14.12.2025 20:55
The Chairman of the CHP, Özgür Özel, issued a condolence message for Gülşah Durbay, the Mayor of Şehzadeler, who passed away. Özgür Özel stated, "We shared the same dream with both Ferdi and Gülşah; our common dreams had come true. What kind of question is this? What kind of test is this? How can one endure? Patience, patience, patience."
Sad news has come from Gülşah Durbay, the Mayor of Şehzadeler, who has been receiving treatment for colon cancer at Manisa City Hospital for a while. It has been learned that Gülşah Durbay passed away at the hospital where she was being treated.
EMOTIONAL FAREWELL FROM ÖZEL
Following the news of Durbay's death, an emotional farewell message came from CHP Chairman Özgür Özel. Remembering Ferdi Zeyrek, the Mayor of Manisa who passed away in June, Özel said, "Some farewells are hard to prepare for. Everyone knew, but we were the only ones who didn't. We could not accept this end."
"PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE"
In his farewell message, Özel used the following expressions: "She was a child who grew up beside us, a child we raised. What words can a sibling use to say goodbye?
Being a companion on the road is not just walking side by side, but sharing the same fear, the same fatigue, and the same hope, seeing the same dream. We shared the same dream with Ferdi and Gülşah; our common dreams had come true. What kind of question is this? What kind of test is this? How can one endure? Patience, patience, patience."
SHE HAD BEEN INTUBATED
Durbay had been transferred to the intensive care unit due to multiple organ failure that developed during her treatment for colon cancer. Durbay's clinical condition had worsened while she was being treated at Manisa City Hospital, and she had been intubated.
WHO IS GÜLŞAH DURBAY?
Gülşah Durbay, the Mayor of Şehzadeler, was born in 1988 in Manisa. She completed her education, which started in Manisa, at Hacettepe University in the Department of Food Engineering in 2011 and at Yaşar University in the Faculty of Law in 2024. In addition to completing her master's degree in the English Business Department at Yaşar University, she also started her doctorate in economics and finance at Manisa Celal Bayar University.
In her professional life, she held various managerial positions in the food sector. Gülşah Durbay, who provided consultancy to companies on food safety, occupational safety, quality, and strategy, served as the President of the District Youth Branch of the Republican People's Party in 2014 and held the position of Provincial Youth Branch President for two terms between 2015 and 2020. She was elected as the Mayor of Şehzadeler in the local elections on March 31, 2024, becoming the first female Mayor of Manisa.