- Mayor, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality
- Ayşe Ünlüce, Mayor of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality, was born in Eskişehir in 1970 and graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law. She began her career as a judge and later worked as a lawyer and legal adviser. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in civil society, particularly in the fields of women’s rights, gender equality and local participation. She served as Chair of the Women’s Rights Commission of the Eskişehir Bar Association and played an active role in the Eskişehir Women’s Platform and the Women’s Assembly of the City Council. She also contributed to the establishment of the Metropolitan Municipality’s Women’s Counselling and Solidarity Centre. Ünlüce joined Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality as Chief Legal Counsel in 2016 and was appointed Secretary General in 2018. She was elected Mayor of Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality on 31 March 2024. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye and serves as Head of the Turkish National Delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. Her work focuses on inclusive local governance, women’s empowerment, rural development, environmental protection and cooperation with civil society.
