List of Interior Ministers of Turkey

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

#	photo	Surname	Taking office	Official duty	Political party
Minister of the Interior in the Council of Enforcement Officers
1		Cami Baykut	May 3, 1920	July 13, 1920
2		Hakkı Behiç Bayiç	17th July 1920	4th September 1920
3		Nazım Resmor	4th September 1920	September 16, 1920
4th		Refet Bele	September 16, 1920	March 18, 1921
5		Ata Atalay	April 21, 1921	June 30, 1921
6th		Refet Bele	June 30, 1921	October 10, 1921
7th		Fethi Okyar	October 10, 1921	July 9, 1922
8th		İsmail Safa Özler	July 12, 1922	November 5, 1922
9		Fethi Okyar	November 5, 1922	October 27, 1923
Minister of the Interior after the establishment of Turkey
1		Ahmet Ferit Tek	October 30, 1923	November 22, 1924	HF
2		Recep Peker	November 22, 1924	January 5, 1925	HF / CHF
3		Cemil Uybadın	January 5, 1925	November 1, 1927	CHF
4th		Şükrü Kaya	November 1, 1927	November 11, 1938	CHF / CHP
5		Refik Saydam	November 11, 1938	January 25, 1939	CHP
6th		Mustafa Faik Oztrak	January 25, 1939	May 6, 1942	CHP
7th		Ahmet Fikri Tüzer	May 6, 1942	August 16, 1942	CHP
8th		Recep Peker	August 17, 1942	May 20, 1943	CHP
9		Hilmi Uran	May 20, 1943	August 7, 1946	CHP
10		Şükrü Sökmen Süer	August 7, 1946	September 5, 1947	CHP
11		Münir Hüsrev Göle	September 5, 1947	January 16, 1949	CHP
12		Emin Erişirgil	January 16, 1949	May 22, 1950	CHP
13		Back Nasuhioğlu	May 22, 1950	March 9, 1951	DP
14th		Halil Özyörük	March 9, 1951	October 20, 1951	DP
15th		Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu	2nd December 1951	April 7, 1952	DP
16		Ethem Menderes	August 1, 1952	May 17, 1954	DP
17th		Namık Gedik	May 17, 1954	September 10, 1955	DP
18th		Ethem Menderes	September 30, 1955	October 12, 1956	DP
19th		Namık Gedik	October 12, 1956	May 27, 1960	DP
20th		Muharrem İhsan Kızıloğlu	May 30, 1960	4th February 1961	Military government
21st		Nasir Zeytinoğlu	4th February 1961	November 20, 1961	Military government
22nd		Ahmet Topaloğlu	November 20, 1961	June 25, 1962	AP
23		Kemal Sahir Kurutluoğlu	June 25, 1962	October 10, 1962	CHP
24		Orhan Öztrak provisionally	October 10, 1962	October 18, 1962	CHP
25th		Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata	October 18, 1962	October 8, 1963	CHP
26th		İlyas Seçkin	October 22, 1963	December 25, 1963	CHP
27		Orhan Oztrak	December 25, 1963	February 20, 1965	CHP
28		İsmail Hakkı Akdoğan	February 20, 1965	July 31, 1965	Millet Partisi
29		İzzet Gener	July 31, 1965	October 27, 1965	Millet Partisi
30th		Mehmet Faruk Sükan	October 27, 1965	1st August 1969	AP
31		Salih Ragıp Üner	1st August 1969	3rd November 1969	AP
32		Haldun Menteşeoğlu	3rd November 1969	March 26, 1971	AP
33		Hamdi Ömeroğlu	March 26, 1971	December 11, 1971	independent
34		Ferit Kubat	December 11, 1971	April 15, 1973	independent
35		Mukadder Öztekin	April 15, 1973	January 26, 1974	independent
36		Oğuzhan Asiltürk	January 26, 1974	17th November 1974	MSP
37		Mukadder Öztekin	17th November 1974	March 31, 1975	independent
38		Oğuzhan Asiltürk	March 31, 1975	April 11, 1977	MSP
39		Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek	April 11, 1977	June 21, 1977	AP
40		Mustafa Necdet Uğur	June 21, 1977	July 21, 1977	CHP
41		Korkut Özal	July 21, 1977	5th January 1978	MSP
42		İrfan Özaydınlı	5th January 1978	2nd January 1979	CHP
43		Orhan Eyüboğlu provisionally	2nd January 1979	January 16, 1979	CHP
44		Hasan Fehmi Güneş	January 16, 1979	5th October 1979	CHP
45		Vecdi İlhan	October 8, 1979	November 12, 1979	CHP
46		Mustafa Gülcügil	November 12, 1979	July 21, 1980	AP
47		Orhan Eren	4th August 1980	September 12, 1980	AP
48		Selahattin Çetiner	20th September 1980	December 13, 1983	Military government
49		Ali Tanrıyar	December 13, 1983	October 26, 1984	ANAP
50		Yıldırım Akbulut	October 26, 1984	September 16, 1987	ANAP
51		Ahmet Selçuk	September 16, 1987	December 21, 1987	ANAP
52		Mustafa Kalemli	December 21, 1987	March 30, 1989	ANAP
53		Abdülkadir Aksu	March 30, 1989	June 23, 1991	ANAP
54		Mustafa Kalemli	June 23, 1991	August 26, 1991	ANAP
55		Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu	August 29, 1991	November 20, 1991	independent
56		İsmet Sezgin	November 21, 1991	June 25, 1993	DYP
57		Beytullah Mehmet Gazioğlu	June 25, 1993	October 24, 1993	DYP
58		Nahit Menteşe	October 24, 1993	October 31, 1995	DYP
59		Teoman Unusan	October 31, 1995	March 6, 1996	independent
60		Ülkü Güney	March 6, 1996	June 28, 1996	ANAP
61		Mehmet Agar	June 28, 1996	November 8, 1996	DYP
62		Meral Akşener	November 8, 1996	June 30, 1997	DYP
63		Murat Başesgioğlu	June 30, 1997	4th August 1998	DYP
64		Kutlu Aktaş	4th August 1998	January 11, 1999	ANAP
65		Cahit Bayar	January 11, 1999	May 28, 1999	independent
66		Sadettin Tantan	May 28, 1999	June 5, 2001	ANAP
67		Rüştü Kazım Yücelen	June 5, 2001	August 5, 2002	ANAP
68		Muzaffer Ecemiş	August 5, 2002	November 18, 2002	independent
69		Abdülkadir Aksu	November 18, 2002	May 8, 2007	ACP
70		Osman Güneş	May 8, 2007	August 29, 2007	independent
71		Beşir Atalay	August 29, 2007	March 8, 2011	ACP
72		Osman Güneş	March 8, 2011	July 6, 2011	independent
73		İdris Naim Şahin	July 6, 2011	January 24, 2013	ACP
74		Muammer Guler	January 24, 2013	December 25, 2013	ACP
75		Efkan Ala	December 25, 2013	March 7, 2015	ACP
76		Sebahattin Öztürk	March 7, 2015	August 28, 2015	independent
77		Selami Altınok	August 28, 2015	November 24, 2015	independent
78		Efkan Ala	November 24, 2015	August 31, 2016	ACP
79		Suleyman Soylu	August 31, 2016	in office	ACP

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} 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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