Ali Yerlikaya | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| 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 | 11 October 1968 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.