Editing Harran (section)

== Politics ==
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+Mayors of Harran
!#
!Mayor
!Term
!Party
|-
|1
|İbrahim Özyavuz
|1994–2009
|[[AK Party]]; [[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]]
|-
|2
|Mehmet Özyavuz
|2009–2019
|[[AK Party]]
|-
|3
|Mahmut Özyavuz
|2019–present
|[[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]]
|}
Harran was established as a [[List of districts in Turkey|district]] in 1987 and divided into three neighbourhoods.{{Sfn|Yiğiter|Yirmibeşoğlu|2011|p=149}} Harran first participated in the Turkish local elections in [[1989 Turkish local elections|1989]], though there were no mayoral candidates at that time. The 1989 election was a close election between three parties; the [[True Path Party]] (DYP) received 36.1% of the vote, the [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|ANAP]] received 35.8% and the [[Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)|Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)]] received 28.1%.{{sfn|secim.iha.com.tr (1989)}}

İbrahim Özyavuz of the [[AK Party]] and later the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] (MHP) served as Mayor of Harran for three terms from 1994 to 2009, achieving victory in the local elections of [[1994 Turkish local elections|1994]], [[1999 Turkish local elections|1999]] and [[2004 Turkish local elections|2004]].{{sfn|tbmm.gov.tr}} İbrahim Özyavuz was defeated in the [[2009 Turkish local elections|local elections of March 2009]], beaten by Mehmet Özyavuz of AK Party who achieved 54.2% of the vote.{{sfn|secim.iha.com.tr (2009)}} Mehmet Özyavuz retained his position as mayor for a second term winning the [[2014 Turkish local elections|local elections of March 2014]], receiving 55.5% of the vote.{{sfn|yenisafak.com (2014)}}

Since 31 March 2019, the Mayor of Harran is Mahmut Özyavuz of the MHP, who won in the [[2019 Turkish local elections|local elections of March 2019]] with 54.9% of the vote, defeating the incumbent Mehmet Özyavuz of the AK Party.{{sfn|yenisafak.com (2019)}} Mahmut Özyavuz is the son of İbrahim Özyavuz.{{sfn|rhaajans.com}}