President Erdoğan heads cabinet meeting for first time
Jan 19, 20152:42 pm EET +02:00
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the sixth president to head a cabinet meeting after the country's transition to a multi-party system in 1946.
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
The cabinet meeting began at 11.00 a.m. Turkish local time.
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
Following the meeting, deputy prime minister and government spokesman Bülent Arınç is expected to make a statement to reporters at the presidency's press office.
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
Prior to Erdoğan, former presidents Cemal Gürsel, Fahri Korutürk, Kenan Evren, Turgut Özal and Süleyman Demirel have all chaired cabinet meetings in the past.
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
Turkey's eighth president Özal headed the meeting seven times and the seventh president Evren four times.
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
The fourth president Gürsel, sixth president Korutürk and ninth president Demirel each chaired cabinet meetings twice.
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
The last meeting was chaired by the ninth president Demirel on May 12, 2000, four days before his presidency came to an end.
President Erdoğan’s heads cabinet meeting for first time
