Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Commerce Dismissed

Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Commerce was dismissed. Gonca Işık Yılmaz Batur was removed from her post.

Appointment decisions regarding some ministries and institutions and the Rectorate of Abdullah Gül University were published in the Official Gazette. According to the decisions published with the signature of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Deputy Minister of Commerce Gonca Işık Yılmaz Batur was dismissed and Mustafa Tuzcu was appointed in her place. Ministry of Culture and Tourism Personnel General Manager Ahmet Yılmaz was dismissed, and Nihat Umut Döktur, Head of Support Services Department, was appointed. In addition, Antalya Culture and Tourism Director İbrahim Acar was dismissed. Prof Dr İlker Murat Ar was appointed as the General Director of Strategic Research and Productivity at the Ministry of Industry and Technology, İlknur İnam has been appointed as Assistant General Manager of National Technology, Erdal Anık as Assistant General Manager of Management Services, and Deputy Inspector Emine Ruveyda Hacıfazlıoğlu was appointed as the Inspector. Hasan Basri Kurt, General Manager of Management Services of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, has been appointed as the Chairman of KOSGEB, the Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Support Administration. Mehmet Hasdemir, Head of Sugar Department, was appointed to the General Directorate of Plant Production in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. General Directorate of Meteorology 8th Regional Manager Yusuf Ulupınar, 10th Regional Manager Yücel Yüce, 12th Regional Manager Yalçın Ün and 13th Regional Manager Taner Erdoğan were dismissed. Barış Özgün was appointed as the 8th Regional Manager, Ahmet Sağlam was appointed as the 10th Regional Manager, Hüseyin Arabacı was the 12th Regional Manager and Ömer Faruk Kaya was appointed as the 13th Regional Manager. Akan Gülmez and Ercan Demiryürek, Deputy General Managers of the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA), were dismissed. Leman Çetiner has been appointed as a Board Member of the Turkish Coal Enterprises General Directorate. Prof Dr Cengiz Yılmaz was appointed as the Rector of Abdullah Gül University.