Keşan Mayor Mehmet Özcan resigns from CHP

It has been learned that Mehmet Özcan, who was elected mayor of Keşan for the fourth time as a CHP candidate in the Local Administration General Elections held in March 2024, has resigned from his party. Özcan has not yet made a statement regarding his resignation.

Mehmet Özcan's resignation has been processed in the party's system.

Mehmet Özcan was elected Mayor of Keşan in the March 31, 2024 Local Administration General Elections as the CHP candidate, receiving 53.11 percent of the vote.

With Özcan's resignation, the number of mayors who have resigned from the CHP has risen to 23.

WHO IS MEHMET ÖZCAN?

He was born in 1956 in Seydiköy, Keşan. He completed his primary education in Seydiköy, his secondary education at Keşan Cumhuriyet Secondary School, and his high school education at Edirne High School.

After studying for a period in the Public Administration Department at Middle East Technical University (METU), he continued his studies at the Edirne Faculty of Medicine, which was part of Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. Following his graduation, he completed his residency in General Surgery at Taksim Hospital. From 1991 until the end of December 2003, he served the people of Keşan as a General Surgeon at Keşan State Hospital. He resigned from this position to become a mayoral candidate.

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