List of Justice Ministers of Turkey

The list of the Minister of Justice of Turkey leads the Justice Minister of the Republic of Turkey on since its inception on October 29, 1923rd

	Taking office	Term expires
Seyit Bey	October 30, 1923	March 6, 1924
Mustafa Necati Ugural	March 6, 1924	October 22, 1924
Mahmut Esat Bozkurt	October 22, 1924	September 27, 1930
Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk	September 27, 1930	May 23, 1933
Şükrü Saracoğlu	May 23, 1933	November 11, 1938
Hilmi Uran	November 11, 1938	January 3, 1939
Tevfik Fikret Sılay	January 3, 1939	May 27, 1939
Fethi Okyar	May 27, 1939	March 13, 1941
Hasan Menemencioğlu	March 13, 1941	March 9, 1943
Ali Rıza Türel	March 9, 1943	April 6, 1946
Mümtaz Ökmen	April 6, 1946	September 10, 1947
Şinasi Devrin	September 10, 1947	June 10, 1948
Fuat Sirmen	June 10, 1948	January 13, 1949
Ali Rıza Erten	January 13, 1949	January 16, 1949
Fuat Sirmen	January 16, 1949	May 22, 1950
Halil İbrahim Özyörük	May 22, 1950	March 9, 1951
Back Nasuhioğlu	March 9, 1951	November 10, 1952
Osman Şevki Çiçekdağ	November 10, 1952	December 9, 1955
Hüseyin Avni Göktürk	December 9, 1955	November 25, 1957
Esat Budakoğlu	November 25, 1957	April 3, 1960
Hüseyin Celal Yardımcı	April 3, 1960	May 27, 1960
Abdullah Pulat Gözübüyük	May 30, 1960	August 27, 1960
Mustafa Amil Artus	August 27, 1960	5th January 1961
Ekrem Tüzemen	5th January 1961	17th August 1961
Kemal Türkoğlu	17th August 1961	November 20, 1961
Kemal Sahir Kurutluoğlu	November 20, 1961	June 25, 1962
Abdülhak Kemal Yörük	June 25, 1962	December 25, 1963
Mehmet Sedat Çumralı	December 25, 1963	December 15, 1964
Sırrı Atalay	December 15, 1964	February 20, 1965
İrfan Baran	February 20, 1965	July 31, 1965
İhsan Koknel	July 31, 1965	October 27, 1965
Hasan Dinçer	October 27, 1965	1st August 1969
Hidayet Aydıner	1st August 1969	3rd November 1969
Yusuf Ziya Önder	3rd November 1969	March 26, 1971
İsmail Hakkı Arar	March 26, 1971	December 11, 1971
Suat Bilge	December 11, 1971	May 22, 1972
Hasan Fehmi Alparslan	May 22, 1972	May 15, 1973
Hayri Mumcuoğlu	May 15, 1973	January 26, 1974
Şevket Kazan	January 26, 1974	17th November 1974
Hayri Mumcuoğlu	17th November 1974	March 31, 1975
İsmail Müftüoğlu	March 31, 1975	April 11, 1977
Zeyyat Baykara	April 11, 1977	June 21, 1977
Selçuk Erverdi	June 21, 1977	July 21, 1977
Necmettin Cevheri	July 21, 1977	5th January 1978
Mehmet Can	5th January 1978	November 12, 1979
Ömer Ucuzal	November 12, 1979	September 12, 1980
Cevdet Menteş	September 12, 1980	February 8, 1983
Rıfat Bayazıt	February 8, 1983	May 13, 1983
Mustafa Kazım Akdoğan	May 21, 1983	December 13, 1983
Mehmet Necat Eldem	December 13, 1983	17th October 1986
Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu	17th October 1986	September 16, 1987
Halil Ertem	September 16, 1987	December 21, 1987
Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu	December 21, 1987	June 26, 1988
Mehmet Topaç	June 26, 1988	March 31, 1989
Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu	March 31, 1989	June 23, 1991
Şakir Şeker	June 23, 1991	August 29, 1991
Suat Bilge	August 29, 1991	November 20, 1991
Mehmet Seyfi Oktay	November 20, 1991	July 27, 1994
Mehmet Moğultay	July 27, 1994	5th October 1995
Bekir Sami Daçe	5th October 1995	October 31, 1995
Firuz Çilingiroğlu	October 31, 1995	March 6, 1996
Mehmet Agar	March 6, 1996	June 28, 1996
Şevket Kazan	June 28, 1996	June 30, 1997
Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu	June 30, 1997	4th August 1998
Hasan Denizkurdu	4th August 1998	January 11, 1999
Selçuk Öztek	January 11, 1999	May 28, 1999
Hikmet Sami Turk	May 28, 1999	August 5, 2002
Aysel Çelikel	August 5, 2002	November 18, 2002
Cemil Çiçek	November 18, 2002	May 8, 2007
Fahri Kasırga	May 8, 2007	August 29, 2007
Mehmet Ali Şahin	August 29, 2007	May 1, 2009
Sadullah Ergin	May 1, 2009	December 25, 2013
Bekir Bozdağ	December 25, 2013	March 7, 2015
Kenan İpek	March 7, 2015	November 24, 2015
Bekir Bozdağ	November 24, 2015	19th July 2017
Abdülhamit Gül	19th July 2017	officiating (as of April 2020)