Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan has submitted his new Cabinet to President Abdullah Gül at the Çankaya presidential palace.

Erdoðan's government introduced changes to the current Cabinet structure last month. The government abolished eight state ministries, introducing six new ones. At the same time it merged two ministries and transformed two others. As part of the new structure, there are 26 members of the Cabinet, including the prime minister. There are four deputy prime ministers and 21 ministers.

The Cabinet announced by Erdoðan includes Bekir Bozdað, Beþir Atalay, Bülent Arýnç and Ali Babacan as the deputy prime ministers.

The ministers who will serve as the heads of the newly introduced ministries are Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Þahin, Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Baðýþ, Minister of Economy Zafer Çaðlayan, Minister of Youth and Sports Suat Kýlýç, Minister of Customs and Trade Hayati Yazýcý and Minister of Development Cevdet Yýlmaz.

Six names are new while 16 ministers preserved their positions. The new ministers are Fatma Þahin, Erdoðan Bayraktar, Ýsmet Yýlmaz, Ýdris Naim Þahin, Suat Kýlýç and Bekir Bozdað.

The new Cabinet is as follows:

1. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan

2.  Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arýnç

3. Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdað

4. Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan

5. Deputy Prime Minister Beþir Atalay

6. Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin

7. Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Þahin

8. Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Baðýþ

9. Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Nihat Ergün

10. Labor and Social Security Minister Faruk Çelik

11. Minister of Environment and Urban Planning Erdoðan Bayraktar

12. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoðlu

13. Economy Minister Zafer Çaðlayan

14. Energy and Natural Sources Minister Taner Yýldýz

15. Minister of Youth and Sports Suat Kýlýç

16. Minister of Food Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Mehdi Eker

17. Minister of Customs and Trade Hayati Yazýcý

18. Minister of Forestry and Water Works Veysel Eroðlu

19. Ministry of Interior Affairs Ýdris Naim Þahin

20. Minister of Development Cevdet Yýlmaz

21. Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuðrul Günay

22. Minister of Finance Mehmet Þimþek

23. Education Minister Ömer Dinçer

24. Defense Minister Ýsmet Yýlmaz

25. Minister of Health Recep Akdað

26. Minister of Transportation Binali Yýldýrým