Izmir

Mustafa Tunç Soyer (born 1959) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as the Mayor of İzmir, Turkey's third largest city. He was elected to the position in the 2019 mayoral election. He previously served as the mayor of Seferihisar, a coastal district of İzmir, from 2009 to 2019. Soyer was born in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, in 1959. He graduated from Bornova Anadolu Lisesi, a prestigious high school in Bornova, a district of İzmir in which he received classes in foreign languages, particularly in English and French before returning to Ankara to attend Ankara University Faculty of Law. He graduated in 1981. During his education, he was also an actor and assistant theatrical director. He completed two master's degrees, one at Webster University Geneva in the field of international relations and another at Dokuz Eylül University about the European Union. Political career In addition to serving as Mayor of Seferihisar and İzmir, Soyer served as an advisor to the former mayor of İzmir, Ahmet Piriştina. He also served as the assistant general secretary and executive member for foreign relations in the İzmir Chamber of Commerce. He was the General Secretary for the EXPO 2015 Steering and Executive Committees.