Ali Yerkikaya

Ali Yerkikaya is the Turkish Minister of Interior, responsible for overseeing domestic security and law enforcement in Turkey. He has been in the news recently due to the government's response to widespread student protests in Ankara following the arrest of Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, on corruption charges. Yerkikaya announced that nearly 1,900 individuals had been detained during the protests, highlighting the government's firm stance against dissent.