Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, more cabinet moves expected FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives a statement after a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, April 5, 2021. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS reuters_tickers 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.