Turkey Appoints New Environment, Health Ministers
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed new health and environment ministers in a minor reshuffle of his cabinet early on July 2.
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According to the country's official gazette, Murat Kurum will replace Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Mehmet Özhaseki, who has tendered his resignation over "health reasons."
Kurum previously served in the same role from 2018 to 2021 and was the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) candidate for mayor of Istanbul in the recent March polls.
He was defeated by Ekrem İmamoğlu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
Meanwhile, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca will be replaced by Kemal Memişoğlu, who has served as the ministry's head in Istanbul.
Born in Trabzon, the 58-year-old graduated from Hacettepe University’s medical school in 1990 and became a professor of general surgery in 2016. He also practiced medicine in the United States before his appointment as provincial head in Istanbul.
“I would like to express my gratitude to our President for deeming me worthy of this honorable duty for our homeland and nation,” Memişoğlu wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“I will work with all my strength to fulfill the heavy responsibility required by my duty.”
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