Agency Name: | Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Türkiye |
Nativename: | Türkiye Cumhuriyeti İçişleri Bakanlığı |
Seal: | InteriorMinistryTR.png |
Seal Size: | 180px |
Headquarters: | Ankara |
Superseding: | Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire) |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Turkey |
Budget: | 10.665.011.000 (2021)[1] |
Minister1 Name: | Ali Yerlikaya |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Mehmet Aktaş |
Deputyminister2 Name: | Bülent Turan |
Deputyminister3 Name: | Mehmet Sağlam |
Deputyminister4 Name: | Münir Karaloğlu |
The Ministry of Interior[2] or Ministry of the Interior[3] or Interior Ministry[4] (Turkish: İçişleri Bakanlığı lit. Ministry of Internal Affairs) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for interior security affairs in Turkey.
The current Minister of the Interior is Ali Yerlikaya.[5]
The ministry is responsible for disaster and emergency management, immigration, inspection of local government, gendarmerie and coast guard (in peacetime), and police. The ministry helps to combat human trafficking,[6] smuggling[7] and bootleg alcohol.[8]
See main article: List of ministers of the interior of Turkey.