THE 61ST GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY ESTABLISHED

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the Cabinet of the 61st Government.

Prime Minister Erdogan held a press conference about the 61st Government in the new building of Prime Ministry after he submitted the new list of the Cabinet to the President Abdullah Gul. Reading the decree law on the new Cabinet at the beginning of his speech, Erdogan announced the 61st Government as follows:

Deputy Prime Ministers: Bulent Arınc, Member of Parliament for Bursa, Ali Babacan, Member of Parliament for Ankara, Besir Atalay, Member of Parliament for Kırıkkale and Bekir Bozdag, Member of Parliament for Yozgat.

Minister of Justice: Sadullah Ergin, Member of Parliament for Hatay

Minister of Family and Social Policies: Fatma Sahin, Member of Parliament for Gaziantep

Minister of EU Affairs: Egemen Bagis, Member of Parliament for Istanbul

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology: Nihat Ergun, Member of Parliament for Kocaeli

Minister of Labour and Social Security: Faruk Celik, Member of Parliament for Sanliurfa

Minister of Environment and Urban Planning: Erdogan Bayraktar, Member of Parliament for Trabzon

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ahmet Davutoglu, Member of Parliament for Konya

Minister of Economy: Zafer Caglayan, Member of Parliament for Mersin

Minister of Energy and Natural Sources: Taner Yildiz, Member of Parliament for Kayseri

Minister of Youth and Sports: Suat Kılıc, Member of Parliament for Samsun

Minister of Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Mehdi Eker, Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir

Minister of Customs and Trade: Hayati Yazici, Member of Parliament for Rize

Minister of Interior Affairs: İdris Naim Sahin, Member of Parliament for Ordu

Minister of Development: Cevdet Yilmaz, Member of Parliament for Bingol

Minister of Culture and Tourism: Ertugrul Gunay, Member of Parliament for İzmir

Minister of Finance: Mehmet Simsek, Member of Parliament for Batman

Minister of National Education: Omer Dincer, Member of Parliament for Istanbul

Minister of National Defense: Ismet Yilmaz, Member of Parliament for Sivas

Minister of Forestry and Water Works: Veysel Eroglu, Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar

Minister of Health: Recep Akdag, Member of Parliament for Erzurum

Minister of Transportation: Binali Yildirim, Member of Parliament for İzmir

Stating that six names in the new Cabinet were new and the posts of three former ministers were changed, Prime Minister Erdogan wished that the new Cabinet would be good for both the country and citizens.