Üsküdar's acting mayor dies in traffic accident weeks after taking office
Dündar Ziya Gültekin, the interim mayor of Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, died on Oct. 15 after being involved in a traffic accident in the northwestern province of Düzce that left four other people injured.
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