Turkey's presidential cabinet to be announced next Monday

Presidential aide Ibrahim Kalın said on Wednesday that the Turkish Cabinet will be announced on July 9.

Kalın said: "The first presidential decree will be issued in the time period between the oath-taking ceremony and announcement of the presidential Cabinet.

"The structure of the new system will be realized," he added.

Kalın said the government will ensure a smooth transition to the new system in accordance with the authority issued by the Grand National Assembly, till the president takes oath.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will also take oath on July 9.

"Following the oath-taking ceremony, Mr. President will visit Anıtkabır [mausoleum of Turkey's founder Atatürk]," he said, adding that on the same day at 6.00 p.m. local time (1500GMT) the presidential inauguration ceremony would be held.

The inauguration ceremony will be attended by several foreign heads of state and high-ranking officials as well as representatives from Turkey.

The June 24 vote marks Turkey's transition to an executive presidential system of government, doing away with the prime minister's post, among other changes.

According to Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK), Erdoğan won an absolute majority in the presidential election with 52.5 percent of the vote.

In the parliamentary polls, the People's Alliance of Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) won 53.6 percent of the votes.