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ANKARA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced Wednesday that Efkan Ala resigned as Interior Minister and replaced by Suleyman Soylu, Anadolu Agency reported.
Former Labor and Social Security Minister Suleyman Soylu, 47-year-old, a Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmaker for Trabzon on Turkey's Black Sea coast, was appointed as the sixth Interior Minister serving during AK Party government.
Before joining the AK Party in 2012, Soylu was the chairman of center-right Democratic Party between 2007 and 2009. He had been holding the post of Labor and Social Security Minister since November, 2015.
Mehmet Muezzinoglu has been appointed as new Turkey's Labor and Social Security Minister, the report said.
