Hüseyin Avni Mutlu

Hüseyin Avni Mutlu
20th Governor of İstanbul
In office 31 May 2010 – 25 September 2014
President	Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Muammer Güler
Succeeded by	Vasip Şahin
59th Governor of Diyarbakır
In office 10 September 2007 – 31 May 2010
President	Abdullah Gül
Preceded by	Efkan Ala
Succeeded by	Mustafa Toprak
41st Governor of Siirt
In office 18 July 2005 – 10 September 2007
President	Ahmet Necdet Sezer Abdullah Gül
Preceded by	Murat Yıldırım
Succeeded by	Necati Şentürk
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 59–60) Fındıklı, Rize Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Istanbul University
Occupation	Civil servant

Hüseyin Avni Mutlu (born 1956) is a Turkish civil servant. He served as the Governor of Istanbul Province.

Early years and family life

Hüseyin Avni Mutlu was born to a miner father in Fındıklı town of Rize Province, Turkey in 1956.^[1][2][3] He has four siblings.^[3] He completed primary education in Fatih, Istanbul.^[3]

After graduating from the Law School of Istanbul University, he was appointed candidate district governor (Turkish: kaymakam adayı) in Kocaeli Province in 1985.^[1][2] He then served as deputy district governor in Gerede, Bolu Province and Kargı, Çorum Province.^[1] In 1988, Mutlu was appointed district governor in Büyükorhan of Bursa province.^[1]

In 1991, he went to the USA for one year, where he was educated in English language.^[1] Following his return, he was assigned to Silopi, Şırnak Province as district governor serving until 1994. Between 1994 and 1995, he was deputy province governor in Şırnak, from 1995 to 1977 head of Habur Border Crossing Point in Silopi, and between 1997 and 2002 district governor in Eceabat, Çanakkale Province.^[1][2] The following year, he served as deputy province governor in Çanakkale.^[1] He was the district governor of Bağcılar in Istanbul Province from 2003 to 2005.^[1][2]

Mutlu is married to a now-retired teacher of history.^[3] The couple has two sons.^[1][3] One son studied business administration and the other was educated in law.^[3]

Career

Between 2005 and 2007, he served as province governor of Siirt.^[1][2][4] On September 10, 2007, Mutlu was appointed governor of Diyarbakır Province succeeding Efkan Ala.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} On March 31, 2010, Mutlu became governor of Istanbul Province succeeding Muammer Güler.^[1][3][4][5]

Gezi protests

On May 28, 2013, protests began, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. Mass demonstrations spread across the country from Istanbul while riot police brutally tried to suppress the protesters.

During a meeting held between the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, some cabinet members and representatives of students, academics and NGOs on June 12, 2013, Erdoğan told that he was informed late and incomplete about the course and the extent of the events in Taksim. He added that he had summoned the highest-ranked local civil servant responsible and censured him, who hereupon cried. One of the participants told afterwards the daily Vatan that they perceived the person meant was Governor of Istanbul Hüseyin Avni Mutlu.^[6] Governor Mutlu denied this statement and asserted that the prime minister did not use the word "governor".^[7]

References

1. "En çok konuşulan vali Hüseyin Avni Mutlu kimdir?". Akşam (in Turkish). 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
2. "Diyarbakır Valiliği'ne Hüseyin Avni Mutlu atandı". Zaman (in Turkish). 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
3. "Madencinin oğlu İstanbul'un valisi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
4. Gürel, Soner (2010-10-13). "İstanbul’a yeni vali". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-02-19.
5. "Vali Mutlu Diyarbakır'dan Ayrıldı". Diyarın Sesi (in Turkish). 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
6. "Başbakan'ın Gezi için ağlattığı kişi Vali Mutlu çıktı". Radikal (in Turkish). 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
7. "Vali Mutlu'dan 'ağlama' cevabı: Başbakan 'Vali' demedi". Radikal (in Turkish). 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-02-19.