(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The new chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, Binali Yildirim, revealed his new cabinet in Ankara on Tuesday following a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The members of Turkey’s 65th cabinet are: Prime Minister - Binali Yildirim Deputy Prime Minister - Nurettin Canikli Deputy Prime Minister - Mehmet Simsek Deputy Prime Minister - Numan Kurtulmus Deputy Prime Minister - Tugrul Turkes Deputy Prime Minister - Veysi Kaynak Foreign Minister - Mevlut Cavusoglu EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator - Omer Celik Minister of Family and Social Policies - Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya Minister of Justice - Bekir Bozdag Minister of Science, Industry and Technology - Faruk Ozlu Minister of Customs and Trade - Bulent Tufenkci Minister of Environment and Urban Planning - Mehmet Ozhaseki Minister of Economy - Nihat Zeybekci Minister of Youth and Sports - Akif Cagatay Kilic Interior Minister - Efkan Ala Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication - Ahmet Arslan Minister of Labour and Social Security - Suleyman Soylu Minister of Energy and Natural Resources - Berat Albayrak Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock - Faruk Celik Development Minister - Lutfi Elvan Minister of Culture and Tourism - Nabi Avci Minister of Finance - Naci Agbal Minister of National Education - Ismet Yilmaz Minister of National Defense - Fikri Isik Minister of Forest and Water Management - Veysel Eroglu Minister of Health - Recep Akdag On Sunday, Erdogan asked Yildirim to form the country's 65th government, after being elected as the chairman of the AK party, which has been ruling the country since 2002.