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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan named Bekir Bozdag, a member of his ruling AK Party, as Justice Minister, and also replaced the chief of statistics Institute TUIK, the Official Gazette said on Saturday. It said former Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul had resigned, but did not give a reason. Bozdag, 56, had served as justice minister under Erdogan between 2013-2015 and 2015-2017, before being a deputy prime minister until 2018, when the role was abolished as part of constitutional changes that gave Erdogan sweeping executive powers. “I thank our President Mr Tayyip Erdogan for entrusting …