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Following his re-election, Erdoğan has undergone a significant cabinet reshuffle in preparation for his third term.

Government Spokesperson Bozdağ has stated that during the Afrin operation, 42 soldiers have lost their lives and 202 soldiers have been wounded. Bozdağ has also said that missile attacks have claimed the lives of seven people in Turkey and have injured 125 others.

Vice Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson Kurtulmuş has announced Statutory Decrees which involve the dismissal of employees from civil service, the suspension of those who have become public officers by cheating on the civil service entrance exam, and the closing of the telecommunication presidency.

There is one woman, 26 men in the 65th Government formed under presidency of Binali Yıldırım. There are eight replacements in the new cabinet.

Berat Albayrak aged 38 is the youngest minister of the new council of ministers, and Veysel Eroğlu aged 68 is the eldest. The ministers’ total number of children is 73.

AKP Chair, Binali Yıldırım has submitted the list of the Council of Ministers of the 65th Government to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The only woman in the cabinet is the Minister of Family.

The State Council decided that the 4C regulation, subject to a trial opened by Tekel workers, is contrary to the law. The Council applied to the Constitutional Court to annul the article.