09.05.2026 08:10
Mehmet Avcı, the Director General of Procurement Services at the Ministry of National Defense, has been removed from duty. According to the decision published in the Official Gazette, Zikrullah Erdoğan, the District Governor of Diyarbakır Çınar, has been appointed in his place. It drew attention that Erdoğan is only 33 years old.
The appointment decision published with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan removed Mehmet Avcı, the General Director of Procurement Services of the Ministry of National Defense. Zikrullah Erdoğan, the District Governor of Diyarbakır Çınar, was appointed to the vacant position.
The high-level bureaucratic appointment made at a young age drew attention in the public.
WHO IS ZIKRULLAH ERDOĞAN?
Born in 1993 in the Güneysu district of Rize, Zikrullah Erdoğan completed his primary and secondary education in Rize. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2016.
During the same period, he also completed the Department of Political Science and International Relations as part of a double major program at Istanbul University. During his university years, he served as a manager in various non-governmental organizations.
After working at Halk Bank for a while, Erdoğan passed the District Governor Candidate exam opened by the Ministry of Interior and stepped into the profession of civil administration.
HE SERVED IN DIFFERENT PROVINCES OF TURKEY
Completing his provincial center internship at the Rize Governorship, Erdoğan did his deputy district governor internship in the Pınarhisar district of Kırklareli. He served as Acting District Governor in the Ağaçören district of Aksaray.
Completing his inspection internship accompanied by a civil inspector in Edirne, Erdoğan received language education at the University of Sheffield in England as part of his overseas internship.
After the Term District Governor Course, he served as district governor in the Uluborlu district of Isparta between 2020-2022 and in the Halfeti district of Şanlıurfa between 2022-2024. Erdoğan was appointed to the Diyarbakır Çınar District Governorship on July 1, 2024.
It was learned that Erdoğan, who is married and has one child, has a good command of English.