Selahattin Çolak is a politician

Politician

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 in Turkey

Turkey

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, and served as the mayor

Mayor

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 of Adana

Adana

Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...

 for two terms; 1977-1980 and 1989-1994.

Career

He served at Police Services before politics. He was the security chief for Süleyman Demirel

Süleyman Demirel

Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel, better known as Süleyman Demirel , is a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister seven times and was the ninth President of Turkey.-Life:Demirel was born in İslamköy, a town in Isparta Province...

 during 1970's when Demirel was prime minister of Turkey

Turkey

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.

Mayor of Adana

At the municipal elections on December 11, 1977, he was elected Mayor of Adana from Republican People's Party (CHP)

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

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. On September 12, 1980, he was removed from office by coup d'etat with all the other politicians in Turkey

Turkey

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. On March 26, 1989 he was elected again as Mayor of Adana

Adana

Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...

.
He served until 1994, and did not run again, when his party, CHP

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to...

, did not choose him as their candidate.