Osman Nuri Tekeli (born 1893, Died 3 February 1976) was a Turkish bureaucrat, who served as the governor of several provinces.
[2] He graduated from Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane (Mülkiye; now, Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University) in 1914.
[3] Following his graduation Tekeli began to serve as district director of Ağırus-Atabey (Isparta) in 1914 until his military service.
[5] He was appointed to other districts as head official such as Fethiye, Bozdağ, Keşan and Osmaniye until 1935 when he became civil inspector (Mülkiye Müfettişi in Turkish).
[1] He then was appointed head of the Inspection Directorate at the Ministry of Interior in Ankara,[11] and his tenure lasted for five years until his retirement in 1952.