Ministry of Customs and Trade (Turkey)

Ministry of Customs and Trade

Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanlığı
Headquarters of Ministry of Customs and Trade in Ankara, Turkey.
Agency overview
Formed	June 8, 2011 (2011-06-08)
Jurisdiction	Government of Turkey
Headquarters	Ankara 39°54′19″N 32°45′26″E / 39.90528°N 32.75722°E / 39.90528; 32.75722Coordinates: 39°54′19″N 32°45′26″E / 39.90528°N 32.75722°E / 39.90528; 32.75722
Minister responsible	Bülent Tüfenkci, Minister of Customs and Trade
Website	www.gtb.gov.tr

The Ministry of Customs and Trade (Turkish: Gümrük ve 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 Nurettin Canikli.^[1]

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 June 8, 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]

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