Ministry of Trade (Turkey)

The Ministry of Trade (Turkish: Ticaret Bakanlığı) is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for customs and trade related affairs in Turkey. The ministry is headed by Ruhsar Pekcan.[1]

Ministry of Trade

Ticaret Bakanlığı
Headquarters of Ministry of Customs and Trade in Ankara, Turkey.
Agency overview
Formed	8 June 2011 (2011-06-08)
Jurisdiction	Government of Turkey
Headquarters	Ankara 39°54′19″N 32°45′26″E
Minister responsible	Ruhsar Pekcan, Minister of Customs and Trade
Website	www.trade.gov.tr

The ministry was founded with the Act No. 640 by merging the Prime Ministry's Undersecretariate of Customs with some departments of the former Ministry of Industry and Trade on 8 June 2011. In the past, duties of the current ministry were carried out by the Ministry of Customs and Monopoly (1931–1983), Ministry of Finance and Customs (1983–1991) and Undersecretariate of Customs (1993–2011). The first minister of the newly established ministry became Hayati Yazıcı, who served as the undersecretary before.[1] Between 2011 and 2018, its official name was Ministry of Customs and Trade (Turkish: Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanlığı).

References

1. "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). T.C. Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2014-09-10.