14.12.2025 21:40
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a condolence message for Ms. Gülşah Durbay, the Mayor of Manisa Şehzadeler, who passed away in the hospital where she was receiving cancer treatment. In his message, Erdoğan stated, "I pray for God's mercy upon Ms. Gülşah Durbay; I extend my condolences to her family, loved ones, and the people of Manisa Şehzadeler."
Sad news has come from Gülşah Durbay, the Mayor of Şehzadeler, who has been receiving treatment for colon cancer at Manisa City Hospital for some time. It has been learned that Gülşah Durbay passed away at the hospital where she was being treated.
CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN
Following Durbay's death, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan published a condolence message. In his message, Erdoğan stated, "I am deeply saddened by the passing of Ms. Gülşah Durbay, the Mayor of Manisa Şehzadeler.
I pray for God's mercy upon Ms. Gülşah Durbay; I extend my condolences to her family, relatives, and the people of Manisa Şehzadeler," he expressed.
SHE HAD BEEN INTUBATED
Durbay was admitted to the intensive care unit due to multiple organ failure that developed during her treatment for colon cancer. Durbay's clinical condition 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 began 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.