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Turkish leader Erdoğan announces presidential cabinet of new term

During a press conference held on Saturday night in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan revealed the newly appointed members of the presidential cabinet following his inauguration as the leader of the Turkish Republic.

Agencies and A News TURKISH POLITICS
Published June 03,2023
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Speaking during a press conference on Saturday night in the capital Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced new members of the presidential cabinet after being sworn in as the head of the Turkish Republic.

Erdoğan named Mehmet Şimşek as treasury and finance minister, Hakan Fidan as foreign minister, Alparslan Bayraktar as energy minister, Yaşar Güler as defense minister, and Cevdet Yılmaz as vice president.

Here are the members of the new Cabinet:

Justice Minister: Yılmaz Tunç

Family and Social Services Minister: Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş

Labor and Social Security Minister: Vedat Işıkhan

Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change Minister: Mehmet Özhaseki

Foreign Minister: Hakan Fidan

Energy and Natural Resources Minister: Alparslan Bayraktar

Youth and Sports Minister: Osman Aşkın Bak

Treasury and Finance Minister: Mehmet Şimşek

Interior Minister: Ali Yerlikaya

Culture and Tourism Minister: Mehmet Nuri Ersoy

National Education Minister: Yusuf Tekin

National Defense Minister: Yasar Güler

Health Minister: Fahrettin Koca

Industry and Technology Minister: Mehmet Fatih Kaçır

Agriculture and Forestry Minister: Ibrahim Yumaklı

Trade Minister: Ömer Bolat

Transport and Infrastructure Minister: Abdulkadir Uraloğlu

Türkiye went to the polls on May 28 for a presidential runoff after no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote needed for an outright victory in the first round on May 14.

Erdoğan won the race with 52.18% of the vote, while opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu got 47.82%, according to official results.

Also on May 13, the Justice and Development (AK) Party, chaired by Erdogan, emerged as the top party in parliament, securing a total of 268 seats.

In addition to the AK Party, its People's Alliance partners the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) won 50 seats and New Welfare Party (YRP) won five, securing a combined majority of 323 seats out of the total 600 in parliament.

With 169 deputies, the Republican People's Party (CHP), along with its coalition partner, the Good (IYI) Party, got a total of 212 seats in parliament, representing the main opposition Nation's Alliance.

Parliament's remaining 65 seats were won by the Labor and Freedom Alliance, made up of the Green Left Party with 61 seats and the Türkiye Labor Party (TIP) with four.