List of Education Ministers of Turkey

This list of education ministers of the Republic of Turkey is a directory of all education ministers in the country since the establishment of the Council of Enforcement Commissioners on May 3, 1920.

#	photo	Surname	Assumption of office	Official duty	Political party
Minister of Education in the Council of Enforcement Officers
1		Rıza Only	May 4, 1920	December 13, 1920
2		Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver	December 14, 1920	November 20, 1921
3		Mehmet Vehbi Bolak	November 20, 1921	November 5, 1922
4th		İsmail Safa Özler	November 5, 1922	October 27, 1923
Minister of Education after the establishment of Turkey
5		İsmail Safa Özler	October 27, 1923	March 6, 1924	HF
6th		Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar	March 6, 1924	November 22, 1924	CHF
7th		Şükrü Saracoğlu	November 22, 1924	March 3, 1925	CHF
8th		Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver	March 3, 1925	December 19, 1925	CHF
9		Mustafa Necati Ugural	December 20, 1925	January 1, 1929	CHF
10		İsmet İnönü (acting)	January 1, 1929	January 8, 1929	CHF
11		İsmet İnönü	January 9, 1929	February 27, 1929	CHF
12		Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar	February 28, 1929	April 7, 1929	CHF
13		Recep Peker (acting)	April 7, 1929	April 10, 1929	CHF
14th		Cemal Hüsnü Taray	April 10, 1929	September 15, 1930	CHF
15th		Refik Saydam (acting)	17th September 1930	September 27, 1930	CHF
16		Esat Sagay	September 27, 1930	September 18, 1932	CHF
17th		Reşit Galip	September 19, 1932	August 13, 1933	CHP
18th		Refik Saydam (acting)	August 13, 1933	October 26, 1933	CHF
19th		Yusuf Hikmet Bayur	October 27, 1933	July 8, 1934	CHF
20th		Zeynel Abidin Özmen	July 9, 1934	June 9, 1935	CHF / CHP
21st		Saffet Arıkan	June 10, 1935	June 9, 1935	CHP
22nd		Hasan Ali Yücel	December 28, 1938	August 5, 1946	CHP
23		Reşat Şemsettin Sirer	August 5, 1946	June 9, 1948	CHP
24		Hasan Tahsin Banguoğlu	June 10, 1948	May 21, 1950	CHP
25th		Huseyin Avni Basman	May 22, 1950	2nd August 1950	DP
26th		Nuri Özsan (acting)	August 3, 1950	August 10, 1950	DP
27		Ahmet Tevfik İleri	August 11, 1950	April 5th 1953	DP
28		Rıfkı Salim Burçak	April 9, 1953	May 17, 1954	DP
29		Hüseyin Celal Yardımcı	May 17, 1954	December 9, 1955	DP
30th		Ahmet Özel	December 9, 1955	April 13, 1957	DP
31		Ahmet Tevfik İleri	April 13, 1957	November 25, 1957	DP
32		Hüseyin Celal Yardımcı	November 26, 1957	May 22, 1959	DP
33		Ahmet Tevfik İleri (acting)	May 22, 1959	December 8, 1959	DP
34		Mehmet Atıf Benderlioğlu	December 9, 1959	May 27, 1960	DP
35		Fehmi Yavuz	May 30, 1960	August 27, 1960	Military government
36		Fehmi Yavuz (acting)	August 27, 1960	September 8, 1960	Military government
37		Bedrettin Tuncel	September 8, 1960	5th January 1961	Military government
38		Turhan Feyzioğlu	5th January 1961	February 7, 1961	Military government
39		Ahmet Tahtakılıç (acting)	February 7, 1961	March 2, 1961	Military government
40		Ahmet Tahtakılıç	March 3, 1961	October 25, 1961	Military government
41		Ahmet Tahtakılıç (acting)	October 25, 1961	November 20, 1961	Military government
42		Mehmet Hilmi İncesulu	November 20, 1961	June 25, 1962	CHP
43		Şevket Raşit Hatipoğlu	June 25, 1962	June 8, 1963	CHP
44		İbrahim Öktem	June 11, 1963	February 20, 1965	CHP
45		Nevzat Cihat Bilgehan	February 20, 1965	October 27, 1965	AP
46		Orhan Dengiz	October 27, 1965	April 1, 1967	AP
47		Mehmet İlhami Ertem	April 1, 1967	3rd November 1969	AP
48		Orhan Oğuz	3rd November 1969	March 26, 1971	AP
49		Şinasi Orel	March 26, 1971	December 13, 1971	independent
50		İsmail Hakkı Arar	December 13, 1971	May 22, 1972	CHP
51		Sabahattin Özbek	May 22, 1972	April 15, 1973	AP
52		Orhan Dengiz	April 15, 1973	January 26, 1974	AP
53		Mustafa Üstündağ	January 26, 1974	17th November 1974	CHP
54		Safa Reisoğlu	17th November 1974	March 31, 1975	independent
55		Ali Naili Erdem	March 31, 1975	June 21, 1977	AP
56		Mustafa Üstündağ	June 21, 1977	July 21, 1977	CHP
57		Nahit Menteşe	July 21, 1977	5th January 1978	AP
58		Mustafa Necdet Uğur	5th January 1978	November 12, 1979	CHP
59		Orhan Cemal Fersoy	November 12, 1979	September 12, 1980	AP
60		Hasan Sağlam	September 21, 1980	December 13, 1983	Military government
61		Vehbi Dinçerler	December 13, 1983	September 13, 1985	ANAP
62		Metin Emiroğlu	September 13, 1985	December 21, 1987	ANAP
63		Hasan Celal Güzel	December 21, 1987	March 30, 1989	ANAP
64		Avni Akyol	March 30, 1989	November 20, 1991	ANAP
65		Köksal Toptan	November 20, 1991	June 25, 1993	DYP
66		Nahit Menteşe	June 25, 1993	October 24, 1993	DYP
67		Nevzat Ayaz	October 24, 1993	5th October 1995	DYP
68		Turhan Tayan	5th October 1995	June 28, 1996	DYP
69		Mehmet Sağlam	June 28, 1996	June 30, 1997	DYP
70		Hikmet Uluğbay	June 30, 1997	11th January	DSP
71		Metin Bostancıoğlu	January 11, 1999	July 10, 2002	DSP
72		Necdet Tekin	July 10, 2002	November 18, 2002	DSP
73		Erkan Mumcu	November 18, 2002	March 14, 2003	ACP
74		Hüseyin Çelik	March 14, 2003	May 1, 2009	ACP
75		Nimet Çubukçu	May 1, 2009	July 6, 2011	ACP
76		Ömer Dinçer	July 6, 2011	January 24, 2013	ACP
77		Nabi Avcı	January 24, 2013	May 24, 2016	ACP
78		İsmet Yılmaz	May 24, 2016	July 9, 2018	ACP
79		Ziya Selçuk	July 9, 2018	in office	independent

Web links

• List of Ministers , Turkish Ministry of Education

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Today's Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) was initially called “Halk Fırkası” (HF) until 1924 and “Cumhuriyet Halk Fırkası” (CHF) from 1924 to 1935.