61st cabinet of Turkey

The Cabinet Erdoğan III is the current government of Turkey, during the 24th parliamentary term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The cabinet succeeded the second Erdoğan cabinet following the 2011 Election.

New cabinet structure

On June 8, 2011, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is set to overhaul the current Cabinet structure, introducing six new ministries while making changes to the others.

Erdoğan made the new plan public in a press conference he called at the AK Party's headquarters in Ankara. “We abolished eight state ministries, introduced six new ministries, merged two ministries and transformed two others,” Erdoğan said. The new ministries that have been introduced by Erdoğan are the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, the Ministry of European Union Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Customs and Trade and the Ministry of Development.

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing are merged under the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Urban Planning.

The name and structure of the two ministries are changed. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is replaced by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is replaced by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.

Another novelty that has been introduced with regards to the structure of the ministries is a new post, that of deputy minister. Erdoğan said those serving as deputy ministers will serve as coordinators between the minister and his undersecretary. The prime minister said when the new Cabinet structure is adopted, 20 deputy ministers not from among serving deputies will be appointed to these posts.

Composition

Functions		Holder	Start	End
English title	Turkish title
Prime Minister	Başbakan	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Deputy Prime Minister	Başbakan Yardımcısı	Bülent Arınç
Deputy Prime Minister	Başbakan Yardımcısı	Bekir Bozdağ
Deputy Prime Minister	Başbakan Yardımcısı	Ali Babacan
Deputy Prime Minister	Başbakan Yardımcısı	Beşir Atalay
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Dışişleri Bakanı	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Ministry of the Interior	İçişleri Bakanı	İdris Naim Şahin
Ministry of Finance	Maliye Bakanı	Mehmet Şimşek
Ministry of Justice	Adalet Bakanı	Sadullah Ergin
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanı	Taner Yıldız
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry	Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanı	Mehmet Mehdi Eker
Ministry of Culture and Tourism	Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı	Ertuğrul Günay
Ministry of Health	Sağlık Bakanı	Recep Akdağ
Ministry of National Education	Millî Eğitim Bakanı	Ömer Dinçer
Ministry of National Defense	Millî Savunma Bakanı	İsmet Yılmaz
Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology	Bilim, Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanı	Nihat Ergün
Ministry of Labour and Social Security	Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanı	Faruk Çelik
Ministry of Transport and Communication	Ulaştırma Bakanı	Binali Yıldırım
Ministry of Family and Social Policy	Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanı	Fatma Şahin
Ministry of European Union Affairs	Avrupa Birliği Bakanı	Egemen Bağış
Ministry of Economy	Ekonomi Bakanı	Zafer Çağlayan
Ministry of Youth and Sports	Gençlik ve Spor Bakanı	Suat Kılıç
Ministry of Development	Kalkınma Bakanı	Cevdet Yılmaz
Ministry of Customs and Trade	Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanı	Hayati Yazıcı
Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning	Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanı	Erdoğan Bayraktar
Ministry of Forestry and Water Resources	Orman ve Su İşleri Bakanı	Veysel Eroğlu

See also

• Cabinet of Turkey