Not a cabinet, but Turkey, Inc.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced the first cabinet of the new system. Four figures from parliament are included in the new cabinet.

 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced his first cabinet of the Presidential Government System at the Presidential Palace.

 “I HAVE READIED IT WITHOUT HINDRANCE”

 Erdoğan said the following in the speech he made prior to announcing the cabinet list:

 “Our democracy proved its worth on the night of 15 July with our nation’s blood and lives. 24 June came as the highest proof of this worth. An election the like and equivalent of which has not been seen in the world was held. I hope that it bodes well for our country and people. I will now perform my task as president of the 81 million. I will be glad to walk along with everyone who has love of the nation in their heart. I wish to thank the MHP here, chiefly in the form of Chair Bahçeli. God willing, we will also continue our cooperation with the MHP in parliament. We have set up our new system with the presidency as the central organisation and our ministries and economic policies in prime place. I also conveyed information about our new administrative architecture on television programmes before the election. The new decrees with the force of law have been promulgated in the Official Gazette. Immediately after this, I promulgated Presidential Decree number 1. Along with this, I am determined to make the new system permeate all the cells of our state from the very top to bottom. There remains no right to hide behind any excuse when it comes to the executive duty vested in the President. I will work night and day with my team. I have readied my cabinet in the new period without any hindrance. I have reduced this to seventeen along with the deputy president. I have combined some ministries and dispensed with some.

 Accordingly, the list of ministers included in the cabinet is as follows:

 Deputy President: Fuat Oktay 

Minister of Justice: Abdülhamit Gül 

Minister of the Interior: Süleyman Soylu 

Minister of National Defence: Hulusi Akar 

Minister of National Education: Ziya Selçuk 

Minister of Health: Fahrettin Koca 

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources: Fatih Dönmez 

Minister of Environment of Urbanisation: Murat Kurum 

Minister of Culture and Tourism: Mehmet Ersoy 

Minister of Youth and Sport: Mehmet Kasapoğlu 

Minister of the Treasury and Finance: Berat Albayrak 

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure: Mehmet Cahit Turan 

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu 

Minister of Labour, Social Services and Family: Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk 

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry: Bekir Pakdemirli 

Minister of Industry and Technology: Mustafa Varank 

Minister of Trade: Ruhsar Pekcan"

 TURKEY, INC.

 Erdoğan, who in 2015 proclaimed the need for a change of system with the words, “Just as a joint-stock company is managed, this is how Turkey will be managed,” spoke of it in the following terms while appearing on a live broadcast prior to the elections: “There is a comment of mine: ‘Managing the country like a joint-stock company,’ and this point is important. Otherwise, you fall into the hands of civil servants and technocrats and you cannot manage the country properly.”

 The businessmen included in the cabinet list that Erdoğan announced came as a notable first step towards “company-like management.”

 In the cabinet, proprietor of ETS Turizm, Murat Ersoy, became Minister of Tourism, Chair of Medipol University’s Board of Trustees and Board of Directors, Fahrettin Koca, became Minister of Health, while proprietor of the Maya Schools, Ziya Selçuk, became Minister of Education.

 KNOWN AND SURPRISE NAMES IN THE CABINET

 With existing ministers such as Süleyman Soylu, Berat Albayrak and Abdülhamit Gül included in the announced cabinet, surprise names lacking a public profile are also included.

 HEALTH AND TOURISM MINISTERS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR

 Chair of Medipol University’s Board of Trustees and Board of Directors, Fahrettin Koca, has become Minister of Health.

 CEO of ETS Turizm, Murat Ersoy, in turn, has become Minister of Tourism

 FROM EDUCATION BOARD TO MINISTERIAL CHAIR

 A surprise name was brought in to the Ministry of National Education. Ziya Selçuk has been come from the Board of Education to sit in the ministerial chair. Selçuk is at the same time the proprietor of the Maya Schools.

 NEW CABINET WILL SWEAR IN IN PARLIAMENT

 The new cabinet members will swear in at 15.00 in parliament.

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