Ali Yerlikaya

Ali Yerlikaya
Minister of the Interior
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2023
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Süleyman Soylu
Governor of Istanbul
In office 26 October 2018 – 4 June 2023
Preceded by	Vasip Şahin
Succeeded by	Davut Gül
Acting Mayor of Istanbul
In office 6 May 2019 – 27 June 2019
Preceded by	Ekrem İmamoğlu
Succeeded by	Ekrem İmamoğlu
Governor of Gaziantep
In office 19 February 2015 – 26 October 2018
Preceded by	Erdal Ata
Succeeded by	Davut Gül
Governor of Tekirdağ
In office 3 August 2012 – 19 February 2015
Preceded by	Zübeyir Kemelek
Succeeded by	Enver Salihoğlu
Governor of Ağrı
In office 13 May 2010 – 3 August 2012
Preceded by	Mehmet Çetin
Succeeded by	Mehmet Tekinarslan
Governor of Şırnak
In office 30 November 2007 – 13 May 2010
Preceded by	Osman Güneş
Succeeded by	Vahdettin Özkan
Personal details
Born	(1968-10-11) 11 October 1968 (age 55) Konya, Turkey
Children	Emir Yusuf Tomruk Yerlikaya
Alma mater	Istanbul University

Ali Yerlikaya (born 11 October 1968) is a Turkish bureaucrat currently serving as the minister of the interior since 4 June 2023. He previously served as the governor of Istanbul from 2018 to 2023. Following the annulment of the March 2019 Istanbul mayoral election, Yerlikaya was briefly the acting Mayor of Istanbul until a new successor was elected in a re-run in June 2019.

Prior to becoming Governor of Istanbul, Yerlikaya previously served as the governor of Şırnak from 2007 to 2010, as the governor of Ağrı from 2010 to 2012, as the governor of Tekirdağ from 2012 to 2015, and as the governor of Gaziantep from 2015 to 2018.