The Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığı) is a

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within the

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in charge of regulating activities related to sports and youth development in

Republic of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. The ministry is headed by

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. Deputy ministers are Hamza Yerlikaya and Sinan Aksu.

History

On 29 June 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 3 November for the first time, and

İsmet Sezgin İsmet Sezgin (6 January 1928 – 7 December 2016) was a Turkish politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and Minister of National Defense from 1997 to 1999, as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly in 1995, as the Mini ...

was appointed as its first minister. After the 1983 general election, the ministry was renamed National Education, Youth and Sports on 14 December. The Ministry of Youth and Sports was re-established as an independent ministry on 29 June 2011 after the forming of

Cabinet Erdoğan III The third cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the government of Turkey from 2011 to 2014, during the 24th parliamentary term of the ''Grand National Assembly of Turkey''. The cabinet succeeded the second Erdoğan cabinet following the 2011 El ...

. 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 redefined in accordance with the alignment of the acquis for

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References

Youth and Sports Turkey, Youth and Sports Sport in Turkey

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

2011 establishments in Turkey Youth in Turkey {{Turkey-org-stub

History

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