Ali Yerlikaya

Ali Yerlikaya
Yerlikaya in 2023
Minister of the Interior
In office
4 June 2023 – 11 February 2026
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded bySüleyman Soylu
Succeeded byMustafa Çiftçi
Governor of Istanbul
In office
26 October 2018 – 4 June 2023
Preceded byVasip Şahin
Succeeded byDavut Gül
Acting Mayor of Istanbul
In office
6 May 2019 – 27 June 2019
Preceded byEkrem İmamoğlu
Succeeded byEkrem İmamoğlu
Governor of Gaziantep
In office
19 February 2015 – 26 October 2018
Preceded byErdal Ata
Succeeded byDavut Gül
Governor of Tekirdağ
In office
3 August 2012 – 19 February 2015
Preceded byZübeyir Kemelek
Succeeded byEnver Salihoğlu
Governor of Ağrı
In office
13 May 2010 – 3 August 2012
Preceded byMehmet Çetin
Succeeded byMehmet Tekinarslan
Governor of Şırnak
In office
30 November 2007 – 13 May 2010
Preceded byOsman Güneş
Succeeded byVahdettin Özkan
Personal details
Born (1968-10-11) 11 October 1968
Konya, Turkey
PartyJustice and Development Party
ChildrenEmir Yusuf Tomruk Yerlikaya
Alma materIstanbul University (BA)
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Ali Yerlikaya (born 11 October 1968) is a Turkish politician, who served as Minister of the Interior in the 67th cabinet of Turkey, until his dismissal on 11 February 2026. 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.