Murat AYDIN

Murat Aydın graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration at Istanbul University in 1985. He completed his master's studies at the Department of Finance in Institute of Social Sciences at Istanbul University with a thesis titled "Different Approaches in Local Administrations and Social Municipality Practices". He was elected the mayor of Zeytinburnu District for four times after winning the elections in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014, three times of which was as a candidate of AKP. He was elected Mayor of Beykoz Municipality in the local elections of 2019. the Vice President of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities and the President of Türkiye Fotoğraf Vakfı (Photography Foundation of Turkey), Aydın has had an interest in the art of photography for many years. Aydın has two photograph exhibitions. Muray Aydın has been working as a member of the Board of Trustees of WALD since 2013.