Turkey appoints new provincial governors

ANKARA

Turkey’s national and official journal, Resmi Gazete, has revealed a list of newly appointed governors across several Turkish provinces.

While 19 governors were transferred to other provinces, 12 were appointed back to the central governor’s office in Ankara.

Adana Governor Huseyin Avni Cos was appointed to the Sakarya governor’s office. Tunceli governor Hakan Yusuf Guner was appointed to Afyonkarahisar governor’s office.

The governors from the following provinces were brought back to the central governor’s office in Ankara: Burdur, Bartin, Batman, Edirne, Gumushane, Hakkari, Kars, Manisa, Mardin, Ordu, Rize and Siirt.

The full Resmi Gazete list is as below:

 

First Name Last name                    Former duty                                New Duty 

Nurettin Yılmaz                          Burdur Governor                         Central Governor

Alı Çınar                                     Bartın Governor                           Central Governor

Yılmaz Arslan                            Batman Governor                        Central Governor  

Hasan Duruer                            Edirne Governor                          Central Governor  

Yusuf Mayda                            Gümüşhane Governor                 Central Governor  

Necmettin Kalkan                     Hakkari Governor                        Central Governor  

Eyüp Tepe                                Kars Governor                             Central Governor  

Abdurrahman Savaş                Manisa Governor                         Central  Governor    

Ahmet Cengiz                           Mardin Governor                          Central Governor  

Kenan Çiftçi                              Ordu Governor                             Central Governor  

Nurullah Çakır                           Rize Governor                               Central Governor  

Ahmet Aydın                             Siirt Governor                               Central Governor  

Mustafa Büyük                         Sakarya Governor                         Adana Governor

Hakan Yusuf Güner                  Tunceli Governor                           Afyonkarahisar Governor

Ahmet Deniz                             İstanbul Deputy Governor            Ardahan Governor

Seyfettin Azizoğlu                     Ardahan Governor                         Bartın Governor

Azmi Çelik                                 Eskişehir Deputy Governor            Batman Governor

Hasan Kürklü                            Avcılar District Governor                Burdur Governor

Dursun Ali Şahin                       Central Governor                            Edirne Governor

Yücel Yavuz                              Interior Ministry                              Gümüşhane Governor 

                                                  Legal Advisor

Yakup Canbolat                       Interior Ministry                              Hakkari Governor

 

General Education Directorate

Günay Özdemir              İstanbul Deputy Governor             Kars Governor’s office

Şehmus Günaydın         Urla District Governor                    Kastamonu Governor’s office

Erdoğan Bektaş              Kastamonu Governor                   Manisa Governor’s office

Mustafa Taşkesen           Tokat Governor                            Mardin Governor’s office 

İrfan Balkanlıoğlu             Afyonkarahisar Governor              Ordu Governor’s office

Ersin Yazıcı                      Kocaeli Metropolitan Region         Rize Governor’s office

                                         General Secretary

Hüseyin Avni Coş             Adana Governor                           Sakarya Governor’s office

Mustafa Tutulmaz            Ombudsman                                  Siirt Governor’s office 

                                         Secretary General

Cevdet Can                     Muratpaşa District                         Tokat Governor’s office

Osman Kaymak               İzmit District                                   Tunceli Governor’s office