Turkey issues presidential decrees restructuring ministries and appointing officials

Presidential decrees published in Turkey's Official Gazette on October 31, 2026, restructured three ministries and created new directorates. The Interior Ministry gained an Emergency Call and Coordination Directorate, while the Energy and Natural Resources and Industry and Technology ministries each received an Information Technologies Directorate. The changes aim to strengthen emergency response, digital transformation, and technology infrastructure.

The Interior Ministry received 98 new personnel positions. Seventeen positions were created at headquarters, including one director general, four department heads, and 12 branch directors. Eighty-one branch director positions were opened in provincial organizations.

“The Interior Ministry's new Emergency Call and Coordination Directorate will be responsible for receiving, evaluating, and directing emergency calls related to public order, security, health, disasters, and extraordinary situations.”

Separate decrees appointed Muhsin Atci as head of the Capital Markets Board, with Ersin Basar Ekmekci as deputy chair and Yasemin Girici as board member. Rahmi Kopar was appointed director of Foreign Relations at the Energy Ministry.

Four regional directorates of the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration received new directors. Fatih Sahin, Adnan Cengiz, Salih Erden, and Aytekin Turkel were appointed to Central Anatolia 1, Southeast Anatolia, Western Black Sea, and Northwest Anatolia respectively.

The Ministry of National Defense removed Logistics Deputy Director General Muhammed Mahmud Otegen and appointed Mahmut Gunase Ozturk in his place. The State Materials Office removed Deputy Director General Abdulkerim Tasar without naming a replacement.

The Ministry of National Education appointed Zeynep Oçguder to European Union and Foreign Relations and Cihan Kivanc to Lifelong Learning. The Nature Conservation and National Parks Directorate received seven appointments, including three deputy directors and three regional directors.