Turkiye’s Erdogan appoints new justice and interior ministers

Turkish members of Parliament attend a session to discuss the 2024 Central Government Budget Law Proposal at the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) in Ankara on December 11, 2023. (FILE/AFP)

• The Official Gazette reported the mini reshuffle on Wednesday

ISTANBUL: Turkish President ​Tayyip Erdogan replaced the country’s justice and interior ministers ‌in a mini ‌reshuffle ​on ‌Wednesday, ⁠with ​Istanbul chief ⁠prosecutor Akin Gurlek taking the role of ⁠justice minister, ‌the ‌Official Gazette ​said.
It ‌said ‌Gurlek replaced Yilmaz Tunc as justice ‌minister, while Erdogan appointed Erzurum provincial ⁠governor ⁠Mustafa Ciftci as interior minister in place of Ali Yerlikaya.