Politics · Turkey · 16 hrs ago
Turkey Announces Appointments and Dismissals Across Government
Turkey has announced a series of senior government appointments and dismissals in decisions signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The changes affect the ministries of energy, family and social services, education and defence, as well as other public bodies.
Several officials were appointed to new roles, including Rahmi Kopar as head of the Energy Ministry’s Foreign Relations Directorate.
The changes also name new regional directors in the mining, family services and nature conservation bodies.
Some officials were removed from their posts, including family services deputy director Halit Çağdaş and defence logistics deputy director Muhammed Mahmud Ötegen; Mahmut Güneş Öztürk was appointed to replace the latter.
The decisions were published in Turkey’s Official Gazette, making the personnel changes public; no further steps are specified.
Turkey published presidential decisions appointing officials to several government agencies and dismissing others.
The decisions named Rahmi Kopar to lead the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry’s Directorate General for Foreign Relations.
They also included appointments and dismissals at the ministries of Family and Social Services, National Education and National Defence.
Further appointments were made at the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks and the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration.
The decisions were published in the Official Gazette dated 1 November 2026.
- Who
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed the decisions, which name and dismiss officials across several agencies.
- What
- The decisions appoint officials to government posts and remove others.
- When
- They were published on 1 November 2026.
- Where
- Turkey. The decisions appeared in the Official Gazette.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Gazette publication
- 1 November 2026
- Energy ministry appointment
- Rahmi Kopar named director general for foreign relations
- Mineral Research and Exploration appointments
- Four regional directors named
- Family and Social Services dismissal
- Halit Çağdaş removed as deputy director general
- National Education appointments
- Zeynep Öçgüder and Cihan Kıvanç named deputy directors general
- National Defence appointment
- Mahmut Güneş Öztürk named deputy director general for logistics