Selahattin Çolak
{{Short description|Turkish politician}}
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| name = Selahattin Çolak
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| office = Mayor of Adana
| term_start = 26 March 1989
| term_end = 27 March 1994
| predecessor = Aytaç Durak
| successor = Aytaç Durak
| office2 = Mayor of Adana
| term_start2 = 11 December 1977
| term_end2 = 12 September 1980
| predecessor2 = Ege Bagatur
| successor2 = Nuri Korkmaz
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| party = Republican People's Party (CHP), Social Democratic People's Party (SHP)
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| residence = Adana
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| occupation = Police chief, business owner
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Selahattin Çolak is a politician from Turkey, and served as the mayor of Adana for two terms (1977–1980 and 1989–1994).{{cite web|url = http://adana-bld.gov.tr/baskanlarimiz.asp | title = Mayors of Adana|publisher=Adana Municipality|accessdate=}}
Career
He served in police services before entering politics. He was the security chief for Süleyman Demirel during the 1970s when Demirel was prime minister of Turkey.
=Mayor of Adana=
At the municipal elections on 11 December 1977, he was elected Mayor of Adana from Republican People's Party (CHP). On 12 September 1980, he was removed from office by coup d'état with all the other politicians in Turkey. On 26 March 1989 he was elected again as Mayor of Adana.{{cite web|url= http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Selahattin_%C3%87olak|title=Selahattin Çolak|publisher=Türkçe Bilgi Ansiklopedisi (Turkish)| accessdate=}} He served in the post until 1994, and did not run again, when his party, CHP, did not choose him as their candidate.
References
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{{Mayors of Adana}}
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Turkey
Category:Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Category:Social Democratic People's Party (Turkey) politicians