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Several ministries to be renamed in Turkey

Türkiye Materials 25 May 2018 13:52 (UTC +04:00)
A decision to rename several ministries in Turkey will be made following the presidential and parliamentary elections, to be held in the country June 24.
Several ministries to be renamed in Turkey

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 25

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

A decision to rename several ministries in Turkey will be made following the presidential and parliamentary elections, to be held in the country June 24, Turkish media reported May 25.

The Ministry of Family and Social Policy of Turkey will be renamed to the Ministry of Family and Society.

In turn, the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey will be renamed to the Ministry of Science and Industry.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Turkey will also be renamed to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.

This is while the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning of Turkey will be renamed to the Ministry of Urban Planning.

Earlier, it was reported that with the transition of Turkey to the presidential form of governance, structural changes will be carried out in a number of government agencies.

In particular, it is expected that a number of Turkish government agencies, which are now subordinate to the Cabinet of Ministers, will be eliminated or merged.

Presently, 25 agencies are subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkey.

Besides, in 2019, with transition to a presidential form of governance, the post of the prime minister will be abolished in Turkey.

On June 24, simultaneously with the presidential election, the election of MPs will be held in Turkey.

Incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Meral Aksener from the recently created Good Party (Iyi Parti), Temel Karamollaoglu from the Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi), Muharrem Ince from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Dogu Perincek from the Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi), Vecdet Oz from the Justice Party (Adalet Partisi), and Selahattin Demirtas from the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) are running for the post of president of Turkey.

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