06.02.2026 00:30
According to the appointment decisions published in the Official Gazette, Yunus Elitaş has been appointed as the President of the Social Security Institution. Yakup Asarkaya has been appointed as the Second President of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency.
Decisions regarding appointments were announced in the Official Gazette published with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. New appointments were made to two critical institutions with these appointment decisions.
CRITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO SGK AND BDDK
Yunus Elitaş was appointed as the President of the Social Security Institution (SGK), and Celallettin Sıvacı was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors. Yakup Asarkaya was appointed as the Second President of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK), and Olcay Yuran and Raci Kaya were appointed as Members of the Board.
NUMEROUS APPOINTMENTS IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY
In the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Presidency of the Social Security Institution, senior public officials were dismissed, including the Ministry's Guidance and Inspection President Bekir Aktürk, the Ministry's General Director of Occupational Health and Safety İbrahim Esenkar, and the Deputy President of the Social Security Institution İsmail Ertüzün.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Security appointed Harun Aydoğmuş and Cem Gökmen Gökçe as Deputy General Directors of International Labor, Selim Dağlıoğlu as Deputy General Director of Foreign Relations and European Union, Salih Turgay Işık as Deputy General Director of Legal Services, and Rıfat Koray Köprülüoğlu as the Head of Guidance and Inspection of the Social Security Institution.
APPOINTMENT TO PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATES OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
The Ministry of National Education dismissed Muammer Öztürk, the Provincial Director of National Education of Çankırı. Ayhan Işık was appointed as the Provincial Director of National Education of Çankırı, Gürhan Çokgezer to the Provincial Directorate of National Education of Bursa, Ahmet Aliresioğlu, the Provincial Director of National Education of Bursa, to the Provincial Directorate of National Education of Edirne, Mehmet Nurettin Aras to the Provincial Directorate of National Education of Adana, Bilal Yılmaz Çandıroğlu to the Provincial Directorate of National Education of Van, and Selehattin Kal to the Provincial Directorate of National Education of Balıkesir.