Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu

Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (Also known as 'The Communist Mayor' ) (born 20 December 1968, Çemberlitaş, Ovacık District and founder of Socialist Councils Federation (SMF). He was the mayor of Tunceli, representing the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), from 2019 to 2024.

Early life and education He was born in the village of Çemberlitaş in Tunceli Province in December 1968 and attended primary school in Ovacık and health high school in Bingöl.

Professional career From 1989 onwards he worked in healthcare. First in Bozkir in Konya and between 1992 and 2007 in Pertek, Tunceli. where he was known for implementing initiatives like free public transport and agricultural projects such as bee keeping and chickpea cultivation with which the gains supported university students. He also encouraged the opening of several libraries in Ovacık.

In the local elections in 2019, he was elected mayor of Tunceli, the province's capital. During his tenure, he was noted for refusing to use his official car, posted the city council's finances on a banner hung on the front of his office building for transparency, opening a cooperative whose sales from agricultural products funded university students from poor families, and providing free transport for students. He ran for mayor of Kadıköy municipality in the 2024 Istanbul mayoral election, but lost the election.

Personal life He is married and has two children.