Cevdet Yilmaz to Serve as Acting President During Erdogan's Kazakhstan Visit
Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz will serve as acting president during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's official visit to Kazakhstan. The arrangement was formalised by presidential decree. Erdogan is attending an Organization of Turkic States summit in Astana.
The Turkish presidency announced that Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz will serve as acting president during Erdogan's visit to Kazakhstan. The arrangement was formalised by a decree published in the Official Gazette. Yilmaz's temporary tenure will end when Erdogan returns to the country.
Erdogan has departed for Astana to attend the Organization of Turkic States leaders' summit. The summit's agenda includes a joint initiative on artificial intelligence, deeper economic cooperation and energy corridor projects. Presidential sources said Erdogan will hold a bilateral meeting with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the sidelines of the summit.
Yilmaz will sign presidential decrees on economic coordination and foreign relations matters in Erdogan's absence. He has briefly served as acting president before, in 2024. A government spokesperson said the procedure follows a routine diplomatic calendar arrangement.
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