List of Foreign Ministers of Turkey

This is a list of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Republic of Turkey since the Council of Enforcement Officers was established on May 3, 1920.

minister		Taking office	Term expires	Political party
	Bekir Sami Bey (1865-1933)	May 3, 1920	May 8, 1921
	Ahmet Muhtar Bey (1870–1934)	February 9, 1921	May 16, 1921
	Yusuf Kemal Bey (1878–1969)	May 16, 1921	October 25, 1922
	İsmet Pasha (1884–1973)	October 26, 1922	November 21, 1924	HF
	Şükrü Kaya Bey (1882–1959)	November 22, 1924	March 4, 1925	CHF
	Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883–1972)	March 4, 1925	November 11, 1938	CHF / CHP
	Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953)	November 11, 1938	August 13, 1942	CHP
	Numan Menemencioğlu (1891-1958)	August 13, 1942	June 26, 1944	CHP
	Hasan Saka (1885-1960)	September 13, 1944	September 10, 1947	CHP
	Necmettin Sadak (1890-1953)	September 10, 1947	May 22, 1950	CHP
	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (1888–1966)	May 22, 1950	June 20, 1956	DP
	Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (1912–1961)	November 25, 1957	May 27, 1960	DP
	Selim Rauf Sarper (1899–1968)	May 28, 1960	February 16, 1962	CHP
	Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980)	April 1, 1962	February 20, 1965
	Hasan Esat Işık (1916–1989)	February 23, 1965	October 22, 1965
	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993)	October 27, 1965	March 12, 1971	AP
	Osman Olcay (1924-2010)	March 26, 1971	3rd December 1971
	Ümit Haluk Bayülken (1921-2007)	December 11, 1971	January 25, 1971
	Turan Güneş (1921–1982)	January 25, 1974	November 7th 1974	CHP
	Melih Esenbel (1915–1995)	November 13, 1974	March 30, 1975
	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	October 31, 1975	June 21, 1977	AP
	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün (1935–1986)	June 21, 1977	July 21, 1977	CHP
	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil	July 21, 1977	5th January 1978	AP
	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün	5th January 1978	November 12, 1979	CHP
	Hayrettin Erkmen (1915–1999)	November 12, 1979	5th September 1980	AP
	İlter Türkmen (* 1927)	September 21, 1980	November 24, 1983
	Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (1919-2017)	December 13, 1983	December 21, 1987	ANAP
	Mesut Yılmaz (* 1947)	December 22, 1987	February 20, 1990	ANAP
	Ali Bozer (* 1925)	February 22, 1990	October 12, 1990	ANAP
	Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin (* 1940)	October 12, 1990	June 23, 1991	ANAP
	Safa Giray (1931-2011)	June 23, 1991	November 21, 1991	ANAP
	Hikmet Çetin (* 1937)	November 21, 1991	July 27, 1994	SHP
	Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019)	July 27, 1994	November 28, 1994	SHP
	Murat Karayalçın (* 1943)	December 12, 1994	March 27, 1995	SHP
	Erdal İnönü (1926-2007)	March 27, 1995	October 6, 1995	CHP
	Coşkun Kırca (1927-2005)	October 6, 1995	October 31, 1995	DYP
	Deniz Baykal (* 1938)	October 31, 1995	March 6, 1996	CHP
	Emre Gönensay (* 1937)	March 6, 1996	June 28, 1996	DYP
	Tansu Çiller (* 1946)	June 28, 1996	June 20, 1997	DYP
	İsmail Cem (1940-2007)	June 30, 1997	April 18, 1999	DSP
	İsmail Cem	April 18, 1999	July 11, 2002	DSP
	Şükrü Sina Gürel (* 1950)	July 12, 2002	November 19, 2002	DSP
	Yaşar Yakış (* 1938)	November 19, 2002	March 14, 2003	ACP
	Abdullah Gül (* 1950)	March 14, 2003	August 28, 2007	ACP
	Ali Babacan (* 1967)	August 29, 2007	May 2, 2009	ACP
	Ahmet Davutoğlu (* 1959)	May 2, 2009	29th August 2014	ACP
	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (* 1968)	29th August 2014	August 28, 2015	ACP
	Feridun Sinirlioğlu (* 1956)	August 28, 2015	November 24, 2015
	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (* 1968)	November 24, 2015		ACP

Color legend

Halk Fırkası / Cumhuriyet Halk Fırkası / Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi

Democrat Parti

Adalet Partisi

Anavatan Partisi

Dogru Yol Partisi

Social Democrat Halkçı Parti

Refah Partisi

Democracy Sol Parti

Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi

Others

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Dışişleri Bakanları Listesi. (No longer available online.) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, p. 1 , archived from the original on January 23, 2009 ; Retrieved December 15, 2009 (Turkish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Today's Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) was initially called "Halk Fırkası" (HF) until 1924 and "Cumhuriyet Halk Fırkası" (CHF) from 1924 to 1935.

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