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Mevlut Cavusoglu appointed as Turkey's new Foreign Minister
16:12 29.08.2014
Turkey's new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday reappointed
all key ministers who served under the new president, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, AP reports.
Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey's first popularly elected president on
Thursday. He has picked former foreign minister and loyal ally
Davutoglu to succeed him as prime minister and immediately asked him
to form a new government.
Davutoglu made no substantial changes to Erdogan's old government with
the bulk of his ministers staying in place. He appointed Yalcin
Akdogan -- Erdogan's former chief adviser and his closest aide -- as a
deputy prime minister.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, a minister whose earlier task was to negotiate
Turkey's accession to the European Union, took over the Foreign
Ministry from Davutoglu. Former diplomat Volkan Bozkir replaces
Cavusoglu as the minister in charge of ties with the EU.
Ali Babacan, a deputy prime minister in charge of the economy, would
stay in place, in a move that is likely to reassure financial markets.
Numan Kurtulmus, a senior party official and economist, was also
promoted to deputy prime minister.
Cavusoglu, a founding member of Erdogan's Justice and Development
Party, was previously the president of the parliamentary assembly of
the 47-nation Council of Europe, and visited Armenia in this capacity.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/08/29/mevlut-cavusoglu-appointed-as-turkeys-new-foreign-minister/
16:12 29.08.2014
Turkey's new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday reappointed
all key ministers who served under the new president, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, AP reports.
Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey's first popularly elected president on
Thursday. He has picked former foreign minister and loyal ally
Davutoglu to succeed him as prime minister and immediately asked him
to form a new government.
Davutoglu made no substantial changes to Erdogan's old government with
the bulk of his ministers staying in place. He appointed Yalcin
Akdogan -- Erdogan's former chief adviser and his closest aide -- as a
deputy prime minister.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, a minister whose earlier task was to negotiate
Turkey's accession to the European Union, took over the Foreign
Ministry from Davutoglu. Former diplomat Volkan Bozkir replaces
Cavusoglu as the minister in charge of ties with the EU.
Ali Babacan, a deputy prime minister in charge of the economy, would
stay in place, in a move that is likely to reassure financial markets.
Numan Kurtulmus, a senior party official and economist, was also
promoted to deputy prime minister.
Cavusoglu, a founding member of Erdogan's Justice and Development
Party, was previously the president of the parliamentary assembly of
the 47-nation Council of Europe, and visited Armenia in this capacity.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/08/29/mevlut-cavusoglu-appointed-as-turkeys-new-foreign-minister/