If Kılıçdaroğlu wins, what will be his possible cabinet?

As followers know, in my previous articles, I emphasized that the candidate of the Millet alliance should announce his cabinet before the election. I even created a cabinet of my own and asked you whether you would vote for you. This Sunday, with the second round of voting, the pre-election discussions will end and we will elect our 13th President.

It is unclear whether the current President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the People's Alliance, will change his cabinet if elected. The fact that ministers, with a few exceptions, are nominated from the most electable seats and thus made MPs strengthens the argument that the new cabinet could be formed with different names. On the other hand, there is also the undeniable possibility that former ministers will remain in office. In the end, even though the public's appreciation is only for the President, the public's preferences will be influenced by knowing the ministers they will work with. 

I am one of those who think that Erdoğan's rival in the second round, Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the candidate of the Nation Alliance, will have much more influence in the eyes of the public if he seeks the public's trust by announcing his cabinet, not by himself. The fact that the leaders of the other parties that make up the Millet Alliance have become vice-presidents and that two metropolitan mayors, who have strong popular support, have been added to these people is an indication that an important consensus has been achieved. However, even this unity was not enough to win the election. Kılıçdaroğlu's pre-election announcement of who would be appointed to certain ministries that the public is particularly sensitive to would not only increase support for him, but also serve as a response to his opponent's manipulations, which were admitted to be montages. In this way, the public's trust should be sought not with a single person, but with a team; the public should know who will be responsible for everything from the economy to foreign policy, from the fight against terrorism to unemployment, from agriculture to industry, from education to the immigration problem; they should evaluate whether this team can solve the country's accumulated problems and cast their votes accordingly. In addition, the members of the cabinet should work and strive hard for both their presidents and themselves in the remaining few days of the election period. This will have a positive impact on the public's preference for the National Alliance. The wider the alliance, the higher the vote share will be. Therefore, if Kılıçdaroğlu wants to win the elections, he should form a cabinet team that can find common ground and get support from all components other than the People's Alliance and, of course, the HDP. 

In short, politics is not just about the leader, it is about the team.

As I was thinking about these things, I thought I would prepare a cabinet list of my own. 

Of course, the President, who will be elected by popular vote, will appoint his own ministers.

Let's make a note in history with a hypothetical in case Kılıçdaroğlu, the candidate of the national alliance, wins.

Of course, there may be some changes within the cabinet, if Kılıçdaroğlu wins, he may hire a few ministers in the future, who knows? 

When we evaluate the distribution of the 18 male, 3 female and 21 ministers according to their party affiliation, based on the vote rates in the May 14, 2023 elections and the participation of all opposition components except the HDP, the picture that emerges regarding the parties of the ministers, excluding the President and his deputies, is as follows: 

CHP 7

Good party 4

Other Parties 7

Saadet Party 1

Democratic Party 1

Future Party 1

Deva Party 1

Workers' Party of Turkey 1

Right Party 1

Victory Party 1

Let's assume and accept that all 3 Ministers are from outside the party. 

Retired Soldier 2

Artist 1

It is not possible to determine the exact vote rates of these parties, since the parties that are part of the Millet Alliance, except for the İyi Party, entered the elections from CHP lists, so let's assume that these parties were given one ministry each, as per the protocol between them. Let us also emphasize that the HDP was excluded from the committee because it is not part of the alliance, it supports Kılıçdaroğlu from outside and unfortunately it is still not generally accepted.

Let's also add that we propose the creation of 3 different ministries for Maritime Affairs, Anti-Corruption and Migration Affairs due to their importance.

Let's see if you like it.

I don't know, will you vote for it?

Millet Alliance Presidential Cabinet 

President Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (CHP)

Meral Akşener (IYI)

Ahmet Davutoğlu (FUTURE)

Ali Babacan (DEVA)

Gültekin Uysal (DEMOCRAT)

Temel Karamollaoglu (SAADET)

Ekrem Imamoglu (CHP)

Mansur Yavas (CHP)

Minister of State for Economic Affairs

Selin Sayek Böke (CHP) 

Minister of Treasury and Finance 

Bilge Yilmaz (IYI)

Minister of National Education 

Özgür Özel (CHP)

Minister of Justice 

Muharrem Erkek (CHP)

Minister of Interior 

Musavat Dervişoğlu (IYI)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Aylin Nazlı Aka (CHP)

Minister of Labor and Social Security Erkan Bas (Labor Party)

Minister of Family and Social Services

Senol Sunay (IYI)

Minister of Youth and Sports

Cemal Enginyurt (DEMOCRAT)

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

İlhan Kesici (CHP)

Minister of Health

Rifat Serdaroğlu (TRUE PARTY)

Minister of Industry and Technology 

Bülent Kaya (SP)

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 

Selçuk Bozdağ (FUTURE)

Minister of Trade

Ümit Dikbayır (IYI)

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure

Faik Oztrak (CHP)

Minister of Environment and Urbanization

Idris Naim Sahin (DEVA)

Anti-Corruption Minister 

Aykut Erdoğdu (CHP)

Minister of Migration Affairs

Ümit Özdağ (ZAFER)

Minister of National Defense 

Ahmet Yavuz or Nazim Altintas

Retired General (non-party)

Minister of Culture and Tourism

Haluk Levent (non-party)

(If not a minister, he should at least be put in charge of the Red Crescent)

Minister of Maritime Affairs

Cem Gürdeniz 

Retired Admiral (not a party member, the namesake of Mavi Vatan)

What is going through your mind? 

Imagine living in a country governed by such a board.

How would you feel? 

Good or bad? 

Happy or unhappy? 

Peaceful or restless? 

Think about it and vote accordingly on Sunday.