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Erdogan Fires Trade Minister After Allegations of Nepotism Bloomberg 1 hr ago Firat Kozok © AFP via Getty Images Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan gives a press conference following her meeting with US Secretary of Commerce n Ankara, on September 10, 2019.
(Bloomberg) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired his trade minister in an attempt to mitigate the damage from growing accusations of widespread nepotism in the government.
Ruhsar Pekcan was sacked on Wednesday with a midnight decree by Erdogan after she allegedly favored her husband’s company in government tenders. The president named Mehmet Mus, a parliamentary whip of his ruling AK Party, as her replacement.
UPDATE 1-Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, forms two new ministries Reuters 2 hrs ago
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ISTANBUL, April 21 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan appointed a prominent member of Turkey s ruling AK Party, Mehmet Mus, as trade minister on Wednesday and split the Family, Labour and Social Policies Ministry into two ministries.
In a presidential decree Ruhsar Pekcan was replaced as trade minister by Mus, who has been a lawmaker for Erdogan s AK Party since 2011 and served as the party s deputy chairman in charge of the economy.
The decree, published in the Official Gazette, gave no reason for the change, but it comes after opposition politicians accused Pekcan s ministry of buying supplies from her family-owned company and called on her to resign.
Erdogan replaces Turkey trade minister, forms 2 new ministries
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Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, more cabinet moves expected
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April 21, 2021 - 12:50
By Orhan Coskun and Ezgi Erkoyun
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan named a prominent member of Turkey s ruling AK Party, Mehmet Mus, as trade minister on Wednesday and split another ministry into two, in what officials said was the first move in an expected broader cabinet shuffle.
In a presidential decree Ruhsar Pekcan, the cabinet s highest-profile woman, was replaced as trade minister by Mus, who is close to former finance minister and Erdogan s son-in-law Berat Albayrak, a divisive party figure.
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