Hüseyin Avni Mutlu was born to a miner father in Fındıklı town of Rize Province, Turkey in 1956.

[3] After graduating from the Law School of Istanbul University, he was appointed candidate district governor (Turkish: kaymakam adayı) in Kocaeli Province in 1985.

[6] On May 28, 2013, protests began, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park.

Mass demonstrations spread across the country from Istanbul while riot police brutally tried to suppress the protesters.

One of the participants later told the daily Vatan that they perceived the person meant was Governor of Istanbul Hüseyin Avni Mutlu.

[8] Mutlu was suspended from his position as a governor on July 17, 2016, shortly after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, which was allegedly orchestrated by the Gülen Movement.