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Turkey Cabinet Overhaul Coming as Erdogan Eyes Party Return

‘Fresh blood’ needed in government from time to time: premier
Yildirim plans consulations with president in coming months

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By Firat Kozok, Riad Hamade and Benjamin Harvey

April 25, 2017 at 4:00 AM UTC

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said he’ll discuss an overhaul of the cabinet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in coming months, signaling changes in key posts after a radical constitutional reform was approved on April 16.

“It wouldn’t be right for me to speak about names, about who’ll come and who’ll go,” Yildirim told Bloomberg in an interview at Cankaya Palace in Ankara on Monday. “From time to time, injecting fresh blood in the cabinet is a necessity of democracy.”