22.05.2026 01:01
With the presidential decisions published in the Official Gazette, many bureaucrats and 5 provincial directors were removed from their posts in the Ministries of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Energy and Natural Resources, Transport and Infrastructure, and Culture and Tourism, as well as KOSGEB and ÇAYKUR, while new appointments were made to the vacant positions.
According to the decisions published in the Official Gazette with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, duty changes and new appointments were made in some ministries.
MINISTRIES OF CULTURE AND TOURISM, AND ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
By the presidential decree, Kürşat Bozkurt was appointed to the vacant position of Bilecik Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism within the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, some senior officials were dismissed. Accordingly, Deputy General Directors of Energy Affairs Murat Hardalaç and Erdoğan Sert, and Head of Information Technology Department Hakkı Tok were dismissed.
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, URBANIZATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Comprehensive duty changes were also made in the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change. Deputy General Director of Environmental Management Haluk Şahin Yazgı, Member of the High Council of Science Atilla Ünal, Malatya Provincial Director of Environment and Urbanization Ali Laloğlu, Eskişehir Provincial Director of Environment and Urbanization Hikmet Çelik, Kayseri Provincial Director of Environment and Urbanization Sibel Livdumlu, Yalova Provincial Director of Environment and Urbanization Murat Alacatlı, and Balıkesir Provincial Director of Environment and Urbanization Kadir Kandemir were dismissed. Within the scope of the same decision, Semih İlker Sanaç was appointed to the position of Deputy General Director of Environmental Management.
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
According to the published decisions, Murat Baştor, General Director of Transportation Services Regulation of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, was dismissed. Çağlar Tabak was appointed to the vacant position.
ÇAYKUR AND KOSGEB
On the other hand, new appointments were made to vacant positions within the General Directorate of Tea Enterprises (ÇAYKUR). Accordingly, Ali Kağanoğlu was appointed to the Mersin Regional Marketing Directorate, and Fatma Musluoğlu was appointed to the Diyarbakır Regional Marketing Directorate.
Appointments were also made to some vacant positions in the Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Support Administration (KOSGEB). Selim Serkan Ercan and İmran Gezinti were appointed as Deputy Presidents, while Mustafa Genç was appointed to the position of Chief Legal Counsel I.