When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an appointed Cevdet Y?lmaz as vice-president in 2023, the former bureaucrat’s eastern hometown of Bing?l burst into celebration: revellers set off fireworks, pounded on drums and waved flags showing the ruling party’s lightbulb-shaped logo.
The fanfare marked a rare flourish in a long career during which Y?lmaz, a soft-spoken veteran of Erdo?an’s Justice and Development party (AKP), has quietly established himself as one of the strongman’s most trusted lieutenants and a linchpin in Turkey’s sweeping economic overhaul.
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