On Friday Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu presented to President Erdogan, members of the new government. After 45 minutes, Davutoglu read reporters the approved list.
Deputy Prime Ministers of the 62nd Government of Turkey are: Bulent Arinc, Yalcin Akdogan, Numan Kurtulus, and Ali Babacan.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu; Minister of Defense - Ismet Yilmaz; Minister of Finance - Mehmet Simsek. The Prime Minister did not answer questions from journalists.
Cavusoglu was previously Minister for European integration, and before that served as head of the PACE. It has a warm relationship with the government of Azerbaijan. As a member of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan, he blocked the critical reports of rapporteurs Andreas Gross and Andreas Herkel. -02D-
Politics
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The United States said Monday it would be a dangerous development for North Korea to send troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The United States on Monday commended the Moldovan people for their participation in the October 20th election and referendum, urging for investigations into reported meddling, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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At an opposition rally in Freedom Square in Tbilisi yesterday, Azerbaijani activist Samira Bayramova urged ethnic Azerbaijanis in Georgia to vote for the opposition in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which advocates for Euro-integration. The majority of her speech was in Georgian, but she concluded in Azerbaijani, saying: "Dear Azerbaijanis! On October 26, let us all choose Europe for the future of our country, especially for its diversity and equality," she stated in Azerbaijani.
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Tehran Abdullayev, an activist from the Surakhani District branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PNFA), has been placed in a detention facility for administrative offenders, his lawyer, Nemat Kerimli, reported after meeting with him on October 21. According to the lawyer, Abdullayev stated that he was detained for his political activities.
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