The Governor of Ağrı (Turkish: Ağrı Valiliği) is the bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Province of Ağrı. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey, the Governor of Ağrı is appointed by the Government of Turkey and is responsible for the implementation of government legislation within Ağrı. The Governor is also the most senior commander of both the Ağrı provincial police force and the Ağrı Gendarmerie.
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- ⭐ Core Definition: Governor of Ağrı
- Governor of Ağrı in the context of Ali Yerlikaya
Governor of Ağrı in the context of Ali Yerlikaya
Ali Yerlikaya (born 11 October 1968) is a Turkish bureaucrat serving as the minister of the interior since 4 June 2023. He previously served as the governor of Istanbul from 2018 to 2023. Following the annulment of the March 2019 Istanbul mayoral election, Yerlikaya was briefly the acting Mayor of Istanbul until a new successor was elected in a re-run in June 2019.
Prior to becoming Governor of Istanbul, Yerlikaya served as the governor of Şırnak from 2007 to 2010, as the governor of Ağrı from 2010 to 2012, as the governor of Tekirdağ from 2012 to 2015, and as the governor of Gaziantep from 2015 to 2018.
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