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On 25 December 2013, Minister of the Interior Muammer Güler stepped down along with two of other cabinet members following a corruption investigation, which involved his son. [3] The same day, Prime Minister Erdogan announced a cabinet reshuffle with ten new names. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The next day, on 26 December, Efkan Ala assumed office as the Minister of the Interior [1] [2] [6] as a non-member of the parliament, a move that was sharply criticized by some MPs of the prime minister's own AKP as well as by the leadership of the opposition CHP. [4] [8]

Ala resigned from the cabinet on 31 August 2016, having been criticised consistently by the opposition for failing to tackle growing terrorism by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Gülen movement (FETÖ). Attacks in Ankara, İstanbul and the south-east, as well as in the Syrian border provinces of Gaziantep and Kilis, had resulted in consistent calls for Ala's resignation, with criticism also being directed at how the Interior Ministry had appointed several Governors, police chiefs and bureaucrats throughout the country that were later identified to be supporters of FETÖ, the alleged organisation accused of staging a failed coup d'état attempt in July 2016. A reason for Ala's resignation was not given, though the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) claimed that Ala had been removed from office after the arrested Governor of Sinop and alleged FETÖ supporter had claimed he had close relations to Ala. [9] [10]

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  5. ↑ Yılmazi Turan & Esra Kaya (2013-12-26). "Kabinede 10 değişiklik". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-12-28.
  6. 1 2 "PM Erdoğan announces new Cabinet with 10 changes amid graft probe". Hürriyet Daily News . 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  7. ↑ "PM Erdoğan announces 10 new names in major Cabinet reshuffle". Today's Zaman . 2013-12-25. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  8. ↑ "AKP'de dışardan atanan bakana 'içerden' sert tepki". Radikal (in Turkish). 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  9. ↑ "CHP'den sürpriz Efkan Ala iddiası".
  10. ↑ Hurriyet: Son dakika haberi: İçişleri Bakanı Efkan Ala neden istifa etti?

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Efkan Ala
MP
EfkanAla.png
Ala in 2014
Minister of the Interior
In office
24 November 2015 –31 August 2016
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Batman Province
2003 – 14 September 2004		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Diyarbakır Province
14 September 2004 – 10 September 2007		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Ministry's Undersecretary
10 October 2007 – 25 December 2013		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of the Interior
25 December 2013 – 31 August 2016		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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