President Erdogan Sworn In As Turkey's First Executive President

ANKARA, TURKEY - JULY 9: Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan appointed appointed Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar (R) as the new defense minister during a press conference at the Presidential Palace on July 9, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. Erdoan appointed a 16-seat surprise cabinet with not much known bureaucratic figures, hours after he was sworn into office on July 9. Erdogan secured another five year term and increased powers after winning 52.5 percent of the vote in the June 24 snap presidential and parliamentary elections. Turkey has been under a state of emergency since the July 2016 failed coup attempt and since then the government has arrested, sacked and detain over 100,000 people said to be supporters of religious leader Fethullah Gulen. Erdogan announced that the current state of emergency would be lifted on July 18, 2018. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)