His Excellency President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who extended two decades old in power in elections on Sunday, met with former economy Tsar Mehmed Shimshak on Two sources revealed the matter to Reuters on Monday.
Turkish NTV channel also She reported the meeting without elaborating.
The two sources did not elaborate on the content of the meeting.
Prior to the May 14 elections, there were reports about a possible annexation of Simsek in the new Cabinet after the elections.
Ibrahim Kalin, the presidential spokesperson, recently spoke about the rumors regarding former minister Shimshak set in new Cabinet, saying that Şimşek “has expressed indirectly support for This process will continue to do so moving forward. “
After Erdogan’s historic victory in Presidential run-off on Sunday, Shemshak congratulated him on for him social media account.
I congratulate our President, RTE Erdogan, who was re-elected with strong support of our people in his policy walk I continue for a quarter of a century. I wish success to our boss in His service to our nation. I wish the new The age of optimism for our country and world,” read his tweet.
Meanwhile, Şimşek said in March he is not interested in active politics.
after the meeting with Erdoğan, Şimşek, said he is ready to provide what is needed support in for him area. “But because of my country work outside financial Institutions, I don’t think of Wading in active politics,” he wrote on Twitter.
A spokesman for the ruling Justice and Development Party, Omer Celik, said at the time that Erdogan and Şimşek discussed recent developments and policies.
If he preferred active politicsall mechanisms and duties of our party “It will be open to Mr. Mehmet,” Celik told reporters.
Çelik said that Erdoğan did not make an offer to Şemşak regarding a ministry, vice president, or senior advisor position.
