Mehmet Abdi Bulut was born in 20 Ekim 1967. After completed primary school and high school in Kilis, he studied law at the İstanbul University Faculty of Law. Following his law internship, Mr. Bulut completed his military service in 1991 as sub-lieutenant at Konya School of Personnel of Ministry of National Defense Department of Construction Real Estate. In 1993, he started working as attorney at law. Between 2004 and 2014, Mr. Bulut performed the duty of Mayor for two terms. After five years, he was elected as Mayor for the third time in 2019. Mr. Bulut is married and has three children. He speaks English fluently.