Mustafa Çiftçi (born 1970) is a Turkish bureaucrat and now politician, serving as the minister of the interior since 11 February 2026. He previously served as the governor of Erzurum between 2023 and February 2026.[1]
Mustafa Çiftçi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Interior | |
| Assumed office 11 February 2026 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Ali Yerlikaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
Early life and education
editÇiftçi born in 1970 in the Çumra district of Konya, Çiftçi completed his high school education at Konya Imam Hatip High School. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1995. In 2007, he completed his master's degree at the Department of Public Administration and Political Science at Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences, and in 2011, he graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Theology.[2] He is currently pursuing his undergraduate education at Ankara University Faculty of Law, where he enrolled in 2018.[3]
Career
editHe went to England for 8 months in 1998. He graduated from the National Security Academy in 1999. He served as District Governor in Gülağaç (Aksaray), Tekman (Erzurum), Derinkuyu (Nevşehir), Adilcevaz (Bitlis), and Kaman (Kırşehir), and as Department Head at the Ministry of Interior's Personnel General Directorate. He held the positions of Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He served as Governor of Çorum from November 6, 2018, to August 9, 2023.[4]
On August 9, 2023, he was appointed Governor of Erzurum.[1] While serving as Governor of Erzurum, he announced that the problem of stray dogs had been solved by rounding up all stray dogs in the province.[5][6]
He was appointed to the position of Minister of the Interior by a decision published in the Official Gazette dated February 11, 2026, and numbered 33165.[7]
Political views
editTurkish-Islamic sovereignty over Jerusalem
editOn June 6, 2026, Speaking at an advisory council meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Corum province, Çiftçi declared that, just as how Turket witnessed the "liberation" of Damascus, Aleppo and Nagorno-Karabakh, he hopes that Jerusalem would come again under Turkish-Islamic rule.[8] He also prayed for the Turkish sovereignty over Jerusalem: "When I was governor, I had one supplication to Allah … my Lord, one day grant me the governorship of Jerusalem".[9][10][11]
References
edit- ↑ Gök, Fazlı (11 February 2026). "Ali Yerlikaya görevden alındı: İçişleri Bakanlığı'na Erzurum Valisi Mustafa Çiftçi atandı - Diken" (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ↑ "Vali Mustafa ÇİFTÇİ" (in Turkish). Çorum Valiliği. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ↑ "7 diplomalı vali, 8'inci mezuniyetine hazırlanıyor". Memurlar.Net (in Turkish). 10 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ↑ "Vali Mustafa ÇİFTÇİ" (in Turkish). Çorum Valiliği. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ↑ "Erzurum'da sahipsiz sokak hayvanlarının tamamı toplandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 6 November 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ↑ "Erzurum'da sahipsiz hayvanların hepsi toplandı". Haber Name (in Turkish). 5 November 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ↑ "Appointment Decision No. 2026/51" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey (in Turkish). 11 February 2026.
- ↑ "Analysis: Turkish interior minister states dream of governing Jerusalem, provoking Israel".
- ↑ "Turkey's Interior Minister prays for control over 'liberated' Jerusalem | the Jerusalem Post".
- ↑ https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/2026-06-07/ty-article/.premium/senior-turkish-minister-prays-for-turkish-sovereignty-over-jerusalem/0000019e-a2fb-d3e2-a3df-aafb6de10000
- ↑ Eichner, Itamar; Eichner, Itamar. "Minister says Turkey will one day take control of Jerusalem". Ynetglobal.
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