Ministry of the Interior (Turkey)

The Ministry of Interior[1] or Ministry of the Interior[3] or Interior Ministry[4] (Turkish: İçişleri Bakanlığı lit. Ministry of Internal Affairs) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for interior security affairs in Turkey.

Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Türkiye[1]
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti İçişleri Bakanlığı

Ministry of Interior
Agency overview
Formed1920 (1920)
Superseding agency
  • Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)
JurisdictionGovernment of Turkey
HeadquartersAnkara
Annual budget₺10.665.011.000 (2021)[2]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Mehmet Aktaş
  • Bülent Turan
  • Mehmet Sağlam
  • Münir Karaloğlu
Websitewww.icisleri.gov.tr

The current Minister of the Interior is Ali Yerlikaya.[5]

Functions

The ministry is responsible for disaster and emergency management, immigration,[1] inspection of local government, gendarmerie and coast guard (in peacetime), and police. The ministry helps to combat human trafficking,[6] smuggling[7] and bootleg alcohol.[8]

Ministers of the Internal Affairs

Organization

See also
  • Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)

References
  1. "Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior Introductory Book" (PDF).
  2. 2021 Yılı Genel Bütçeli İdareler Ekonomik Kod İcmali Archived 27 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "The Bureaucratic Policy Capacity of the Turkish Ministry of the Interior (2002–2016)". www.icisleri.gov.tr. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. "Turkey's interior minister receives award from Parliamentary Assembly of Mediterranean". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. "Yeni Kabine listesi açıklandı, bakanlar belli oldu! İşte yeni Bakanlar Kurulu isim listesi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  6. "Pakistan, Turkey vow joint action against illegal immigration, human smuggling". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. "EXCLUSIVE: Turkey's interior ministry has suspended security cooperation with US". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. "Turkey cracks down on bootleg alcohol ahead of New Year celebrations – Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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