Recep Akdağ appointed Minister of Health. As well as the day-to-day running of the public health system, he has had to deal with a number of issues including: On 24 January 2013, he was replaced by Mehmet Müezzinoğlu at his post in the cabinet. Akdağ is married, has six children and is one of the cabinet ministers. He speaks English. Recep Akdağ Recep Akdağ (born 8 May 1960) is a Turkish physician and politician. He is a member of parliament for the province of Erzurum from the Justice and Development Party. He currently serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey since
Bülent Ecevit went to the United States in the mid–1950s on a State Department fellowship, and worked at two newspapers in North Carolina. Ecevit was elected into the Turkish parliament for the first time in 1957. He was a Member of the Parliament between 1960 and 1961 during the 26th, 27th and 28th governments. Ecevit served as the Minister of Labour between 1961 and 1965, contributing to the acceptance of the right to strike and collective agreement. In 1966 he became the secretary general of the Republican People's Party (, CHP). In 1971 he resigned from the post as a protest to