Turkey: Pm Davutoglu Unveils İnterim Cabinet

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his interim Cabinet on Friday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assigned him to form a caretaker government.



Davutoglu submitted the composition of the new government to Erdogan at 7.10 p.m. local time (1610GMT).



Since Tuesday, the prime minister has been making efforts to form a provisional government that will run Turkey until early election is held on Nov. 1.



The June 7 election saw a stalemate with no party winning the majority necessary to form a single party government. Coalition talks between the Justice and Development (AK) Party and the other three parliamentary parties had not produced any result.



All but one party -- the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party -- had refused to join the caretaker government.



There are 25 ministry positions in the Turkish government. Three vital portfolios -- interior, transport and justice -- will be allotted to non-partisan figures while 11 posts were to go to the AK Party with opposition parties supposed to take the remaining 11.



Davutoglu announced the list of members of the interim Cabinet at a press conference in Ankara which is as follows:



Prime Minister - Ahmet Davutoglu



Deputy Prime Minister -  Yalcin Akdogan



Deputy Prime Minister - Numan Kurtulmus



Deputy Prime Minister - Cevdet Yilmaz



Deputy Prime Minister - Tugrul Turkes



 



Foreign Minister - Feridun Sinirlioglu



EU Affairs Minister and Chief Negotiator - Ali Haydar Konca 



Minister of Family and Social Policies - Aysen Gurcan 



Minister of Justice - Kenan Ipek



Minister of Science, Industry and Technology - Fikri Isik



Minister of Customs and Trade - Cenap Asci



Minister of Environment and Urban Planning - Idris Gulluce



Minister of Economy - Nihat Zeybekci



Minister of Youth and Sports - Akif Cagatay Kilic



Minister of Internal Affairs - Selami Altinok



Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication - Feridun Bilgin



Minister of Labour and Social Security - Ahmet Erdem



Minister of Energy and Natural Resources - Ali Rıza Alaboyun



Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock - Kudbettin Arzu



Development Minister - Muslum Dogan



Minister of Culture and Tourism - Yalcin Topcu



Minister of Finance - Mehmet Simsek



Minister of National Education - Nabi Avci



Minister of National Defence - Vecdi Gonul



Minister of Forest and Water Management - Veysel Eroglu



Minister of Health - Mehmet Muezzinoglu - Ankara