The Minister Tekin, who is said to have been crossed out, was asked directly: Are you leaving?

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After the visits to Albania and Serbia, President Erdoğan's statement on October 12, in response to journalists' questions, that there may be changes in the cabinet made headlines. Following Erdoğan's remarks, attention turned to Agriculture Minister İbrahim Yumaklı, Transport Minister Abdülkadir Uraloğlu, and National Education Minister Yusuf Tekin.

MINISTER TEKIN WAS ASKED DIRECTLY

While rumors of "dismissals" were circulating in the corridors, this situation was posed to Minister Yusuf Tekin. Speaking at the Atatürk University Academic Year Opening ceremony, Tekin acknowledged that he was among the names likely to lose his position.

"I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T EXPECT"

In his statement, Minister Tekin said, "I am not new to our President. I started politics when I was 13 years old, and I have had a relationship with our President since 1989. My relationship with our President is not related to whether he grants me a position or not. Right now, our relationship has not deteriorated at all. There has been no negativity or bad opinion regarding what I have done. The public is mostly talking about me in this process, but it is so extreme that some say I am a solid person. I am not saying I don't expect. Because I don't like to speak definitively. Let's say it's up to his discretion," he stated.

PREVIOUS STATEMENTS HAD DRAWN REACTIONS

In 2023, during the budget discussions in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Minister Tekin had stated that his ministry had protocols with 10 sects and communities, saying, "We will continue to make protocols with them." Later, he clarified these statements, which had drawn significant backlash, saying, "We live in a rule of law; as the Ministry of National Education, we cannot make protocols with anyone. It is out of the question for us to sign a protocol with any community."