Number of Women Increases from 1 to 2 in Cabinet of Ministers

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Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has announced the changes made in the Cabinet of Ministers following his meeting with Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Posts of six members of the cabinet consisting of 26 people have been changed, five figures such as Nabi Avcı, Faruk Çelik, Tuğrul Türkeş have been left out of the cabinet.

The cabinet is formed of 24 men and 2 women. There were 25 men and 1 woman in the previous cabinet.

New cabinet

Vice Prime Minister – Bekir Bozdağ (replaced Nurettin Canikli yerine)

Vice Prime Minister – Fikri Işık (replaced Numan Kurtulmuş yerine)

Vice Prime Minister – Recep Akdağ (replaced Tuğrul Türkeş yerine)

Vice Prime Minister – Hakan Çavuşoğlu (replaced Veysi Kaynak yerine)

Vice Prime Minister - Mehmet Şimşek 

Minister of Justice – Abdülhamit Gül (replaced Bekir Bozdağ)

Minister of Culture and Tourism – Numan Kurtulmuş (replaced Nabi Avcı)

Minister of National Defense – Nurettin Canikli (replaced Fikri Işık)

Minister of Health – Ahmet Demircan (replaced Recep Akdağ)

Minister of Labor and Social Security– Jülide Sarıeroğlu (replaced Mehmet Müezzinoğlu)

Minister of Youth and Sports – Osman Aşkın Bak (replaced Akif Çağatay Kılıç)

Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock – Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba (replaced Faruk Çelik)

Minister of Interior – Süleyman Soylu

Minister of Family and Social Policies – Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

Minister of European Union – Ömer Çelik 

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology – Faruk Özlü 

Minister of Environment and Urbanization – Mehmet Özhaseki 

Dışişleri Bakanı – Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu 

Minister of Economy – Nihat Zeybekci 

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources – Berat Albayrak  

Minister of Customs and Trade– Bülent Tüfenkçi

Minister of Development – Lütfi Elvan

Minister of Finance – Naci Ağbal

Minister of National Education – İsmet Yılmaz

Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs – Veysel Eroğlu

Minister of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communication – Ahmet Arslan