Özlem Çerçioğlu (born 11 August 1968) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party serving as the mayor of Aydın since 2009. She is Aydın's and her party's first female mayor.

Özlem Çerçioğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
14 November 2002 – 30 March 2009
ConstituencyAydın
Mayor of Aydın
Assumed office
30 March 2009
Preceded byİlhami Ortekin
Personal details
Born (1968-08-11) 11 August 1968 (age 56)
Aydın, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party
SpouseErcan Çerçioğlu
Children2
Alma materSelçuk University

She was born in Nazilli, a district of Aydın, in 1968. She graduated from Selçuk University in 1988. She served as the member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey from 2002 to 2009 in 22nd and 23rd legislative terms. She was elected as Aydın's mayor in 2009, she was re-elected in 2014 as the first mayor of the metropolitan municipality, and then she was re-confirmed in 2019.

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