Osman Zolan (born 10 December 1966,

Tavas Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one brea ...

) is a Turkish politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality of Turkey from 2011 to 2024. On 10 March 2011,

Nihat Zeybekci Nihat Zeybekci (born 1 January 1961) is a Turkish economist, politician, a member of parliament for Denizli Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and former Minister of the Economy. Early life Nihat Zeybekci was born to ...

resigned to run for a seat in the parliament. Then Zolan took it over from him. He was nominated as a candidate for

2014 Turkish local elections Local elections (formal: local authority general elections, Turkish: ''Mahalli İdareler Genel Seçimi'' or simply ''Yerel Seçimleri'') were held in Turkey on 30 March 2014, with some repeated on 1 June 2014. Metropolitan and district mayors as ...

. After the elections, he was elected mayor of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality.

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