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Turkey's Erdogan replaces justice and interior ministers in reshuffle
The reshuffle replaces ministers amid ongoing constitutional reform debates and peace efforts with the PKK, with the new justice minister linked to high-profile opposition prosecutions.
- On Wednesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan carried out a surprise mini Cabinet reshuffle, naming Akin Gurlek justice minister and Mustafa Ciftci interior minister, replacing Yilmaz Tunc and Ali Yerlikaya.
- The Official Gazette said the outgoing ministers Yilmaz Tunc and Ali Yerlikaya 'requested to be relieved', with no official reason given for the shake-up.
- Akin Gurlek, former prosecutor and new justice minister, led high-profile trials against CHP members, with critics saying prosecutions are politically motivated.
- The reshuffle coincides with debates over constitutional reforms and a PKK peace initiative, as Parliament is expected to pass reforms supporting the process.
- The wave of municipal arrests frames the political backdrop to the reshuffle, with dozens of CHP-run municipal officials arrested in corruption probes, including Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul mayor, arrested last year.
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As Istanbul's prosecutor, Akın Gürlek has targeted the opposition, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rewarded him with the Ministry of Justice.
In Turkey, President Erdogan has appointed the controversial Istanbul Attorney General Gürlek as the new Minister of Justice.
The appointment on Tuesday 10 February of a new Minister of Justice and a new Minister of the Interior by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arouses strong reactions in the opposition, which sees it as a strong political signal.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called him Minister of Justice Akin Gurlek, Chief Prosecutor of Istanbul who was behind the repression without prior reference to the main opposition party, according to Reuters. In...
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