Haşim İşcan was a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 high school teacher, province governor and the first elected mayor of Istanbul.

Biography

He was born 1898 in Edirne

Edirne

Edirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, the northwestern part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1365 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's new capital. At present, Edirne is the capital of the Edirne...

 as the son of Ahmet Cevdet Pasha. After graduating from the School of Public Management in 1922, he became an instructor

Teacher

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 in the Edirne Teacher College for Girls and later in the Edirne High school. From 1933 on, Haşim İşcan served as a public administrator, beginning in districts and then as governor in several provinces. Shortly before his retirement, he was appointed public director for settlement affairs.

He was married to Atıfet İşcan.

Political career

In 1963, he entered politics with the Republican People's Party

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

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 (CHP), and was elected mayor of Istanbul. During his time in office, he accomplished major infrastructure

Infrastructure

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 projects in Istanbul, like broader streets and underpasses. He also contributed much to the development of cultural activities in the city. The beloved mayor was called "Father Haşim" by the residents.

He died on March 11, 1968 in coma

Coma

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 caused by intracranial hemorrhage

Intracranial hemorrhage

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. An underpass in Saraçhanebaşı, next to the Civic Center, is named in his memorial.