The election is over, all the bureaucrats are in vain.

The appointment of former Central Bank (CBRT) President Şahap Kavcıoğlu as Chairman of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Board (BDDK) revealed significant uncertainty regarding the bureaucracy in the first year of implementation of the Presidential System of Government. Under the new system, the duties of all top bureaucrats end with the end of the president’s 5-year term. After the elections, Kavcıoğlu was appointed to the BRSA with the title of ‘CBRT President’, although he was not re-elected to the Central Bank under the new president.

Erhan Çetinkaya, president of TURKSTAT, who is at the center of the discussions with the data he announced, is among the bureaucrats whose term has expired.

THERE IS A LONG LIST

Mehmet Ali Akben, the president of BDDK, who replaced Kavcıoğlu, did not need to be fired as it was to no avail as per Decree No. 3. Akben is expected to be given another task within the economic bureaucracy created as an alternative to Mehmet Şimşek, the Minister of Finance and Finance.

In accordance with Presidential Decree No. 3 on the Appointment Procedures of Higher Level Public Administrators and Public Institutions and Organizations, the term of office of senior officials cannot exceed the term of office of the President, who was in office to date of his appointment. . When the President’s term is complete, the term of these bureaucrats also comes to an end. These bureaucrats continue to function temporarily until new ones are appointed in their place. However, according to the decree, the President must reappoint all posts. According to the table numbered 1 in the appendix to the decree, reassignment to institutions such as the Central Bank, BRSA and other supreme boards, TÜİK, SGK, Wealth Fund, TOKİ in the broad list numbered 1, including deputy ministers, presidents, generals managers, board members needs.

Ali Erbas

The Diyanet was also left without a head.

Under the new system, the list of bureaucrats whose previous appointment decisions have disappeared with the election starts from deputy ministers and extends to governors and even rectors. Among these bureaucrats are the president of Religious Affairs Ali Erbaş and his aides. Therefore, Erbaş must be reassigned or replaced by another name. In addition, uncertainty continues for hundreds of high-level bureaucrats, including the president and secretary general of the Halal Accreditation Agency, the general manager of TRT, ambassadors, and heads of presidential offices.