Councillor Ali Bakır was appointed mayor of Enfield in a ceremony at the council’s first meeting on Wednesday night.
Ali Bakır used the opportunity to recognise his son, Berdan
Mr Bakır, who is originally from Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş, southern Turkey, will hold this position for the first year of his second term.
He assumes the position from Chaudhury Anwar, who served in the final year of Labour’s first four-year term.
Mr Bakır’s inauguration was attended by Emirhan Yorulmazlar, the Turkish Consul-General in London; Haringey councillors Ali Gül Özbek and Ali Demirci; and members of the new mayor’s family.
Enfield councillors and the Turkish Consul-General, Emirhan Yorulmazlar, was among those present to support Ali Bakır