A much-discussed rumor: Will Köfteci Yusuf cost a minister their seat? Is that minister returning?

Following President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's signal of a cabinet reshuffle, political rumors have intensified. Additionally, a striking claim has been put forward following the discovery of pork in products at Köfteci Yusuf.

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A much-discussed rumor: Will Köfteci Yusuf cost a minister their seat? Is that minister returning?

Political corridors have become active following signals from President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan regarding a cabinet reshuffle.

It is being discussed that Erdoğan may carry out this revision before the AKP Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting to be held at the end of the month.

Furthermore, regarding the cabinet, it is claimed that Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya and Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç are among the names likely to lose their positions based on performance evaluations made within AKP and parliamentary circles.

THE KÖFTECİ YUSUF EFFECT

According to a report in Ekonomim, information suggests that Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı is among the ministers to be replaced.

It is stated that Yumaklı is being heavily criticized within the AKP, particularly regarding the Köfteci Yusuf incident.

Comments are being made that the emergence of a controversial situation surrounding a Turkish brand with a brand value of at least 2 billion dollars and employing approximately 12 thousand people will cost Yumaklı his seat.

While it is suggested that Vahit Kirişci could be brought back to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to replace Yumaklı, it is also claimed that former Minister Berat Albayrak could find a place in the new cabinet.

In the rumors, which point out that Albayrak would serve as Minister of Energy this time, the names of Efkan Ala and Ali İhsan Arslan stand out for the Ministry of Interior, while the names of Hayati Yazıcı and Bülent Turan are mentioned for the Ministry of Justice.

Minister Yumaklı had also been strictly criticized during the forest fires process.

The names that are agreed upon in the evaluations made in political circles and are expected to be included in the new Presidential Cabinet are as follows: