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Why women are calling for Turkey's only female cabinet member to resign

May 27, 2021 Ever since she took office in April as part of a mini cabinet reshuffle, Derya Yanik, Turkey’s minister for family and social affairs and the only woman in the cabinet, has been causing a stir among rights activists, from women’s groups to children rights advocates. The last straw came when the minister was quoted as saying that the increase in gender-based violence in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 was “tolerable” — a remark that sparked protests calling for the minister’s resignation outside her ministry’s local branches in Istanbul, Ankara and Diyarbakir May 25.

Erdogan Fires Trade Minister After Allegations of Nepotism

Erdogan Fires Trade Minister After Allegations of Nepotism Bloomberg 1 hr ago Firat Kozok © AFP via Getty Images Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan gives a press conference following her meeting with US Secretary of Commerce n Ankara, on September 10, 2019. (Bloomberg) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired his trade minister in an attempt to mitigate the damage from growing accusations of widespread nepotism in the government. Ruhsar Pekcan was sacked on Wednesday with a midnight decree by Erdogan after she allegedly favored her husband’s company in government tenders. The president named Mehmet Mus, a parliamentary whip of his ruling AK Party, as her replacement.

UPDATE 1-Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, forms two new ministries

UPDATE 1-Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, forms two new ministries Reuters 2 hrs ago (Adds details, background) ISTANBUL, April 21 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan appointed a prominent member of Turkey's ruling AK Party, Mehmet Mus, as trade minister on Wednesday and split the Family, Labour and Social Policies Ministry into two ministries. In a presidential decree Ruhsar Pekcan was replaced as trade minister by Mus, who has been a lawmaker for Erdogan's AK Party since 2011 and served as the party's deputy chairman in charge of the economy. The decree, published in the Official Gazette, gave no reason for the change, but it comes after opposition politicians accused Pekcan's ministry of buying supplies from her family-owned company and called on her to resign.

Turkey's Erdogan fires trade minister in Cabinet reshuffle

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired the country's trade minister Wednesday following allegations that her husband’s company received a tender to sell disinfectants to the ministry. In a mini Cabinet reshuffle, Erdogan also split the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services into two and appointed new ministers to lead them, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette. The president named Mehmet Mus, a prominent ruling party lawmaker, as trade minister to replace Ruhsar Pekcan, according to the decree.

Erdogan Fires Trade Minister in Cabinet Reshuffle

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Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, more cabinet moves expected

Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, more cabinet moves expected FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives a statement after a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, April 5, 2021. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS reuters_tickers This content was published on April 21, 2021 - 12:50 April 21, 2021 - 12:50 By Orhan Coskun and Ezgi Erkoyun ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan named a prominent member of Turkey's ruling AK Party, Mehmet Mus, as trade minister on Wednesday and split another ministry into two, in what officials said was the first move in an expected broader cabinet shuffle. In a presidential decree Ruhsar Pekcan, the cabinet's highest-profile woman, was replaced as trade minister by Mus, who is close to former finance minister and Erdogan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak, a divisive party figure.

Erdogan fires trade minister amid scandal, reshuffles cabinet

Erdogan fires trade minister amid scandal, reshuffles cabinet In a pair of midnight decrees Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan over an alleged nepotism scandal and began a long-rumored cabinet reshuffle. ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images April 21, 2021 ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Recep Erdogan began a long-rumored cabinet reshuffle Wednesday, dismissing two ministers and appointing three, with more high-level appointments expected in the coming weeks. In a late-night decree, Erdogan fired Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, who faced accusations of nepotism following a report Friday alleging she favored her spouse’s company in government tenders. According to the OdaTV news site, Pekcan directed the Trade Ministry to purchase 9 million liras' ($1.1 million) worth of disinfectants from two companies owned by her husband, Hasan Pekcan.

Erdogan replaces Turkey trade minister, forms 2 new ministries

Erdogan replaces Turkish trade minister, more cabinet moves expected

Turkey's Erdogan fires trade minister in Cabinet reshuffle