(Turkish Minute) Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, a dual Turkish-Belgian citizen who in 2009 became the first headscarf-wearing lawmaker in a Belgian parliamentary assembly, was appointed a minister in a new cabinet announced by the Turkish president over the weekend.
Özdemir is the only female minister in the 17-member cabinet, which also includes the vice president. She will serve as the minister for family and social services, a post generally occupied by women. She took over from her predecessor, Derya Yanık, at a ceremony in Ankara on Monday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who won a runoff election on May 28, securing another five years as president, unveiled his new cabinet at the Çankaya palace in Ankara on Saturday.
