Who is the new Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, Murat Kurum?

Özhaseki stated in a post on his social media account that he was stepping down from his position due to "health issues."

Former Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum has been appointed to the ministerial seat vacated by Özhaseki, who resigned citing health problems.

MURAT KURUM RETURNS TO THE CABINET

48-year-old Murat Kurum was born in Ankara and completed his primary and secondary education in the capital.

He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Selçuk University in Konya. He completed his master's degree in "urban transformation" at the Institute of Science and Technology at Okan University.

Kurum served as an expert at the TOKİ Ankara Implementation Department between 2005 and 2006, as the European Side Implementation Branch Manager at the TOKİ Istanbul Implementation Department between 2006 and 2009, and as the General Manager and Board Member of Emlak Konut GYO A.Ş., a subsidiary of the Prime Ministry Housing Development Administration of the Republic of Turkey, between 2009 and 2018.

Following his tenure as Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change between 2018 and 2023, he was elected as an AKP Istanbul Deputy for the 28th Term.

Kurum is known for his closeness to former Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu and President Erdoğan's wife, Emine Erdoğan.

He is married and a father of three.

News Source: 12punto