France 24. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  4. Malzahn, Philip. "TKP gewinnt in Dersim (neues deutschland)". www.neues-deutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  5. "Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları: 31 Mart 2019 Tunceli Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-14.
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