Erdoğan II cabinet

The term Erdoğan II cabinet is used to describe the 60th government of the Republic of Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , which was in office from August 29, 2007 to July 5, 2011 . The previous cabinet Erdoğan I cabinet was also under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. All cabinet ministers are members of the Justice and Recovery Party (AKP).

minister

60th Government of the Republic of Turkey
Erdoğan II Cabinet - August 29, 2007
(charged with running the business from August 29, 2007)

German official title	Turkish official title	Official	Political party	Taking office
Prime Minister	Basbakan	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	ACP	March 14, 2003
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State responsible for ministerial coordination, human rights and Cyprus	Devlet Bakanı ve Başbakan Yardımcısı Bakanlıklar Arası Koordinasyon, İnsan Hakları ve Kıbrıs'tan sorumlu	Cemil Çiçek	ACP	August 29, 2007
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State responsible for foundations and TRT	Devlet Bakanı ve Başbakan Yardımcısı Vakıflardan ve TRT'den sorumlu	Bülent Arınç 1	ACP	May 1, 2009
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State responsible for the economy, banking and taxation	Devlet Bakanı ve Başbakan Yardımcısı Ekonomiden, Bankalardan ve Hazineden sorumlu	Ali Babacan 2	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of State in charge of Information Technology and Alliance of Civilizations	Devlet Bakanı Bilgi ve Teknoloji ile Medeniyetler İttifakı Projesinden sorumlu	Mehmet Aydın	ACP	November 18, 2002
Minister of State responsible for foreign trade	Devlet Bakanı Yurtdışı Müteahitlik ve Dış Ticaretten sorumlu	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan 3	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of State responsible for Youth and Sport	Devlet Bakanı Gençlik ve Spordan sorumlu	Faruk Nafız Özak 4	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of State responsible for Customs, Istanbul 2010 and Social Security	Devlet Bakanı Gümrükler, İstanbul 2010 ve Sosyal Yardımlaşma'dan sorumlu	Hayati Yazıcı 5	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of State responsible for Religious Affairs and the Turkish World	Devlet Bakanı Diyanet İşleri ve Türk Dünyasından sorumlu	Faruk Çelik 6	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of State responsible for the Southeast Anatolia Project	Devlet Bakanı GAP ve DAP'tan sorumlu	Cevdet Yılmaz 7	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of State responsible for women and the family	Devlet Bakanı Kadın ve Aileden sorumlu	Selma Aliye Kavaf	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of State responsible for the European Union	Devlet Bakanı Avrupa Birliği'nden sorumlu	Egemen Bağış	ACP	January 9, 2009
Minister of Justice	Adalet Bakanı	Sadullah Ergin 8	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister for National Defense	Millî Savunma Bakanı	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül	ACP	November 18, 2002
Minister of Internal Affairs	İçişleri Bakanı	Beşir Atalay	ACP	August 29, 2007
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Dışişleri Bakanı	Ahmet Davutoğlu 9	ACP	May 1, 2009
Finance minister	Maliye Bakanı	Mehmet Şimşek 10	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister for National Education	Millî Eğitim Bakanı	Nimet Çubukçu 11	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister for Construction and Settlement	Bayındırlık ve İskan Bakanı	Mustafa Demir 12	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister of Health	Sağlık Bakanı	Recep Akdağ	ACP	November 18, 2002
Minister of transport	Ulaştırma Bakanı	Binali Yıldırım	ACP	November 18, 2002
Minister for Agriculture and Village Affairs	Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanı	Mehmet Mehdi Eker	ACP	March 14, 2003
Minister for Labor and Social Security	Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanı	Ömer Dinçer 13	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister for Industry and Trade	Sanayi ve Ticaret Bakanı	Nihat Ergün 14	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister for Energy and Natural Resources	Enerji Ve Tabi Kaynaklar Bakanı	Taner Yıldız 15	ACP	May 1, 2009
Minister for Culture and Tourism	Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı	Ertuğrul Günay	ACP	August 29, 2007
Minister for Environment and Forests	Çevre ve Orman Bakanı	Veysel Eroğlu	ACP	August 29, 2007

1. formerly Hayati Yazıcı from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
2. formerly Nazım Ekren from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
3. formerly Kürşat Tüzmen from November 18, 2002 to May 1, 2009
4. formerly Nimet Çubukçu from March 14, 2003 to May 1, 2009
5. formerly Mehmet Şimşek from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
6. formerly Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
7. formerly Murat Başesgioğlu from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
8. formerly Mehmet Ali Şahin from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
9. formerly Ali Babacan from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
10. formerly Kemal Unakıtan from November 18, 2002 to May 1, 2009
11. formerly Hüseyin Çelik from March 14, 2003 to May 1, 2009
12. formerly Faruk Nafız Özak from March 14, 2003 to May 1, 2009
13. formerly Faruk Çelik from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
14. formerly Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan from August 29, 2007 to May 1, 2009
15. formerly Mehmet Hilmi Güler from November 18, 2002 to May 1, 2009

The underlined ministers have left the cabinet. All other ministers were given a different portfolio or were appointed ministers of state.

Changes

In the Erdoğan II cabinet, 11 ministers remained in their old posts, five ministers were each given a different post and eight ministers were new to the cabinet. The ministers Abdullatif Şener , Ali Coşkun , Osman Pepe , Atilla Koç , Abdülkadir Aksu and Abdullah Gül are not represented in this cabinet.

The number of state ministries rose from seven to nine. Three deputy prime ministers are subordinate to the prime minister as coordinators. The General Secretariat of the European Union has been subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since this cabinet. The General Directorate for Roads is no longer subordinate to the Minister of Construction and Settlement but to the Ministry of Transport. The General Directorate for State Water Affairs is no longer subordinate to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, but to the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek is President of the High Council on Counter-Terrorism. Çiçek brings the proposals of the National Security Council (MGK) to the Council of Ministers. He is also responsible for relations with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus .

Deputy Prime Minister Hayati Yazıcı is responsible for coordination among the ministers. Since Ali Babacan has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mehmet Şimşek Babacan's old post of Minister of State is taking over.

Since January 9, 2009, Egemen Bağış has been Minister of State and coordinator for Turkey's accession negotiations with the European Union .

As a result of the cabinet reshuffle on May 1, 2009, 8 ministers are no longer in office, 7 ministers changed their portfolio and 9 ministers were newly appointed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Office of the Prime Minister - General Directorate for Press and Information : Members of the 60th Government of the Republic of Turkey ( memento of April 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 17, 2008
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sayı: 27216. (No longer available online.) Resmî Gazete, May 1, 2009, p. 1 , archived from the original on May 10, 2009 ; Retrieved May 2, 2009 (Turkish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.