Ministry of Youth and Sports (Turkey)

Ministry of Youth and Sports
Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı
Agency overview
Formed June 29, 2011
Headquarters Örnek Mah. Oruç Reis Cad. 13
Altındağ, Ankara
Agency executives
  • Osman Aşkın Bak, Minister
  • Dr. Yusuf Tekin, Deputy minister
  • Dr. Basri Hakan Hakyemez, Undersecretary
Website www.gsb.gov.tr
Gençlk ve Spor Bakanlığı

The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Turkish Republic (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı) is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Turkey in charge of regulating activities related to sports and youth development in Turkish Republic. The ministry is headed by Akif Çağatay Kılıç.[1] Deputy minister is Ass. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Tekin, and undersecretary is Ass. Prof. Dr. Hakan Hakyemez.[2]

History

On June 29, 1938, the Directoriate of Physical Education was established. Following the 1969 general election, in the Cabinet Süleyman Demirel II, the Ministry of Youth and Sports was formed on November 3 for the first time, and İsmet Sezgin was appointed as its first minister. After the 1983 general election, the ministry was renamed National Education, Youth and Sports on December 14.[3]

The Ministry of Youth and Sports was re-established as an independent ministry on June 29, 2011 after the forming of Cabinet Erdoğan III. In the past, the governmental activities on youth and sports affairs were carried out by different governmental agencies subordinated to a state minister, who had also other responsibilities. Those organizations were brought together under the umbrella of the newly established ministry while the status of the provincial organizations were redifened in accordance with the alignment of the acquis for Accession of Turkey to the European Union.[2][4]

On 2017, the Ministry has used a picture of United States gold medalist swimmer Dana Vollmer in one of its posters but digitally changed the U.S. flag on her cap with a Turkish one. The poster also had “Powerful Turkey” written above the swimmer’s image. Ministry's choice was criticized.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CIA. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments". Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  2. 1 2 "Üst yönetim kuruldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). Ankara Gençlik Hizmetleri Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  4. ↑ "Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı'na bir müdürlük daha". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  5. ↑ Sports Ministry uses US swimmer Vollmer’s picture in poster with ‘photoshopped’ Turkish flag


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