ANKARA (AVRUPA TIMES) Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his new Cabinet at a press conference at Cankaya Palace in Ankara Tuesday following his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to the list, the new Cabinet members are:
Prime Minister - Ahmet Davutoglu
Deputy Prime Minister - Numan Kurtulmus
Deputy Prime Minister - Mehmet Simsek
Deputy Prime Minister - Yalcin Akdogan
Deputy Prime Minister - Tugrul Turkes
Deputy Prime Minister - Lutfi Elvan
Foreign Minister - Mevlut Cavusoglu
EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator - Volkan Bozkir
Minister of Family and Social Policies - Sema Ramazanoglu
Minister of Justice - Bekir Bozdag
Minister of Science, Industry and Technology - Fikri Isik
Minister of Customs and Trade - Bulent Tufenkci
Minister of Environment and Urban Planning - Fatma Guldemet Sari
Minister of Economy - Mustafa Elitas
Minister of Youth and Sports - Akif Cagatay Kilic
Minister of Internal Affairs - Efkan Ala
Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication - Binali Yildirim
Minister of Labour and Social Security - Suleyman Soylu
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources - Berat Albayrak
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock - Faruk Celik
Development Minister - Cevdet Yilmaz
Minister of Culture and Tourism - Mahir Unal
Minister of Finance - Naci Agbal
Minister of National Education - Nabi Avcı
Minister of National Defence - Ismet Yilmaz
Minister of Forest and Water Management - Veysel Eroglu
Minister of Health - Mehmet Muezzinoglu
Earlier Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Davutoglu at the presidential palace in Ankara, where the premier submitted the Cabinet list to him. Erdogan approved the list in the meeting that lasted around one-and-a-half hour.
The Justice and Development (AK) Party won the majority needed to form a single-party administration in Nov. 1's general election and on Nov. 17 Erdogan asked Davutoglu to build the 64th Turkish government to replace an interim Cabinet formed between the June and November elections.