May 27, 2021
Ever since she took office in April as part of a mini cabinet reshuffle, Derya Yanik, Turkey’s minister for family and social affairs and the only woman in the cabinet, has been causing a stir among rights activists, from women’s groups to children rights advocates. The last straw came when the minister was quoted as saying that the increase in gender-based violence in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 was “tolerable” a remark that sparked protests calling for the minister’s resignation outside her ministry’s local branches in Istanbul, Ankara and Diyarbakir May 25.
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.
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Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, more cabinet moves expected
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This content was published on April 21, 2021 - 12:50
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.