14.04.2025 08:30
Last week, President Erdoğan appointed 140 members to the policy boards. Among these names, Yiğit Bulut, Orhan Gencebay, Hülya Koçyiğit, and Şahika Ercümen stood out. It was claimed that the 140 appointed individuals would receive a salary of 101,000 lira. The Disinformation Combat Center announced that no salaries are being paid to the members of the presidential policy boards.
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President Erdoğan appointed 140 members to 10 different policy boards last week. Artist Orhan Gencebay and the legendary figure of Yeşilçam, Hülya Soydan (Koçyiğit), were appointed by President Erdoğan to the Culture and Arts Policies Board. Free Diving World Record Holder Şahika Ercümen took part in the Social and Youth Policies Board. Yiğit Bulut was also re-elected to the Economic Policies Board. Following numerous appointments to the Presidential Policy Boards, it was claimed that board members would receive a salary of 101,000 lira.
DENIAL CAME
Following the claim, the Presidency's Communication Directorate's Disinformation Combat Center made a statement.
In the statement denying the claim, it was said, "The claim that 'members of the Presidential Policy Boards will receive a monthly salary of at least 101,000 lira' is not true."
"NO SALARY PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE"
The statement also included, "No salary payments are being made to the members of the Presidential Policy Boards. Do not trust claims aimed at manipulating the public."
HERE ARE THE APPOINTED NAMES
According to Article 21 of the Presidential Decree on the Organization of the Presidency, the appointments to the policy boards are as follows:
Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Board: Prof. Dr. Aytuğ Altundağ, Prof. Dr. Ercümend Arvas, Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, Prof. Dr. Kadriye Arzum Erdem Gürsan, Mehmet İhsan Taşer, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yıldız, Mustafa Erhan Say, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök, Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şeker, Prof. Dr. Orhan Aydın, Prof. Dr. Tamer Yılmaz.
Education and Teaching Policies Board: Prof. Dr. Abdullah Atalar, Ahmet Akça, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevat Acar, Prof. Dr. Atilla Arkan, İbrahim Taşel, Dr. Ömer Faruk Yelkenci, Sinan Selçuk Pehlivanoğlu, Prof. Dr. Şule Alan, Prof. Dr. Tuncay Döğeroğlu, Prof. Dr. Umran Savaş İnan, Prof. Dr. Yavuz Atar, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Alpaydın.
Economic Policies Board: Alparslan Çakar, Prof. Dr. Cem Demiroğlu, Dr. Cemil Ragıp Ertem, Prof. Dr. Ercan Bayazıtlı, Hayrettin Demircan, Mehmet Ali Akben, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Ulu, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Hüseyin Bilgin, Meltem Taylan Aydın, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ege Yazgan, Nilüfer Bulut, Dr. Nurettin Canikli, Osman Çelik, Prof. Dr. Servet Bayındır, Yiğit Bulut.
Security and Foreign Policies Board: Akif Çağatay Kılıç, Prof. Dr. Burhanettin Duran, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağatay Özdemir, Prof. Dr. Çağrı Erhan, Prof. Dr. Ferhat Pirinççi, Fikri Işık, Prof. Dr. Kılıç Buğra Kanat, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Akif Kireççi, Prof. Dr. Muhittin Ataman, Prof. Dr. Murat Yeşiltaş, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Prof. Dr. Nurşin Güney, Prof. Dr. Özden Zeynep Oktav, Prof. Dr. Seyit Sertçelik.
Legal Policies Board: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cem Duran Uzun, Hakan Çavuşoğlu, Prof. Dr. Mahmut Koca, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Zengin, Mehmet Şükrü Erdinç, Mehmet Uçum, Prof. Dr. Melikşah Yasin, Prof. Dr. Ömer Anayurt, Salih Cora, Selma Öztürk Pınar, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yılmaz, Prof. Dr. Talat Canpolat, Uğur Kızılca, Vedat Ali Tektaş, Prof. Dr. Yücel Acer.
Culture and Arts Policies Board: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Albayrak, Ali Saydam, Aram Kuran, Fecir Alptekin, Gökhan Yazgı, Prof. Dr. Gülçin Yahya Kaçar, Han Tümertekin, Dr. Havva Hümeyra Şahin Oktay, Hülya Soydan, Prof. Dr. İskender Pala, Dr. Mustafa Sinan Genim, Orhan Gencebay, Prof. Dr. Ümit Meriç, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Özkır.
Health Policies Board: Ahmet Selim Köroğlu, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yılmaz, Prof. Dr. Arife Polat Düzgün, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülçin Türkmen Sarıyıldız, Prof. Dr. Hasan Türkez, Dr. İhsan Şahin, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Kılıçlı, Dr. Mustafa Uzun, Prof. Dr. Necdet Ünüvar, Prof. Dr. Özcan Erel, Dr. Sema Ramazanoğlu, Prof. Dr. Serkan Topaloğlu, Prof. Dr. Toker Ergüder, Zülfiye Füsun Kümet.
Social and Youth Policies Board: Abdullah Özbek, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Özdinç, Ali Arif Özzeybek, Prof. Dr. Celalettin Vatandaş, Ebru Baybara Demir, Prof. Dr. Emine Özmete, Hayati İnanç, İdris Kardaş, Dr. İpek Coşkun Armağan, Prof. Dr. Kemal Sayar, Dr. Murat Yılmaz, Öznur Çalık, Prof. Dr. Recep Yıldız, Şahika Ercümen, Tarkan Zengin, Prof. Dr. Veysel Bozkurt.
Agriculture and Food Policies Board: Prof. Dr. Aykut Gül, Prof. Dr. Cenk Aydın, Prof. Dr. Eda Becer, Erdal Bahçıvan, Hüseyin Aydın, Dr. Mehmet Mehdi Eker, Muhammet Uğur Kaleli, Prof. Dr. Muhittin Özder, Ramazan Bingöl, Seyit Güngör Şarman, Zeyd Altun, Prof. Dr. Zümrüt Begüm Ögel.
Local Government and Disaster Policies Board: Ali Hamza Pehlivan, Prof. Dr. Burcu Özsoy, Prof. Dr. Cenk Yaltırak, Prof. Dr. Fatma Meriç Yılmaz, Prof. Dr. Fatma Zeynep Aygen, Fazlı Kılıç, Prof. Dr. Lütfi Akça, Dr. Mehmet Karabay, Prof. Dr. Metin Sözen, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdik, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kumral, Prof. Dr. Nurcan Meral Özel, Ömer Bulut, Dr. Şadan Kaptanoğlu Dikici, Prof. Dr. Şükrü Ersoy, Prof. Dr. Şükrü Karatepe, Tuna Koç.
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