16.11.2025 17:23
Nevşehir Mayor Rasim Arı sparked a major controversy with images from a breakfast he had at a luxury car dealership in Kayseri. Users who saw the lavish spread set up for Arı shared the video, commenting, "While citizens are getting by on dry bread, what is this showmanship?"
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The images of İYİ Party's Nevşehir Mayor Rasim Arı having breakfast at a million-dollar luxury car gallery in Kayseri have sparked a significant backlash on social media.
In the footage, Arı's visit to the gallery in his luxury car and the lavish breakfast table he sat at did not go unnoticed.
PLATES FILLED WITH KILOS OF PASTRAMI, MEAT, CHEESE...
The breakfast table, where each product was exaggeratedly placed in plates weighing kilos, included pastrami, hams, various types of cheese, and meat products that many citizens cannot afford to put on their tables due to rising prices in recent times.
NO EXPLANATION HAS BEEN GIVEN YET
Many users who shared the video commented, "What kind of show is this while citizens are getting by on dry bread?" and there has been no explanation from Nevşehir Mayor Rasim Arı regarding the controversial images.
WHO IS RASİM ARI?
Born in 1975 in Nevşehir, Rasim Arı is married and a father of two. He graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology in 2001 and completed his master's degree at Selçuk University Faculty of Communication in Konya. He began his bureaucratic career in 2002 as an advisor to Finance Minister Kemal Unakıtan, and subsequently served as an advisor to State Minister Güldal Akşit, Minister of National Education Nimet Çubukcu, and Minister of Youth and Sports Suat Kılıç.
He served as a consultant to the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2011 and as the Head of the Sports Services Department in 2015. He left his position at the Ministry of Youth and Sports to run for Mayor in the 2018 municipal elections. He served as the Mayor of Nevşehir from 2019 to 2021. During his term, he also held the position of Treasurer of the United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Regional Organization (UCLG-MEWA).
On March 29, 2023, he joined the İYİ Party by receiving his badge from the party's leader Meral Akşener at the Parliamentary Group Meeting. He was elected as the Mayor of Nevşehir in the March 31, 2024 elections. He was also elected as a member of the Municipalities Union Council in the elections held on June 5, 2024. He is a member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLRAE).
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