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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announces Cabinet reshuffle

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14:19 - 19/07/2017 Çarşamba
Update: 15:47 - 19/07/2017 Çarşamba
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Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım

Fifteen ministers remain in the same post, five new ministers join the Cabinet, and six ministers are repositioned within the Cabinet, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım says.

Prime Minister Yıldırım held a press conference following his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex.

Stating that there were some reshuffles in the cabinet, “The present officials, and those who will begin their duty today in the cabinet are adept and have outstanding qualifications. Therefore, neither those who resign nor those who take office are superior to each other. This is a relay race; a change of blood. The efforts on the distribution of offices are ongoing. The heads of each institution, particularly the distribution of offices for deputy prime ministers, will be announced during the day,” said Yıldırım.

The new Cabinet is as follows:

Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek

Deputy Prime Minister Fikri Işık

Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdağ

Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu

Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül

Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

Minister of European Affairs Ömer Çelik

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Faruk Özlü

Minister of Labor and Social Security Jülide Sarı Eroğlu

Minister of Environment and Urban Planning Mehmet Özhaseki

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Minister of Customs and Trade Bülent Tüfenkci

Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak

Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak

Minister of Internal Affairs Süleyman Soylu

Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba

Minister of Development Lütfi Elvan

Minister of Culture and Tourism Numan Kurtulmuş

Minister of Finance Naci Ağbal

Minister of National Defence Nurettin Canikli

Minister of Forest and Water Management Veysel Eroğlu

Minister of Health Ahmet Demircan

Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Ahmet Arslan

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