The Istanbul mayoral election, 2009 for the office of mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkish: ''İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı'') was held on 29 March 2009 and was won by the Justice and Development Party candidate, the incumbent

Kadir Topbaş Kadir Topbaş (8 January 1945 – 13 February 2021) was a Turkish architect, businessperson and politician who served as Mayor of Istanbul from 2004 to 2017. Biography He was born on 8 January 1945 in Altıparmak village of Yusufeli district ...

. The closely fought contest was noticeable in that it helped launch the national political career of

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, who would go on to assume the leadership of his party.

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