Ministry of Interior (Turkey)

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

Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior [1]
İçişleri Bakanlığı

Ministry of Interior
Agency overview
Formed1920
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Turkey
HeadquartersAnkara
Annual budget₺10.665.011.000 (2021)[2]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.icisleri.gov.tr

The current Minister of the Interior is Süleyman Soylu,[5] after the resignation of his predecessor Efkan Ala in August 2016.[6][7]

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,[8] smuggling[9] and bootleg alcohol.[10]

Alleged interference in politics

Although forming a new political party is a constitutional right, the Interior Ministry allegedly blocked the Green Party from standing in the general election due by June 2023.[11][12][13]

Ministers of the Internal Affairs
Main article: List of Ministers of the Interior of Turkey

See also

References
  1. "Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior Introductory Book" (PDF).
  2. https://www.sbb.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2a-2021-Yili-Genel-Butceli-idareler-Ekonomik-Kod-icmali-ile-2022_2023-Gider-Tahminleri.pdf
  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 İçişleri Bakanı Efkan Ala oldu" (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  6. "İçişleri Bakanı". Ministry of the Interior (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti İçişleri Bakanlığı) (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  7. "CIA. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  8. "Pakistan, Turkey vow joint action against illegal immigration, human smuggling". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  9. "EXCLUSIVE: Turkey's interior ministry has suspended security cooperation with US". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. "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.
  11. "We are starting the legal process to use our democratic right!". Green Party (Turkey). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  12. Ergin, Sedat. "Türkiye'de bir Yeşiller Partisi kurmaya kalktığınızda" [When you try to establish a Green Party in Turkey]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. Keyman, Fuat (22 January 2022). "Yeşiller Partisi niye engelleniyor ve Muhalefet ne yapmalı?" [Why is the Green Party blocked and what should the Opposition do?]. PolitikYol (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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