title: Mehmet Özhaseki
text: # Mehmet Özhaseki
  
  Mehmet Özhaseki, (born 25 May 1957, Kayseri, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change. He is a former Mayor of Kayseri.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Mehmet Özhaseki was born in Kayseri, Turkey on 25 May 1957. Özhaseki began his education in Kayseri and went on to study electronic engineering at Hacettepe University. He completed his education at the Istanbul University Faculty of Law.
  
  ## Political career
  
  ### Mayor of Kayseri
  
  He was elected to the Melikgazi Municipality in the March 1994 elections. In the 2004 elections he was elected Mayor of Kayseri with 72% of the vote. According to Christopher Caldwell, he attributes his success to "good government".
  
  He stood again in the March 2009 election and was re-elected as Mayor of Kayseri.
  
  ### Minister of Environment and Urban Planning
  
  Özhaseki was elected as a Justice and Development Party (AKP) Member of Parliament for Ankara's Kayseri in the June 2015 general election. He was re-elected in November 2015. He was appointed as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning in the 65th government of Turkey by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on 24 November 2015. He was subsequently replaced by Murat Kurum but then reappointed.
  
  