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Kutluhan Taşkın appointed deputy treasury and finance minister
Turkey appointed Kutluhan Taşkın as a deputy treasury and finance minister in a decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Taşkın had been a deputy head of the Presidency of Strategy and Budget, a government body.
He graduated in business from Boğaziçi University in 2001 and later earned a master’s degree in public administration at Cornell University.
His career has focused on economic planning and government strategy, including senior roles in the former Development Ministry and the Presidency of Strategy and Budget.
He was also appointed to the board of the Meat and Milk Board on October 16, three days before the ministerial appointment.
The decree also removed Capital Markets Board chair Mahmut Sütcü and named new officials to several other government posts.
The announcements were published in Turkey’s Official Gazette, which records government appointments and dismissals.
Kutluhan Taşkın was appointed deputy treasury and finance minister in decisions published in Turkey’s Official Gazette.
The appointment decision was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Taşkın was a deputy head of the Presidency of Strategy and Budget before the appointment.
He was appointed to the board of the General Directorate of Meat and Milk Institution on October 16.
The reports also said that Treasury and Finance Deputy Minister Osman Çelik had submitted a retirement request to Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek.
- Who
- Kutluhan Taşkın, previously a deputy head of the Presidency of Strategy and Budget.
- What
- He was appointed deputy treasury and finance minister.
- When
- The appointment decisions were published on October 19, 2026.
- Where
- Turkey; the decisions were published in the Official Gazette.
- Why
- Not stated
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Taşkın was appointed to a vacant board membership at the General Directorate of Meat and Milk Institution.
Decisions including Taşkın’s appointment as deputy treasury and finance minister were published in the Official Gazette.
- Appointee
- Kutluhan Taşkın
- New role
- Deputy treasury and finance minister
- Appointing authority
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Prior role
- Deputy head of the Presidency of Strategy and Budget
- Earlier appointment
- Board member at the General Directorate of Meat and Milk Institution on October 16, 2026