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title: "Police chiefs of 39 provinces changed by decree"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-18-police-chiefs-39-provinces-changed-decree/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-18
updated: 2026-09-19T02:35:50.738Z
category: politics
sources: 1
agreement: single-source
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# Police chiefs of 39 provinces changed by decree

According to a decree published in the Official Gazette, the police chiefs of 39 provinces were changed; a total of 69 appointments and duty changes were made in the central and provincial organizations, and the current chiefs of 24 provinces were placed at the disposal of the General Directorate of Security.

## Who is in this story

- [Interior Ministry](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/icisleri-bakanligi/) — Institutions
- [General Directorate of Security](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/emniyet-genel-mudurlugu/) — Institutions
- [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/recep-tayyip-erdogan/) — People
- [Official Gazette](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/resmi-gazete/) — Institutions
- [Yeni Şafak](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yeni-safak/) — Media

## News sources

- [39 ilin müdürü değişti](https://www.yenisafak.com/gundem/39-ilin-muduru-degisti-4857108) — Yeni Şafak (pro-government) — 2026-09-19

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-18-kararnameyle-39-ilin-emniyet-muduru-degisti/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-18-police-chiefs-39-provinces-changed-decree/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-18-ukazom-smenilis-nachalniki-politsii-39-provintsiy/

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