PM Erdo?an announces new Cabinet with novelties, surprises

TODAYSZAMAN

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an submitted his new Cabinet to President Abdullah Gül at the Çankaya Presidential Palace on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, whose Justice and Development Party (AK Party) won the June 12 elections with 50 percent of the vote, on Wednesday submitted his new Cabinet to President Abdullah Gül at the Çankaya presidential palace.
Erdo?an’s government introduced changes to the current Cabinet structure last month. The government abolished eight state ministries, introduced six new ministries, merged two ministries and transformed two others. As part of the new structure, there are 26 members of the Cabinet, including the prime minister. There are four deputy prime ministers and 21 ministers.
The Cabinet announced by Erdo?an includes Bekir Bozda?, Be?ir Atalay, Bülent Ar?nç and Ali Babacan as the deputy prime ministers.
The ministers who will serve as the heads of the newly introduced ministries are Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma ?ahin, Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Ba???, Minister of Economy Zafer Ça?layan, Minister of Youth and Sports Suat K?l?ç, Minister of Customs and Trade Hayati Yaz?c? and Minister of Development Cevdet Y?lmaz.

Six names in the new Cabinet are new and the posts of three former ministers were changed while 16 ministers preserved their positions. The new ministers are Fatma ?ahin, Erdo?an Bayraktar, ?smet Y?lmaz, ?dris Naim ?ahin, Suat K?l?ç and Bekir Bozda?.

The new Cabinet is as follows:

1. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an

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2. Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç
3. Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozda?
4. Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan
5. Deputy Prime Minister Be?ir Atalay
6. Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin
7. Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma ?ahin
8. Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Ba???
9. Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Nihat Ergün
10. Labor and Social Security Minister Faruk Çelik
11. Minister of Environment and Urban Planning Erdo?an Bayraktar
12. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davuto?lu
13. Economy Minister Zafer Ça?layan
14. Energy and Natural Sources Minister Taner Y?ld?z
15. Minister of Youth and Sports Suat K?l?ç
16. Minister of Food Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Mehdi Eker
17. Minister of Customs and Trade Hayati Yaz?c?
18. Minister of Forestry and Water Works Veysel Ero?lu
19. Ministry of Interior Affairs ?dris Naim ?ahin
20. Minister of Development Cevdet Y?lmaz
21. Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertu?rul Günay
22. Minister of Finance Mehmet ?im?ek
23. Education Minister Ömer Dinçer
24. Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz
25. Minister of Health Recep Akda?
26. Minister of Transportation Binali Y?ld?r?m

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