Turkey: Erdogan dismisses Cabinet reshuffle claims

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refuted claims regarding possible Cabinet reshuffle in the government.

Talking to media Wednesday before leaving for Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Erdogan was asked about a possible change in the Cabinet.

"There is nothing like that in the government's agenda. The chairman (Binali Yildirim) did not suggest me anything like that," Erdogan said, a day after rejoining ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.

Erdogan led the AK Party for 13 years starting in 2001 but had to step aside when he became president in August 2014, due to a legal requirement for presidents to be politically neutral.

When asked about the possible changes in the party's Central Decision Board (MKYK) and the party's administration after his reelection as AK Party's chairman on May 21, Erdogan said he would "reconsider and reevaluate the current units in the party after serious discussions."

Erdogan underlined that these things would happen "if I would be reelected."