Erdoğan Approves Ministry Appointments and Dismissals

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has enacted a series of appointments and dismissals across Turkish ministries, as published in the Official Gazette. The changes signal shifts in key administrative positions.

At the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Zeynep Bilgin Eraslan has been appointed as the new Deputy Director General for Foreign Relations. Concurrently, Fazlı Uncu and Muhammet Safa Topuz, previously Deputy Director General and Board Member, and Deputy Director General of the Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI) respectively, have been removed from their posts.

The Alevi-Bektashi Culture and Cemevi Presidency also sees new advisory board members appointed. These include Metin Tarhan, Selahattin Özgündüz, Serdar Gazi Karababa, Timur Can Ulusoy, Davut Eskiocak, Eşref Doğan, Hacı Dursun Gümüşoğlu, Yahya Kalender, Alemdar Mustafa Yalçın, Hüseyin Uğurlu, and Muharrem Ercan.

Further changes occurred at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, where Emin Özkan was dismissed as Deputy Director General of Investment and Enterprises, replaced by Cenk Ahmet Oğuzsoy. The Ministry of Trade also saw significant restructuring in its regional directorates. Temel Akkuş, formerly the Eastern Anatolia Customs and Foreign Trade Regional Director, and Metin Gürbüz, the Gürbulak Customs and Foreign Trade Regional Director, were dismissed. Hayrettin Yıldırım, Mehmet Enver Kök, Hüseyin Topçuoğlu, Alp Giray, Ersin Başaran, and Osman Göllüce were appointed to lead various customs and foreign trade regional directorates across the country, including Uludağ, Istanbul, Eastern Anatolia, Kaçkar, Middle Anatolia, and Eastern Black Sea regions.