Macit Özcan

Macit Özcan, (born 1954 in Karataş, Adana Province, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and a former mayor of Mersin.

After his secondary education in Adana, he graduated in civil engineering from Çukurova University.

He successfully stood for a third term in the March 2009 election.

Özcan has been accused of being a "political octopus" and prone to corruption and dishonesty.

[2] Committed to improving relations with his Arab neighbours, in 2006 Özcan launched a ferry service to the Syrian port of Latakia, which is one of Mersin's twin cities.