The new Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Yumaklı, has taken over from Vahit Kirişci. In his speech at the handover ceremony, Yumaklı said: "While we have taken all possible measures to ensure food security, we have considered agriculture to be part of national security.”

İbrahim Yumaklı, who was appointed as minister at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, where he served as deputy minister, took over from Vahit Kirişci at the handover ceremony. Kirişci conveyed his best wishes to Yumaklı at the ceremony held at the Ministry.

Yumaklı stated that they had initiated many projects in the 14 months he served as deputy minister and said, "Our roadmap is clear, we will implement our structural reforms planned for every stage from production to consumption in the coming period."

Yumaklı stressed that they will work on the supply of agricultural inputs, especially in areas that depend on foreign sources, and said, "We will prioritise and accelerate our localisation and nationalisation steps. I would like to emphasise that the century of production and producers in agriculture has begun with the century of Turkey. We are based on ensuring food security. In the new period, we will take all possible measures to ensure that food production systems have a strong structure that is resistant to sustainable risks, while focusing on ensuring that consumers have access to reliable food at reasonable prices. Our agricultural policy will be based on the principle of empowering our producers and protecting our consumers. Our focus will be on all processes from farm to fork. In the new period, productivity and quality will, of course, be an issue we cannot ignore. We have seen agriculture as part of national security. It is with this in mind that we are shaping our vision and policies.