New Turkish cabinet wins parliamentary backing

  29 May 2016    Read: 830
New Turkish cabinet wins parliamentary backing
Turkey`s new government won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported.
Prime Minister and ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party chairman Binali Yildirim`s government received 315 votes while 138 lawmakers voted against the administration.

The party has 317 deputies in the 550-seat Grand National Assembly. Only 453 deputies attended Sunday`s vote.

In a statement earlier, the AK Party said one of its deputies was unable to attend the vote; the remaining deputy is the speaker of parliament and is excluded from voting.

Yildirim named a new cabinet on May 22 after former prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu`s resignation on May 5.

More about:


News Line