Turkish ministers launch their election campaigns in state buildings
Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati and Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ have held their first meetings with the AKP's provincial organizations and deputy candidates at the ministry buildings in the capital Ankara, the daily BirGün reported. The opposition criticized current ministers for running for deputyship without resigning from their posts, despite being appointed as public officials.
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Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati and Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ conducted their meetings with the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) provincial organizations and deputy candidates within the ministry premises located in capital Ankara, according to reporting by daily BirGün.
While Nebati is the first-ranked deputy candidate of the ruling AKP in Mersin province, Bozdağ is running in Şanlıurfa province.
The opposition politicians have raised concerns over the ministers who are contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The ministers in question have been criticized for not resigning from their posts, despite holding positions as appointed public servants.
On April 11, the AKP's Mersin Provincial Chair, parliamentary candidates, and some party executives attended the meeting at the Treasury Ministry. Minister Nebati posed with the AKP members under the ministry logo and posted the photo on his social media account.
On April 10, Minister Bozdağ also shared the picture from a meeting with party officials in the ministry building.
All ministers except Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, and Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy were nominated as deputy candidates under the AKP list.
The parliamentary and presidential elections will be held together on May 14 in a historic year as 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.