Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Binali Yıldırım has announced the new cabinet of Turkey’s 65th government, after he was given the mandate to form a new government by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The new cabinet will hold its first meeting at the presidential palace in Ankara on May 25.
The deputy prime ministers have been named as Nurettin Canikli, Mehmet Şimşek, Tuğrul Türkeş, Veysi Kaynak and Numan Kurtulmuş.
Yalçın Akdoğan, who held the deputy prime minister’s post in Davutoğlu’s cabinet and who was closely involved in the collapsed Kurdish peace process, is not included in the new list. The economy administration has been mostly left unchanged, with Şimşek expected to resume his duties overseeing the economy.
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Energy Minister Berat Albayrak and Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ have all resumed their posts.
Ömer Çelik has been appointed as the EU minister, replacing Volkan Bozkır.
Nihat Zeybekci has been appointed as the new economy minister, replacing Mustafa Elitaş.
Ahmet Arslan has been named as the transport minister, replacing the newly-appointed prime minister Yıldırım.
Fatma Betül Sayan has been appointed as the new family and social policies minister, replacing Sema Ramazanoğlu as the only female minister in the new cabinet.
The following are the remaining appointments: Interior Minister Efkan Ala; Finance Minister Naci Ağbal; Defense Minister Fikri Işık; Education Minister Ismet Yılmaz; Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç; Environment and Urbanization Minister Mehmet Özhaseki; Forestry and Water Affairs Minister Veysel Eroğlu; Health Minister Recep Akdağ; Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Özlü; Labor and Social Security Minister Süleyman Soylu; Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Faruk Çelik; Customs and Trade Minister Bülent Tüfenkçi; Development Minister Lütfi Elvan; and Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı.
