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The Minister of Finance and Finance, Berat Albayrak, announced on his Instagram account that he resigned from his position for health reasons.
There was no confirmation from official authorities for this statement from Albayrak.
Albayrak was appointed Ministry of Finance and Finance in July 2018.
Albayrak, in the announcement he made on his Instagram account, said: “I have decided not to continue my work in the ministry, which I have been doing for about five years, due to my health problems. In the next process, I will now dedicate my time to my mother, father, wife and children, who have neglected my time for many years and have never denied my support. “
Albayrak, who was a deputy for Istanbul in periods 25-26 and 27 of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, served as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in governments 64-65 and 66.
Albayrak was appointed Minister of Finance and Finance in July 2018 when the first cabinet of the presidential government system was established.
Albayrak was the subject of criticism for a long time due to the inability to solve the structural problems of Turkey’s economy.
Albayrak announced this year’s New Economy Program in September.
Albayrak: “It’s not about dollars”
Recent criticism of the Albayrak came mainly from the sharp depreciation of the Turkish lira against exchange rates.
Albayrak According to Yucel Kayaoğlu from Turkey Gazette, AKP deputies exchange on the uprising against the Turkish lira, “We do not deal with the door. We reduce If we like it. If interest increases the exchange falls. But that is not our problem” , said.
Albayrak had delivered the message “Do not intervene in foreign exchange” in his presentation on the economy to the AKP deputies last week.
There were calls to resign on Twitter
Over the weekend, calls for Albayrak’s resignation were expressed with the hashtag #beratalbayrakistifa.
Against this label, messages of support for Albayrak were sent with the hashtag #SeninleyizBeratAlbayrak.
On Friday evening issued a presidential decree of the president of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) Murat Uysal, he was fired. Naci Ağbal, a former finance minister, was replaced by Uysal.
Albayrak’s requests for resignation intensified after this change of position.
Who is Berat Albayrak?
Berat Albayrak was born on February 21, 1978 in Istanbul.
Albayrak completed her master’s degree at New York’s Pace University Lubin School of Business after graduating from Istanbul University, Department of Business Administration in English.
He obtained his doctorate with his thesis “Financing of Renewable Energy Resources” from the Department of Banking and Finance.
He started working in 1996. He worked as a manager in different lines of business, especially in economics, energy and finance.
He worked as a columnist for the Sabah newspaper.
Albayrak ended his career in the private sector at the end of 2013.
In addition to being a columnist for the Sabah newspaper, he lectured on banking and finance at the University of Marmara.
Albayrak, who entered Parliament in terms of 25, 26 and 27 as a deputy from Istanbul; He served as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in governments 64, 65 and 66.
Albayrak was appointed Minister of Finance and Finance of the first cabinet of the presidential government system.
Albayrak, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources during the period, prepared the medium and long-term energy policy for Turkey consisting of the National Energy and Minerals Strategy Document.
Berat Albayrak has 4 children from his marriage to Esra Erdoğan Albayrak, the daughter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.