UCLG MEWA
Mayor of Seferihisar, Turkey. Mr. Soyer started working for the municipality of İzmir in 2003. Between 2004 and 2006, Mr. Soyer worked as the manager of foreign affairs in the Izmir Chamber of Commerce and as General Secretary Assistant. In 2009 Tunç Soyer was elected as the mayor of Seferihisar and brought the Cittaslow movement, an international model of local development, to Turkey and urged the expansion of the movement to other geographical areas.