A day after being sworn in for a third term as Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed a new government, with only two ministers from the previous government. The main challenge facing the new government is stabilizing the Turkish economy, which is in a deep debt crisis, rising inflation and a continuing devaluation of the local currency.
Reuters / Turkish President Erdogan introduces his new government
The economic recovery process will be entrusted to Mehmet Shimshk, a renowned economist who served as finance minister and deputy prime minister between 2009 and 2018. Shishkesh is expected to institute a calculated and non-adventurous economic policy like Erdogan's in recent years.
Erdogan headed the Foreign Ministry with the former head of Turkey's foreign intelligence service. Turkey's "No. 1 spy," considered the closest to Erdogan, will now deal with the many political issues facing Turkey, chief among them the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Turkey has been involved in several attempts at mediation between the sides.
Erdogan ousted his former interior minister, Suleiman Soylu, who played a very active role in the election campaign that led to Erdogan's victory. However, Erdogan preferred to distance him because of his extremist positions, including regarding Syrian refugees in the country and his accusations against the United States. Soylu will be replaced by former Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya. The defense minister in the new Turkish government will be the former chief of staff of the Turkish army, General Yashar Güler.
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