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    Erdogan announces major Cabinet reshuffle

    2009-05-02 17:17:00


    ArmInfo. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced revisions in
    the Cabinet on Friday after receiving approval from President Abdullah
    Gul in the wake of the March 29 local elections and amid the ongoing
    global financial crisis. Whereas eight ministers were excluded from the
    Cabinet, nine new individuals started to carry ministerial titles just
    hours before the start of the weekend. On the other hand, seven
    ministers now have different seats in the 27-member ministers' club,
    including Erdogan himself.

    Turkish media reported that with the revisions, Deputy Prime Minister
    Nazim Ekren, Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Sahin, Minister of Finance
    Kemal Unakitan, Minister of Education Huseyin Celik, Minister of Energy
    and Natural Resources Mehmet Hilmi Guler, Minister of State Murat
    Basesgioglu, Minister of State Kursad Tuzmen and Minister of State
    Mustafa Said Yazicioglu were left out of the Cabinet. Erdogan said
    those removals from office have nothing to do with any mistakes made by
    any of those former ministers. Whereas the aforementioned eight
    ministers were removed from Erdogan's Cabinet, nine new names stepped
    into ministerial posts. The most striking appointments were those of
    Bulent Arinc and Ahmet Davutoglu. Ar?nc became one of the three deputy
    prime ministers, and Professor Davutoglu is now Turkey's new minister
    of foreign affairs, taking over the post from Ali Babacan. Babacan was
    made a deputy prime minister as well and will be responsible for the
    coordination of country's economy. The last deputy prime minister is
    still Cemil Cicek, who maintained his seat.
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