Burcu Köksal

Lugar: Afyonkarahisar

Nascido: 1980

Biografia:

Burcu Köksal, also known as Burcu Bilgic, was born on January 18, 1980, in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. She is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is currently the Mayor of Afyonkarahisar. She previously served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar from 7 June 2015 until her election as mayor in 2024. Köksal completed her primary and secondary education in Afyonkarahisar and graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She has been a lawyer in Afyonkarahisar since 8 March 2004. Köksal served as President of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Afyonkarahisar Women's Branch in 2007. She contested CHP preselection for the June 2015 general election, was elected as the lone CHP Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar, and was re-elected in the snap November 2015 elections. Köksal was one of 15 CHP deputies to join the Good Party on 21 April 2018 in order to make the party eligible to contest the 2018 election. She retained first place on the CHP party list for Afyonkarahisar in the 2018 Elections and was re-elected. Köksal was a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Presidency Council for the first half of the 27th Parliament of Turkey. She was renominated for the first place list position for Afyonkarahisar for the 2023 elections, was re-elected, and was then named a CHP deputy leader for the 28th Turkish Parliament. Köksal was selected as the CHP Mayoral candidate for Afyonkarahisar for the 2024 local elections. She was elected Mayor of Afyonkarahisar with 50.73% of the votes and was sworn in on 3 April 2024. Her resignation from Parliament took effect the next day.